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Education
Instructor: Elisha
Brownfield, M.D.
Jerry Ondo,
Ph.D.
Description
Looking for a transition from 4th year to internship? This course will cover some of the basics all interns should know. In an exciting new format, students will choose from a variety of workshops, simulations, small group sessions and plenary lectures submitted by faculty and house staff and selected by committee members to reflect the needs of 4th year students. Course content may include: on-call emergencies, techniques of IV and phlebotomy, obtaining an EKG, practical nutrition, recognizing death and dealing with the paperwork, becoming a teacher and team leader, the basics of medical economics, simulation lab, and other areas of interest. Over the two week block, students will complete a specific number of implementation, and final course description will be available after submissions have been reviewed and accepted in November 2007.
Course objectives
- Demonstrate a newly acquired or improved clinical skill
- Recall three newly learned facts or ideas in the areas of clinical science, basic science, medical economics or medical humanities
- Be informed of critical issues pertaining to research, patient care and medical education for rising interns
Instructional methodology
Workshop, simulation lab, small groups, lectures, patient contact
Course #: MDCOR-850
Title: Medical Care Delivery System
Instructors: William Hueston, M.D.
Location: Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Number of students: Variable
Credit hours: 2.5
Course offered: Variable Description
This course is designed as a year long longitudinal elective in which students can be enrolled in this elective and another at the same time. Course Credit: 2.5 credits; can be combined with a 2-week elective for a full month credit of 5 hours.
Course Goals and Objectives
The goal of this course is to introduce medical students to fundamental concepts associated with economic, policy and professional issues in the United States health care delivery system. The course will examine the history, current state and future directions of the health care system, including how health care is paid for and regulated and the health care delivery structure itself. At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Discuss the role of physician autonomy in the development of the delivery of health care.
- Explain the history, intent, obstacles and current initiatives associated with the Medicare and Medicaid systems.
- Describe the features of a managed care organization, including capitation, gatekeeping role.
- List the variables associated with and methods of physician compensation.
- Describe federal health policy.
- Describe state health policy.
- Define the basic economic principles of health care, including supply and demand.
- Identify the structures of the health care delivery system.
- Explain the role of cost and quality in health care
- Discuss professional issues associated with interacting with industry representatives, including ethical and legal interactions, and patient care and economic implications.
- Discuss issues associated with the underserved patient, including the definition of the underserved, legal and economic issues and political attempts at solutions.
- Explain the economics of practicing "defensively," including the history of medical malpractice, the role of risk management and quality improvement issues.
- Describe the physician-administration relationship in hospital and ambulatory care based settings.
- Discuss national attempts at previous health care reform efforts.
- Identify the features of a single payer system and issues associated with implementation of such a system.
Course Format
Lectures will be presented on selected topics, with emphasis on group discussion and interaction following a 60-minute didactic presentation. Guest faculty from the hospital, Department of Health Administration and College of Medicine will present the lectures. Students will also be required to complete a paper for the course (length to be determined, however, will be of "medium" size).
Lecture Topics
- Course Introduction and The Rise and Fall of Physician Autonomy in the Delivery of Health Care
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Managed Care
- Physician Compensation
- Basic Economic Principles of Health Care
- Federal Health Policy
- State Health Policy
- Structures of the Health Care Delivery System
- Cost and Quality
- Interacting with Industry Representatives
- The Underserved Patient
- The Economics of Practicing Defensively
- The Physician Administration Relationship - Hospital Based
- The Physician Administration Relationship - Ambulatory Based
- Attempts at Health Care Reform Efforts
- A Single Payer System
Course Requirements/Student Evaluation
Students are required to attend 14 lectures by the end of the year. Students are also required to complete a paper. The course will be graded pass/fail. Students will be evaluated based upon attending the required number of lectures and the quality of the paper. Attendance is required at the Orientation on July 23rd at 4:30 in BSB Auditorium.. If you cannot attend the Orientation, please contact Dr. Amy Blue at blueav@musc.edu for additional information.
Course Schedule
This course meets on various Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM. A complete schedule of dates, lecture topics and locations will be provided at the Orientation.
Course #: MDCOR-860
Title: Reducing Medical Errors and Malpractice Risk
Instructors: W. Michael Southgate, M.D.
Gautham Suresh, M.D.
Location: Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Number of students: Minimum 2 Maximum 20
Credit hours: 2.5
Course offered: Spring
Description
This course will consist of a series of 14 educational sessions of 1.5 hours each, offered in both fall and spring semester. Each session will be comprised of a short lecture followed by interactive small group discussions and will end with wrap-up comments by the course faculty. A printed syllabus will be provided for this course, with one or two interesting articles to be read by the student prior to each class.
Course Goals and Objectives
Students will be expected to obtain practical experience related to Patient Safety during their concurrent clinical rotations with the help of the course faculty. These experiences may include carrying out an observational study of medical errors, studying one particular error in depth or participating in a hospital root-cause analysis.
- Understand the importance and epidemiology of medical errors in the US Health care system.
- Understand the difference between the “Person approach” and the “Systems approach” in approaching the causes of errors and developing preventative strategies.
- Identify and implement practices to reduce medical errors, especially medication errors.
- Disclose the occurrence of an error to a patient or family member with an approach that includes honesty and empathy and learn how to handle one’s own feelings and performance when one makes an error.
- Know how to interact with the risk management department of a hospital and with legal cousel when an error has occurred.
Course Schedule
Duplicate seminars will be offered in fall and spring semesters, allowing students to participate in sessions from either semester as their schedule permits.
Instructional methodology (approximate # of hours per week)
- Lectures - 45 minutes
- Discussions - 45 minutes
- Patient Contact - N/A
- Lab - N/A
- Patient Load - N/A
- Call - N/A
Course #: MBIM-855
Title: Innovative Teaching Approaches to Microbiology and Immunology Instructor: Gabriel Virella, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Medical University of South Carolina Number of students: 4 Duration: 4 weeks Credit hours: 5
Students taking the elective during the fall semester will participate in ongoing activities as small group leaders and evaluators of new approaches tried in the ongoing courses. Students taking the course in the spring and summer will be mainly involved in the development of new teaching tools, computer-based cases and reviews, problem solving exercises, syllabi, etc. They will receive individual assistance from senior faculty members involved in the Department's teaching program in the form of one-on-one daily contact. Course offered: Year Round
Description
This electives will give the student interested in academic medicine and/or medical education in general, the opportunity to be involved in the design, preparation, and evaluation of innovative teaching tools, including problem solving exercises, review materials, syllabi, etc. The student will have an opportunity to review some aspects of the basic sciences in depth, to devise pedagogic approaches aimed toward a better integration of basic and clinical sciences and to polish their problem solving skills. In addition, their creative input in the process of creating new teaching tools will be strongly encourages.
Course objectives
Instructional methodology