Physician & Patient 3 - InMd 6102, 6103, 6104

Course Director

Dr. Sharon Allen
A-688 Mayo
(612) 624-2446
allen001@umn.edu

Administrative Support:
Annette Swain, B-633 Mayo,(612) 625-1476, swain001@umn.edu

Course Description

Students will rotate through 4-week periods on Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Students will build on clinical skills learned in PAP 1 and 2. In this course students use basic science and organ system knowledge to identify pathological findings. In turn, students enrich their organ system course knowledge by observing how the pathophysiology of disease processes is manifested in individual patients. Additionally, students gain experience in effectively organizing and communicating data obtained from patients in both written and oral forms. Students learn to integrate diagnostic information to develop patient problem lists and reasoned differential diagnoses. Treatment and management plans are not the foci of this course but will be important in clerkships during years three and four.

Objectives

Demonstrate Effective Medical Interviewing Techniques, including:

  • Take a comprehensive history in the hospital setting
  • Take an appropriate focused history in various outpatient settings
  • Take a comprehensive history with patients from a variety of patient populations, including:
    • A comprehensive history from a child
    • A comprehensive history from a senior patient
    • A comprehensive history from individuals who do not speak English
    • A comprehensive history from an adolescent
    • A comprehensive genetic history
    • A history with individuals with sensitive medical issues

Conduct a complete general exam, as defined in the Physical Exam Checklist, including:

  • Be able to complete an adult physical exam in the hospital setting
  • Be able to perform a focused exam in the outpatient setting
  • Be able to perform a physical exam with patients from a variety of patient populations, including:
    • A pediatric physical exam
    • An exam on an individual who does not speak English

Do appropriate case write-up and oral presentations as outlined in the coursebook, including:

  • History (including Health Prevention), exam, lab data, problem list, differential diagnosis
  • Presentation of data in appropriate section, e.g., no exam findings under History of Present Illness
  • Use of appropriate terminology and abbreviation
  • Pertinent positives and negatives

Sample Schedule from previous year

 

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