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Courses

• Residents as Teachers
• Evidence-based Medicine
• Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences (PIBS 505)
• Sociocultural Medicine
• HOPE Outreach
• Can We Cure the "Sicko" U.S. Health Care System?

Residents as Teachers       
This fourth-year elective for medical students uses a wide range of instructional formats to cover various topics. Instructional formats are chosen to demonstrate best practices.

Course activities include:

• Writing a description of personal education philosophy (done at the beginning and end of the elective)
• Reflecting on best and worst educational experiences
• Analyzing theories of learning and their implications for medical education
• Attending a workshop on the one-minute preceptor model of clinical teaching
• Training and practicing techniques for facilitating small groups
• Learning the use of technology in education, especially effective use of PowerPoint
• Developing and practicing a five-minute “chalk talk”
• Learning the principles of providing effective education feedback
• Training and practicing (with feedback) techniques for large-group instruction (lecturing skills)
• Preparing and practicing a skills instruction session
• Reviewing the Brief Structured Observation technique of clinical evaluation and instruction
• Discussing methods and principles relevant to patient education
• Designing, developing and presenting specialty relevant educational module for use in residency program teaching role

Contact: Larry D. Gruppen, Ph.D.

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Evidence-based Medicine
This fourth-year elective for medical students teaches the principles and the practice of evidence-based medicine. The course examines 10 types of medical literature relevant to questions of:

• Diagnostic testing
• Therapy
• Prognosis
• Practice guidelines
• Literature overviews
• Economic and decision analysis
• Health services outcomes
• Clinical disagreement
• Causation/harm

Contact: Larry D. Gruppen, Ph.D.

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Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences (PIBS 505)
This semester-long course provides Ph.D. graduate students in the biomedical sciences with a practical and applied introduction to:

• Basic principles of curriculum design
• Student assessment
• Teaching methods
• Educational practice

The course emphasizes hands-on practice in a variety of techniques with formative feedback.

Contact: Larry D. Gruppen, Ph.D.

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Sociocultural Medicine
The primary goal of this elective is to provide an opportunity for medical students to become more directly involved in designing, implementing, and evaluating efforts to integrate diversity topics into medical training and to conduct research addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. The types of experiences are multiple and can include but are not limited to the following:

• Conducting medical education research investigations
• Participating in a research study examining cultural and social determinants or health and health behavior
• Conducting a review of the literature on a diversity topic of interest
• Any educational or research activity addressing social, cultural, economic, or diversity-related issues in the context of health care

Contact: Tricia S. Tang, Ph.D.

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HOPE Outreach
The goals of the Health Occupations Partners in Education (HOPE) program include encouraging students to consider careers in the health and science professions and to assist them in preparation for college education and beyond. Following participation in this elective, students will be able to:

• Understand the goals and objectives of minority pipeline programs
• Understand the qualitative and quantitative program evaluation methods used to assess the efficacy of pipeline programs
• Design activities that promote interest for middle and/or high school students considering careers in the health and science professions

Contact: Tricia S. Tang, Ph.D.

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Can We Cure the "Sicko" U.S. Health Care System?
This course will provide a brief overview of the U.S. health care delivery and financing system, and reforms needed to ensure that in the 21st Century all Americans receive care that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable. Teaching methods will include case studies, interactive exercises and small group discussion. The course is divided into three sessions:

• Introduction to Health Care: Organization and Financing
• Crossing the Quality Chasm
• Improving Quality, Safety, Efficiency, Appropriateness and Service through Lean Thinking

Contact: R. Van Harrison, Ph.D.

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