Overview of USU Molecules to Military Medicine Curriculum

USU F. EDWARD HÉBERT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

OVERVIEW OF NEW CURRICULUM

1/17/2012

Overview of USU Molecules to Military Medicine Curriculum (Class of 2015)

MS-I

August 2011

January 2012

Pre Clerkship Instruction (MS-I)

MS-II

August 2012

MS-III

August 2013

(cont)

(MS-1)

Basic Core Clerkship Block Location 1

Core Clerkship Block Location 2

January 2014

Core Clerkship Block Location 3

August 2014

MS-IV

Pre Clerkship Instruction January 2013

Pre Clerkship Instruction (MS-II)

Core Clerkship Block Location 2

July 2012

AdvancSTEP 2 EXAM* ed Advanced Clinical Rotations Clinical Opportunity for Capstone Project Rotatio Vacation ns

October 2014

Pre-Clerkship Lead-Up Training Post-Clerkship Assessments

MCM**

Step I Prep & Exam (4 wks)

STEP 2 EXAM*

Bench to Bedside & Beyond (8 wks)+

Advanced Clinical Rotations Opportunity for Capstone Project

May 2015

Advanced Clinical Rotations Opportunity for Capstone Project + Advanced Didactics--a.k.a. Bench to Bedside & Beyond or B3 • Step II CK Taken Between April and 15 September – Prior to Capstone. Step II CS Taken NLT Nov of MS-IV Year. ** MCM: Military Contingency Medicine/Bushmaster Field Exercise

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August 2011

September October

November December

January 2012

Case Clinical

February

Based Skills &

March

April

May

June

July

August

Reproduction & Endocrinology

September October

Multi-System Diseases

November

December

Learning

(correlating with System/Disease Units)

Experiences

(correlating with System/Disease Units)

Fundamentals of Medical Practice

Military Field Exercise

Orientation Week

Case-Based Learning

Anatomic Laboratory

Clinical Skills & Experiences

System/Disease Based Units

Vacation (Exact Dates TBD)

Military Medicine (Continuum) 3

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Neuro science

GI, Hepatobiliary, Nutrition & Metabolism

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Leave Cardio Pulmonary Renal

NeuroAnatomy Lab

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Musculoskeletal Integument

(Gross Anatomy)

Field Exercise (FTX) 201

(Gross Anatomy)

Military Medical Practice

Leave Service Specific Experiences

Fundamentals of

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Field Exercise (FTX) 101

Fundamentals

Orientation

Overview of Pre-Clerkship Period (First 18 months)

Overview of Core Clerkships – 52 weeks Starts 2nd Half, MS-II Year & Extends to 1st Half, MS-III Year Jan 2013

May 2013

Formative Core Clerkship Block 1, Location 1

Dec 2013

Aug 2013

Location 2 (Cont)

Formative Core Clerkship Block 2, Location 2

Formative Core Clerkship Block 3, Location 3

Plan for 60 students in each 16-week block; 20 students in each 5-week rotation, likely spread over 5 core sites; 4 students/rotation at each site Pre-Clerkship Lead-Up Training (1 week) Common Assessment Weeks (1 week each) Vacation (1 week in Spring; 2 weeks in Winter) Clinical Rotations (16 Week Segments Comprising Core Rotations--5 weeks each--plus 1 Week of Combined Testing) 4

Pairing of Core Clerkships (16 Week Blocks)* Vertical (Science Based) Emphasis: Microbiology, Immunology, Embryology

Family Medicine (5 weeks)

Selective/EM/ Neurology (4 wks)

Pediatrics (5 weeks)

Horizontal emphasis: Palliative care, Substance abuse,Preventive geriatrics, Horizontal (Clinical) Emphasis: Health Maintenance, Medicine, Domestic Violence Vertical (Science Based) Emphasis: Pharmacology, Biochemistry, NeuroAnatomy

IP/OP Medicine

Psychiatry

(10 weeks)

(5 weeks)

Horizontal (Clinical) Emphasis: Palliative Care, Substance Abuse, Geriatrics Vertical (Science Based) Emphasis: Gross Anatomy, Pathology, Physiology

Surgery

OB/GYN

(10 weeks)

(Gen Surgery and Core Subs: Ortho/Urology/Vascular/CT/Burn)

(5 weeks)

Horizontal (Clinical) Emphasis: Surgical Skills, Informed Consent, Breaking Bad News, Team Trng Common Assessment Weeks (shelf/written exams, OSCE, basic sciences, travel) Week of Combined, FM-Peds Training (at Sim Center & USU)

*Note:

Goal is to provide at least 1 block (16 wks) of geographic continuity per student in Class of 2015. Ultimate Goal is 2 continuity blocks (max) for Class of 2017. Location (& occasionally content) of continuity blocks may vary from student to student. 5

Overview of Post-Clerkship Period Step Exams / Bench-to-Bedside & Beyond (B3) / Advanced Clinical Rotations Military Contingency Medicine / Capstone Opportunity Jan 2014

Feb-Mar

Step I Prep & Exam

Bench to Bedside & Beyond (B3)

Apr ‘14

Sept ‘14

Advanced Clinical Rotations1 ( 4 Week Blocks )

Opportunity for a Capstone Project 4

Oct ‘14

May ’15

Advanced Clinical Rotations1 MCM3

( 4 Week Blocks )

Opportunity for a Capstone Project 4 General Notes: -- Flexible scheduling allows for potential remediation with Office of Student Affairs (OSA) guidance -- Advanced Clinical Rotations includes traditional Sub-Internships, clinical electives, operational/humanitarian rotations, and/or specialized research (to include work on a Capstone Project). Specific Notes: 1. Advanced Clinical Rotations—includes a Neuroscience Rotation (Neurology, Neurosurgery or Pediatric Neurology) for students not previously completing neurology. Also includes 2 Sub-Internships (one medical, one surgical) for all students and an Emergency Medicine rotation (if not already done). 2. Step II CK to be completed between April & Sept of MS-IV year; Step II CS to be completed NLT Nov of MS-IV year. 3. Military Contingency Medicine –Includes Operation Bushmaster 4. Capstone Projects are expected to require a minimum of 3 months to complete, however different projects/tracks may have unique requirements. Depending on student interests and/or the type of Capstone Project, work may start earlier (i.e. as early as the MS-I/II year) and proceed in a contiguous or non-contiguous (i.e. asynchronous) time frame. Regardless of the Capstone Project, all 6 students will average at least 8 hrs of patient care activities/wk.