REQUIRED ELECTIVES: BACK TO THE CLASSROOM SEMINARS
ALL P&S STUDENTS MUST TAKE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE ELECTIVES, ALONG WITH THE CORRESPONDING CLINICAL PRACTICE IV COMPONENT AND BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS.
| MD02P Advanced Medical Pathophysiology and Therapeutics |
| THIS ELECTIVE IS NOT OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. |
| Course Directors: |
Dr. Ronald Drusin, (212) 305-4194, red3@columbia.edu
Dr. Donald Landry, (212) 305-2131, dwl1@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
February only |
| Maximum: |
55 students |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, time to be determined |
| Site/Location: |
Schedule will be posted in Courseworks |
| Description: |
Objective:
Provides students with a knowledge of pathophysiology and therapeutics
that is organized so as to emphasize critical evidence which is
necessary for clinical decision-making.
Learning Experience:
The students will meet weekday mornings on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday (CP IV is offered on Wednesdays as a separate course that is
included within each selective). Topics to be selected relate to
critical evidence that underlies decision-making in key areas of
clinical medicine. Topics covered in a recent offering included
Evaluation of publications appropriate to Evidence-based Medicine,
breast cancer screening, liver failure, diabetes, heart failure, acute
coronary syndrome, HIV, shock, and colon cancer.
Emphasis will be given to the foundations of medical knowledge
including critical appraisal of data as well as the more practical
aspects of management. The Faculty members are experts in each
field discussed. The topics to be covered have been selected with
the assistance of the P&S graduates serving on the Medical House
staff at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to ensure relevance to the
experience of interns and residents. However, the course is
intended to serve the needs of those pursuing postgraduate training in
any clinical specialty.
Feedback: Continuous throughout.
Evaluation: Will be by self-assessment. |
| Please note: In addition to taking Advanced Medical Pathophysiology and Therapeutics you will be taking Clinical Practice IV (see below), a small group class for which attendance is required every Wednesday, and Biomedical Informatics. |
| PA06P Advanced Clinical Pathology |
| THIS ELECTIVE IS NOT OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. |
| Course Directors: |
Dr. Steven L. Spitalnik, (212) 342-5648, ss2479@columbia.edu |
| Coordinator: |
Aysha Perez, (212) 305-1790, ayt70001@nyp.org |
| Given: |
October only |
| Maximum: |
60 students |
| Start Date/Time: |
First weekday of the month, time to be determined |
| Site/Location: |
To be determined |
| Description: |
The
use of laboratory studies to make and/or confirm diagnoses has become
critical in modern medicine. However, the excessive use of laboratory
studies by physicians has become a prime target of attack by those
aiming to contain the cost of medical care.
Objective: We will explore several aspects of the use of laboratory medicine in today's changing environment.
Learning Experience:
These include: 1) The role of screening laboratory studies in both
in-patient and out-patient settings; 2) The use and interpretation of
sophisticated testing to resolve certain critical issues in patient
management, especially as related to hematologic testing; 3) The
relative place for new technology in the diagnostic and therapeutic
armamentarium - is it complementary, or should it replace less
sophisticated but well-tested studies currently being performed; 4) How
can we resolve the ethical dilemmas created by the availability of
testing to predict who might develop certain chronic illnesses (e.g.,
breast cancer, colon cancer, Huntington's disease) that heretofore
could not be predicted?; and finally, 5) Who decides what testing is
appropriate and what testing is inappropriate in any given situation?;
How are such decisions made, and how should they be made in the future?
Feedback: Continuous.
Evaluation: Participation in course and final exam. |
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note: In addition to taking Advanced Clinical Pathology you will be
taking Clinical Practice IV (see below), a small group class for which
attendance is required every Wednesday. |
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| PH01P Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
| THIS ELECTIVE IS NOT OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Penelope Boyden, (212) 305-7907, pab4@columbia.edu
Dr. Steven O. Marx, (212) 305-0271, sm460@columbia.edu |
| Course Coordinator: |
Ms. Karen Justina Allis, (212) 305-4197, kja7@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
March only |
| Maximum: |
45 students |
| Start Date/Time: |
First day of the month, contact the course coordinator regarding the time |
| Site/Location: |
BB 7-724 |
| Description: |
Objectives: The
objective is to teach skills in designing and implementing appropriate
pharmacological therapy for the treatment of a wide variety of disease
states using sound clinical and scientific principles.
