Shared Discovery Curriculum:Role of Nurses and Health Care

AssistantsSeptember 16, 2015

We won’t be talking about…

Why we are moving to the new Shared Discovery Curriculum (SDC)

How students will learn in the SDC

A week in the life of a student in the SDC

The role of faculty in SDC learning societies

What all those abbreviations mean (ECE, PCSE, TBL, ICC, CBSE, etc, etc)

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If you want to learn more

Come to the SDC Town Hall on Monday October 5th at 5:30 PM in A219 Clinical Center/130 Secchia

Watch one of the six previous town halls available at www.curriculum.chm.msu.edu

Buy me a drink (but not right now)

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What I will talk about

(For the next 10 minutes or so)

(With time for questions)

The role of students in primary care clinical settings in the Early Clinical Experience

The role of nurses and health care assistants as teachers for medical students in these settings

Others will talk about faculty roles

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Early Clinical Experience

Ambulatory experience early in the first year of medical school (starting fall 2016)

Student serves a useful function in the clinical setting (meaningful experience)

Integrated with foundations of necessary science via Learning Societies

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Early Clinical Experience

Three components

– Medical Assistant Rooming patients, establishing rapport, taking vital signs,

giving immunizations, diabetic foot exams, etc.

– Patient Care Manager/educator Med reconciliation, phone follow-up, smoking cessation,

nutrition counseling, etc.

– Common Chief Complaints Basic and problem-focused interviewing, differential

diagnosis, basic management principles

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Logistics

Students will spend one half-day in a primary care setting twice a week for 16 weeks

Start in early October and continue through mid March

They will be trained for common HCA/nursing skills in advance by CHM faculty

They will be supervised by clinic staff during their time in clinic

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Potential student roles

(after training)

Rooming patients

Measuring vitals

Giving immunizations

Making follow up phone calls

Providing patient education

Etc., etc.

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Previous Experience with Students in ECE role

Students were able to perform reasonably well within a few weeks

Presence of students did not slow down clinic flow

In many cases students were helpful

Students enjoyed the experience

Health care assistants and nurses enjoyed the experience

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Resources for Staff

SDC Director of Clinical Experiences

CHM Office of Medical Education Research and Development

– CHM CORPS

Division Chief/Clinic Manager

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Questions?

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