Curriculum Content

PCM 1 has 6 components:

In general Semester 1 is about general patient-centered doctoring skills such as interviewing, ethics, human development, physical exam.

Semester 2 is about patient centered health promotion and disease prevention with health risks, physical exam, real patient interviews.

Semester 1

	August	September	October	November	December
Lectures/Panels	Ethics Professionalism Med History Interviewing Feedback	Difficult Topics	Spirituality Learning & Behavior Child Devel	Psych Devel Sexual Health Self-care
Small Groups	PCM Service Ethics Med History Interviewing	Com Skills Feedback	SP & Mid Sem Fdbk Spirituality Learning, behavior, devel	Learning & Behavior Self Care Mentor Reflection Clinical Skills Practice
Clinical Skills		SP Wkshp: HPI & Difficult Topics Sp Practice Exercise		SP Exercise 1 PE Wkshp: Head/neck Thorax Abdomen	PE Wkshp: Musc/skel PE OSCE
Mentor Programs	Nurse Student Chaplain	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician
Written Exams		Written Exam #1			Written Exam # 2
Links to other courses	Combined ethics case with MCBG: Huntington’s Chorea		Spirituality linked to Structure Course	PE Workshops – Structure	PE Workshops - Structure
Other	Computer Assisted Research

Semester 2

	January	February	March	April	May
Lectures/Panels	Evidence-Based Medicine Risk Factors & Health Maintenance Intimate Partner Violence	Substance Abuse	Difficult Patients Integrative Medicine	Nutrition Health care in the US
Small Groups	Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Clinical Skills Practice	Substance Abuse Patient Interview #1 Clinical Skills Practice	Patient Interview # 2 Sexual History Integrative Medicine	Patient Interview # 3 Nutrition Service Reflection
Clinical Skills	Workshop: Intimate Partner Violence	PE Workshop: Heart & Lungs PE OSCE Patient Interviews	Workshop: Difficult Patient Patient Interviews	SP Exercise #2 Patient Interviews
Mentor Programs	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician	Nurse Student Chaplain Physician
Written Exams		Written Exam # 3			Written Exam # 4
Links to other courses		PE Workshop: Function of the Human Body
Other	Global Health Biostatistics			Health Care Panel

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Last Updated: 07/11/07
Created: June 5, 2002