Learning experience:
There is an initial series of workshops consisting of lectures and
discussions focused on basic principles of drug administration,
absorption, distribution, elimination and drug-drug interactions. This
includes how drug actions and pharmacokinetics are altered in special
populations such as women, and pediatric and geriatric patients.
The goal of these workshops is to learn how to modify drug
administration and dosing schedules to maximize therapeutic effects and
minimize drug toxicity. This will be followed during the next 3
weeks by student work‑up and presentation of therapeutic strategies for
a variety of clinical cases under the guidance of expert faculty in the
areas of cardiology, nephrology, hypertension, infectious disease,
rheumatology, oncology, endocrinology and psychiatry.
Feedback:
All students will work with preceptors who are expert in
pharmacological therapy and who will provide guidance in the management
of the clinical cases. |
| Please
note: In addition to taking Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics you
will be taking Clinical Practice IV (see below), a small group class
for which attendance is required every Wednesday. |
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| CP04P Clinical Practice IV: Return to the Classroom |
| THIS ELECTIVE IS NOT OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. |
| Course Director: |
Dr. Constance Park, (212) 639-9850, cmp4@columbia.edu |
| Coordinator: |
Ms. Evelyn Addo (212) 342-9008, eaa31@columbia.edu |
| Given: |
October, February, and March along with the electives listed above |
| Start Date/Time: |
Start date and time to be determined |
| Site/Location: |
To be determined |
| Description: |
Description: Please note, attendance is required in this small group course on Wednesday mornings. This required four-session course occurs during each of the back to the classroom electives listed above.
Objectives: These sessions provide students with opportunities to reflect on their professional goals while investigating current challenges in medicine including medical economics, ethical challenges in the patient-physician relationship, life-threatening illness, disease prevention and health promotion. There are numerous opportunities to think about and discuss the mission of medicine and the professional motivations of individual students.
Learning Experience: There are opportunities for discussion of practical topics like delivering bad news, signing death certificates and DNR orders, and writing diet orders. Comprehensive patient care, patient-physician relationship, cultural competence and health care teams are important themes.
Feedback: Continuous throughout elective.
Evaluation: Each student will prepare written reflections or visual projects and participate in large and small group discussions in the following four areas: 1) Lifestyle Changes and Comprehensive Patient Care: Coronary Artery Disease. 2) The Rapidly Changing Health Care System: Economics, Organization, and Ethical Challenges, 3) The Physician and Patients with Life Threatening Illness. 4) Selected Topics: these include Physical Therapy, Pain Management, Nutrition, and Topics in Alternative Therapeutics,
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| MI02P Biomedical Informatics |
| THIS ELECTIVE IS NOT OPEN TO VISITING STUDENTS. |
| Course Director: |
Eric Silfen, MD, MSHA, (212) 342-1640, eric.silfen@dbmi.columbia.edu |
| Given: |
October, February, and March |
| Maximum: |
55 |
| Start Date/Time: |
Please contact course director |
| Site/Location: |
Please contact course director |
| Description: |
The student will carry out a research project in medical informatics. Many projects involve real systems that are used daily for clinical care, research, education, and administration. Students should understand that the elective is research-focused, it is not a general introduction to Medical Informatics.
Objective: The objective is to teach the student about the use of computers and information science in healthcare, and to expose them to current research issues in medical informatics.
Learning Experience: The student will carry out a concrete project in one of the following areas: Clinical Data Augmentation -- Exploration of methods for transforming raw clinical data into information, knowledge and action; Enhanced Health Care Communication -- Information distribution and visualization techniques to improve communication among health care providers and patients; or, Multimedia Health Education -- New methods of concept organization and visual presentation to educate health care providers and patients. A selection of projects are listed on the course website. The student will also attend departmental seminars on a variety of topics.
Feedback: Students are expected to meet with their research advisor on a weekly basis to review the progress of the project.
Evaluation: The student will be evaluated by the faculty advisor.
Course Website: www.dbmi.columbia.edu/educ/non_degree_programs/medstud.html
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