General External Elective Rotation for last year clinical students. Students will learn from this rotation in the descipline of their choice.
Credit Hours :
4
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Demonstrate Organizational Skills By Arranging A Clinical Placement Of Their Choice And Take Responsibility For Undertaking Assigned Tasks In An Effective And Timely Manner
Demonstrate A High Level Of English Writing Skills, Capacity For Reflection And Learning In The Written Report.
Provide Evidence Of Self-Directed Learning Through The Development And Implementation Of A Written Learning Plan.
Show Active Involvement In The Specialty Of Their Choice And Take Responsibility For Undertaking Assigned Tasks In An Effective And Timely Manner
Internal Elective (ECCT579)
This course aims to offer students an opportunity to undertake a deeper exploration of, or study in any clinical discipline of personal interest as well as improve proficiency in clinical skills and provide exposure to more clinical experiences in preparation for Internship. Students will therefore be expected to document how they learn from the experience. In so doing they will be developing skills for self-directed learning and ongoing professional development.
Credit Hours :
4
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Demonstrate Organizational Skills By Arranging A Clinical Placement Of Their Choice And Take Responsibility For Undertaking Assigned Tasks In An Effective And Timely Manner
Demonstrate A High Level Of English Writing Skills And Capacity For Reflection And Learning In The Written Report.
Provide Evidence Of Self-Directed Learning Through The Development And Implementation Of A Written Learning Plan.
Show Active Involvement In The Specialty Of Their Choice And Take Responsibility For Undertaking Assigned Tasks In An Effective And Timely Manner
Emergency Medicine (EMED578)
This course is designed based on the guidance of Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and International Federation for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Clerkship Curriculum. During this course students will gain experience in patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, documentation, professionalism, and system-based practice. The course includes regular lectures, simulation/skills lab activities, procedure workshops, case discussions, journal clubs, weekly written examinations, bedside evaluations (such as mini-CLEX), clinical shifts, case management exam, end of clerkship OSCE and final written examination. Students will be expected to act as the primary physician for their patients and coordinate all aspects of their care under the direct supervision of the Emergency Medicine faculty, consultant or specialist emergency physicians and senior Emergency Medicine residents. The Emergency Medicine rotation is aimed at teaching medical students the necessary skills to assess, stabilize and manage patients with a wide variety of undifferentiated urgent and emergent conditions. Patients will not be pre-selected, and students will be exposed to a wide variety of urgent and emergent medical, surgical, psychiatric, orthopaedic, and OB/Gyn problems. Emphasis would be placed on teaching the students how to develop a working differential diagnosis and how to appropriately narrow it without missing the need to appreciate and provide the necessary resuscitative measures if needed. They will need to acquire and develop the ROWCS approach (Rule-Out-Worst-Case-Scenario) after immediate life-threatening conditions have been stabilized.
Credit Hours :
4
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Construct A List Of Potential Diagnoses With The Greatest Potential For Morbidity Or Mortality.
Formulate Basic Diagnostic And Therapeutic Plans Based On Differential Diagnosis.
Obtain Accurate Clinical History Relevant To The Acute Clinical Presentation.
Perform An Accurate Physical Examination In An Acutely Ill Patient.
Prioritize And Organize Clinical Tasks In Order To Optimize Patient Care.
Internal Medicine I (IMED510)
"This course covers the clinical skills of internal medicine in a hospital rich teaching environment, in small group teaching methods, and by self- directed learning.
Students are exposed to daily ward rounds with hospital multidisciplinary team of nurses, residents and consultants. Students clerk patients and attend evening duties. Students search medical databases and textbooks to solve and understand patient medical problems. Students discuss patients with senior faculty members at morning and afternoon teaching sessions.
This integrated approach will help students to extend their medical knowledge, clinical skills and clinical reasoning. End-of-rotation assessment will be based on clinical competencies, demonstrated professionalism and demonstrated knowledge as well as the ability to apply that knowledge to the care of patients. The core clinical competencies which reflect student performance are: communication, problem solving, clinical skills, medical knowledge, and professional and ethical considerations."
Credit Hours :
8
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Formulate A Diagnostic Plan For A Patient According To The Clinical Information Available.
Obtain, Record And Present Accurate Clinical History Relevant To The Clinical Presentation.
Order And Interpret Common Investigations.
Perform Accurate Clinical Examination.
Prescribe, Review And Monitor Appropriate Medications.
Prioritize And Organize Clinical Tasks In Order To Optimize Patient Care.
Internal Medicine II (IMED571)
This course covers the clinical skills of internal medicine in a hospital rich teaching environment, in small group teaching methods, and by self- directed learning. Students are exposed to daily ward rounds with hospital multidisciplinary team of nurses, residents and consultants. Students clerk patients and attend evening duties. Students search medical databases and textbooks to solve and understand patient medical problems. Students discuss patients with senior faculty members at morning and afternoon teaching sessions. This integrated approach will help students to extend their medical knowledge, clinical skills and clinical reasoning. End-of-rotation assessment will be based on clinical competencies, demonstrated professionalism and demonstrated knowledge as well as the ability to apply that knowledge to the care of patients. The core clinical competencies which reflect student performance are: communication, problem solving, clinical skills, medical knowledge, and professional and ethical considerations.
Credit Hours :
8
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Obtain, record and present accurate clinical history relevant to the clinical presentation.
Perform accurate clinical examination.
Formulate a diagnostic plan for a patient according to the clinical information available.
Prescribe, review and monitor appropriate medications.
Effectively communicate with patients, physicians and other healthcare professional.
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