Principles of Clinical Practice IV

Catalog description

IBCLC Principles of Clinical Practice III (OM6102) is the third course in a four-part series (including OM5103, OM5203, and OM6202), which teaches necessary clinical practice skills and up-to-date medical practice. For the clinical skills portion, students will enhance the skills needed to complete a comprehensive physical exam, focused medical interviews, Histories, and Physicals, medical procedures, oral presentations, and build on experiences learned in the first two semesters. In addition, the students will expand their interviewing skills, develop enhanced differential diagnosis skills, practice documentation skills, demonstrate secondyear level competency in presentation skills, interpretation of diagnostic modalities, X-rays, imaging, and laboratory testing. Students are expected to demonstrate excellent interprofessional interactions with other members of the healthcare team. The goal is a competency-based curriculum with assessment using both clinical competency examinations, small and large group teaching, and live/ virtual case-based assessment to solidify skills/ knowledge. The context of the education is related to doctor/patient communications, evidence-based practice, cultural awareness and sensitivity, medical ethics, assessment of current medical literature, and medical decision-making. The students will understand the context of modern medical practice and take further steps to develop a professional identity in a diverse and continually changing medical community. The course is taught over the first semester of curricular Year 2 and is coordinated with the concurrently presented systems courses. Each session will have a posted set of goals or descriptions for students to use for preparation. The faculty objective is to prepare students to function successfully in the clinical clerkship years.