UERM College of Medicine

Orientation Outline  General Schedules  Annual Load Percentages  Clinicopathologic Conference  Pre-Clerkship Ward Observation  OSCE and Tasks Sheets

GENERAL SCHEDULES

General Schedules First Day of ClassesJune 15, 2010 First Long ExamJuly 19-23, 2010 Second Long ExamAugust 30-Sept 3, 2010 Third Long ExamOctober 11-15, 2010 Final Exam (For Semestral Subjects) October 18–20, 2010 Semestral BreakOctober 21–Nov 2, 2010 FIRST SEMESTER (June 15 to October 20, 2010)

General Schedules First Day of ClassesNov 3, 2010 First/Fourth Long Exam (Semestral/Yearly) December 6–10, 2010 Christmas BreakDec. 22-Jan 2, 2011 (Classes Resume: January 3, 2011) Second/Fifth Long Exam (Semestral/Yearly) January 31–Feb 4, 2011 Third/Sixth Long Exam (Semestral/Yearly) March 7–11, 2011 Final ExamMarch 14–18, 2011 SECOND SEMESTER (Nov 3, 2010 to March 25, 2011)

ANNUAL LOAD

Percentages of Total Annual Load SUBJECT1 st Sem2 nd SemTotal HoursPercentage Medicine II Surgery II Pediatrics II Neurosciences Psychiatry II Obstetrics Gynecology Clinical Pathology Otorhinolaryngology Ophthalmology Community Medicine Legal Med & Med Jurisprudence Research Projects II TOTAL %

CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CONFERENCES

Clinicopathologic Conference  There will be six (6) Student CPCs in School Year 2009 – 2010 and two (2) from the Department of Pathology 1 CPC by the Department of Pathology per Semester 1 Student CPC each by the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics in the First Semester 1 Student CPC each by the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics in the Second Semester  There will be a total of eight (8) CPCs

Clinicopathologic Conference  Student CPC Sponsors and Scheduled Dates June 30 – Medicine August 4 – Surgery August 11 – Pathology September 15 – OB / Gynecology November 17 – Surgery January 12 – Medicine February 16 – Pediatrics February 23 - Pathology

Clinicopathologic Conference  Student CPCs Students will be given a Case to discuss for the Student CPCs a few days/weeks prior to the CPC Students will present as a group by lottery done on the day of the CPC Written reports will be individual/group depending on the sponsoring Department Report to be submitted to the respective Department who gave the CPC The grade for the written report will be part of the ICS Grade of the respective Department who sponsored the CPC

CPC  Grading will be as follows: Written report: 80% ○ Correctness and completes of the diagnosis: 20% ○ Process: 60% Presentation of pertinent data Critical assessment of information of data presented Integration and synthesis Peer evaluation: 20%

PRE-CLERKSHIP WARD OBSERVATION

 Students will be divided into groups of more or less 5-6 students  An overnight ward immersion (6pm – 6am) will be done 5 times within the year 1 surgical field rotation (Surgery & OB) per semester 1 non-surgical field rotation (Medicine or Neurology & Pediatrics) per semester  The student will be under the responsibility of the Head of the Department concerned and supervised by the Resident/Senior Intern.

PRE-CLERKSHIP WARD OBSERVATION  Upon arrival at the assigned Ward, the student is required to sign in at the Official Department Logbook.  In the same manner, upon completion of the immersion, the student is required to sign out at the Official Department Logbook  The students will stay at the place designated by the Department concerned.

PRE-CLERKSHIP WARD OBSERVATION  Will follow Hospital Handbook Rules on Observership.  A written reaction paper is REQUIRED per student and is due on the morning of the immersion, to be submitted to Department concerned before signing out in the logbook.

CONTENT OF REPORT  Date & Department of Rotation  Name of Student  What have you observed?  What have you learned from these observations?  How do you think this will impact on your future clinical exposures/duties?

REMINDERS  DO wear complete uniforms (if in O.R., use proper surgical scrub)  DO observe proper decorum  BE responsible for your belongings  DO sign-in on time at the logbook at 6pm and report to the designated supervisor.  DO observe the conduct of ward rounds

REMINDERS  DO submit your required report before signing out at the logbook  DO NOT participate directly in patient care (interview, P.E., patient procedures, etc.)  DO NOT take pictures  DO NOT read patient charts

OSCE and Task Sheets

Formative OSCE  To be given at the end of the first semester Proposed date: October 22, 2010  Students perform assigned tasks and is given immediate feedback afterwards  Non-graded

Summative OSCE  To be given at the end of the school year Proposed date: March 18, 2011  Students perform assigned tasks, there will be no immediate feedback unlike in the formative OSCE.  Graded

Task Sheets  Each department will have tasks sheets that enumerates the skills needed to be learned by the student through a demonstration-return demonstration method.  This will ensure each students gets to learn the skills deemed by the departments as “must-know.”