The standardized patient experience is a one and a half day elective that is designed to help students transition back to clinical rotations after a period of absence from clinical training (i.e. returning MD/PhD students). The goal of this course is to help students refresh skills in history taking, physical exam and written documentation. During this experience, students review the physical exam in small groups as well as practice two history and physical exams with standardized patients. Students are provided with laboratory data and have two days to prepare a patient note and oral presentation which they then meet with a preceptor to review. This course is graded Pass/Fail.
Course Director:
Peter Yen, MD
Peter.Yen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.edu
The clinical skills course is a two week elective experience designed to help students transition back to clinical rotations after a period of absence from clinical training (i.e. returning MD/PhD students, leave, etc). Students are assigned to an inpatient general medicine service at Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH), Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) or HUP (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania). The goals of the rotation are to help students refresh core clinical skills such as history taking, physical examination, oral case presentations, written documentation, differential diagnosis, and clinical reasoning and problem solving through participation on an inpatient team. There is ample time for independent, self-directed learning to refresh fundamentals in knowledge. This course is graded Pass/Fail.
Course Director:
Peter Yen, MD
Peter.Yen@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.edu
The Transition to Internal Medicine Internship course is a two-week capstone elective for graduating fourth year medical students preparing for Internal Medicine Residency. The course consists of interactive lectures, small group workshops, procedural training, virtual reality modules and high-fidelity simulations focused on communication skills, procedural comfort and high-yield clinical knowledge review. Students participate in workshops led by content experts from multiple Internal Medicine disciplines on topics including EKG review, antibiotics, radiology interpretation, and management of medical emergencies. Handoffs, calling consults, interprofessional communication, advanced care planning, obtaining formal consent, and the importance of wellness during training are reviewed. The capstone activity is a four hour high-fidelity simulation that recreates "The Day in the Life of an Intern," during which students receive pages regarding acute patient care issues, admit patients from the simulated emergency room, hold a family meeting and care for a clinically decompensating patient.
Course Director:
Dr. Stacey Kassutto
Stacey.Kassutto@pennmedicine.upenn.edu