Below you will find an overview of the key objectives for all of the University’s core classes (ARP and elective courses are not listed below).
Dr. Anoop Kumar Jalan, professor of pathology, teaching a class in the auditorium on the St. Kitts campus
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Introduction to Clinical Medicine II is a course designed to introduce the students to the practice of medicine. The knowledge gained in the Basic Sciences will be integrated with the “art” of medicine. Students will sharpen their skills in history taking and physical diagnosis and learn how to formulate diagnosis and appropriate treatment plans. Patient communication and professionalism will be stressed throughout the course.
The learning experience will include classroom lectures and small group sessions emphasizing clinical presentation, diagnostic work up, differential diagnoses, treatment plans and case scenarios. Patient experiences will take place in both a virtual clinic setting and in preceptor offices with a practicing medical provider. Each week students will spend time in the Clinical Skills Lab for further “hands-on” experiences. The above will be supplemented with additional special lectures on topics including Ethics, EKG, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Addiction Medicine, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Behavior Sciences, Genetics, Surgery, Vaccines & Travel Medicine, Palliative Care and Dermatology.
The Clinical Preceptor Program exposes students to direct patient care by having students work in offices, hospitals or operating rooms with physicians, physician assistants, or nurse practitioners and exposes other students to indirect patient care by having students work with Pathologists and Laboratory Technicians. The major emphasis in this section of the ICM II course is on the content of clinical medicine and on the grasping of the meaning and awesome responsibility inherent in being a physician. Each student will keep a journal of the clinical situations and or pathology lab experiences encountered making sure to adhere to HIPAA rules.
The goal of ICMII is to prepare students to enter clinical rotations with a skill set that allows them to comfortably and successfully interact with patients. Students will be prepared to practice evidence-based medicine and achieve the six core competencies as outlined by the ACGME. Preparation for Step 1 of the USMLE will also be important during the course.
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We offer a traditional Basic and Clinical Science program, modeled after the best U.S. medical schools. The academic program is both accelerated and rigorous, with a focus on preparing students for licensure in the United States and Canada.
The clinical years of the UMHS curriculum aim to prepare students who have mastered the Basic Sciences into students who can deal with patients and their problems in a hospital or outpatient milieu. The Maine Fifth Semester program begins this process. Numerous new clinical skills and considerable medical knowledge must be added to that which the student has previously acquired during semesters One through Four. Beginning in the Fifth semester and thru years Three and Four the six core competencies will be stressed as students acquire both diagnostic and therapeutic skills. The Core Competencies are:
Medical knowledge is of two types – factual and conceptual. The vast amount of knowledge required and the ever accelerating rate of discovery reinforces the notion that the practicing physician must forever be a student of medicine and a life-long learner. This provides a framework on which to arrange rapidly changing and increasingly detailed medical information.
UMHS is committed to a competency based curriculum. Students will be graded and receive pertinent feedback.
Demonstrate highest levels of integrity and sensitivity to women’s issues