Shared Discovery Curriculum: Role of Nurses and Health Care Assistants September 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) 2

If you want to learn more  Come to the SDC Town Hall on Monday October 5 th at 5:30 PM in A219 Clinical Center/130 Secchia  Watch one of the six previous town halls available at  Buy me a drink (but not right now) 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

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 7

Potential student roles  (after training)  Rooming patients  Measuring vitals  Giving immunizations  Making follow up phone calls  Providing patient education  Etc., etc. 8

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 9

Resources for Staff  SDC Director of Clinical Experiences  CHM Office of Medical Education Research and Development –CHM CORPS  Division Chief/Clinic Manager 10

Questions? 11