Welcome to the Third Year! Warren Newton, MD MPH Executive Associate Dean for Education June 29, 2010
Review the curriculum and its rationale, along with what’s new Give pearls for surviving and thriving Describe natural history of specialty choice--how to start thinking about it Start planning for fourth year…
Family Medicine (6 Weeks) Internal Medicine ◦ Inpatient (8 Weeks) ◦ Outpatient (4 Weeks) Obstetrics & Gynecology (6 Weeks) Neurology (4 weeks) Pediatrics (6 Weeks) Psychiatry (6 weeks) Surgery (8 Weeks) Longitudinal Tracks/Asheville, Charlotte/MD-PhD MSIII and IV: Intro to Acute Care Required MSIII Curriculum
40% of Clinical Rotations Provide: ◦ Comparable clinical experience ◦ Faculty devoted to teaching ◦ More hands on experience ◦ Exposue to different hospital systems
Shelf Exam Clinical Feedback/Evaluations OSCE/Other Evaluations End of Year (CPX, NBME II MK/CS)
Where we want you to be at the end of the year: core competencies Medical Knowledge Clinical Care – H/P, Technical Skills Communication Professionalism Practice Based Learning System Based Practice Management of Populations
General Clinician Active Learning ◦ Patients → Read about ◦ Get involved in Care Breadth of Experience ◦ Across Kinds of Patients/Specialties ◦ Across Hospital Systems
Transition Course More coordination of content across courses OSCE’s in FM/MED/Surg--spread to OB/GYN Developing clinical skills curriculum: ICM, Clerkships, CPX One 45—web based evaluation Piloting Clinical Log (tracking) and Lecture Capture Exploring and improving comparability and appropriate differences What’s new for …
New Support for Students… Berryhill/Exercise Lounge Pagers/CPOE at UNC Campus Director/Director of Undergraduate Education at Asheville (Heck), Charlotte (White), Greensboro (Fields), Wake (Perry), and Wilmington (Darrow) Improved student services for MSIII on rotations across the state
5-10% of Students Differential Diagnosis ◦ Test Taking ◦ Clinical Skills ◦ Professionalism Issues Get In Touch With Us
Keep in touch: Advisors, Dean Dent, Student Affairs Staff; day backs Financial Aid Check In Student Health – Remember Waiver Laptops—OIS walk in if here, or Jake Achey Physical Difficulties-- ◦ Communicate With Course Directors early if you have a chronic medical condition ◦ 80 Hour Work Rule for students ◦ Third year rotations in
50% at Beginning of third year (1/2 will change) 75% by April Next Year 5-10% Will Apply in > 2 Specialties 5% Will change in first Year of Residency
Early January 2011 – Information Session College Advisors vs Career Advisors MS IV Summer/Fall ◦ NBME CPX, Part II MK/CS ◦ Audition Electives Dean’s Letter Deadline – early fall 2011—College advisors will write Remember letters of recommendation – Identify people this year
MSIII: Kinds of patients, settings, procedures National picture – increasing numbers of applicants for stable number of slots Look at specialty competitiveness ◦ UNC Data Available Talk to Career Advisors Keep current in changes in medicine: payment, GME slots, workforce and other planning Choosing Specialty
Critical Care AHEC AI Integration Selective Advanced Practice Selective Electives
Specialty Choice/Application Advanced Skills Schedule Flexibility ◦ For electives, special interests ◦ For Boards and Interviewing
International Research or Service experiences Scholarship/Research Electives Teaching Opportunities Unique electives