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Nov 25, 2024
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2019-2020 School of Medicine Bulletin
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GMED G610 - Integrated Practice of Medicine III
Credits: 7
Clinical Diagnosis and Reasoning I is a 2 semester module (2 credits/semester) focused on an interprofessional approach to the application of basic knowledge for clinical problem solving. Teams of students from different health care professions will focus on a clinical case related to the information and experiences from their different educational programs during the week. They will identify the problem, formulate hypotheses, and develop a comprehensive approach to the case. Resolution of these cases requires development of a differential diagnosis, explanation of underlying basic science principles of the problem, and development of diagnostic, treatment, and long term follow-up and maintenance plans for each patient case. Each case will be enriched with ethical, cultural, psychosocial, and epidemiological considerations. The comprehensive patient care plans developed by these teams will demonstrate the use of evidence based medicine and information resources, and an understanding of the validity of these sources based on levels of evidence.The first half of the M2 IPM course: The Integrated Practice of Medicine is a multi-year module that prepares students for the multi-faceted aspects of clinical medicine including application of basic science knowledge, clinical proficiency in physical diagnosis, diagnostic testing and fundamental therapeutic procedures , patient interactions, population health, effective communication skills, behavioral and social considerations, team-based health care delivery, ethical issues, professionalism, life-long learning, research and evidence-based practice. The Integrated Practice of Medicine-2 (IPM-2) Module is presented in a “Case of the Week” format, and provides an introduction to history taking, physical examination skills, clinical reasoning, and patient-centered care including cost effective knowledge of appropriate diagnostic studies and fundamental therapeutic procedures. The structure of this module focuses on a team-based approach to clinical problem-solving that includes the application of basic science knowledge and social science concepts to patient care. Weekly, student teams will focus on a clinical case and identify the problem, formulate hypotheses, and develop a comprehensive approach to the case. Students will examine the role of psychological, social, behavioral, economic, and environmental factors in the health of individuals and populations. Through this process, IPM-2 will promote an understanding of patients in their varying contexts: as individuals, in a societal context, within the healthcare delivery system, and as members of a larger population. The premise of the material is that an understanding of the multifactorial aspects of health and the need to understand patients as individuals is necessary for the provision of high quality, patient-centered care. Throughout the year, students will learn to perform physician examinations understand the role of appropriate diagnostic studies and procedures including fundamental therapeutic procedures. Students will begin to develop strategies to formulate differential diagnoses and explain the underlying basic science principles that lead to their hypotheses. Students will practice evidence-based strategies to develop diagnostic, procedural, treatment, follow-up and maintenance plans for each case.
Note: Restricted to medical students OR by permission of the Associate Dean for Education
Pass/Fail/Honors
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