PMMD 8115 Clinical Skills Year 1

The Clinical Skills component of the curriculum is a longitudinal module that runs throughout the first two years of medical school and supports the progressive development of basic and advanced history taking skills, basics and advanced physical exam skills, and application of diagnostic rests. Professionalism, ethical considerations of the clinical environment and the importance of respect for cultural norms and values, communication, and interprofessional teamwork and are a strong focus of instruction and assessment in this module. Instructional activities are taught and facilitated by interprofessional teams, standardized patient encounters, differential diagnosis sessions and community-based physician monitoring. The majority of the Clinical Skills module experience take place at multiple sites (simulation hospital and other clinical venues). Assessments include discrete point formative and summative activities, written examinations, simulations, hypothesis driven physical examination performance, and observed structured clinical examination (OSCE) performance.

Credit Hours:

5.00

Schedule Type:

Preclerkship

Grading Basis:

Honors / High Pass / Pass /Fail (H/HP/P/F)

Administrative Unit:

School of Podiatry

Offered:

As Scheduled