Periods	Pre-requisite	Sites & Slots	Hours	Weeks
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12	none, Year 3 students only	TBD	FT, 40 hr wk	2

(Provisional Number to be confirmed by SCNS)

Drs. Vinita Kiluk, Joanne Valeriano and Dawn Schocken

Any student who wishes to complete this elective will need to meet with either Dr. Vinita Kiluk or Dawn Schocken to confirm elective availability and so that they can match student needs to the available resources.

Faculty will work with each student to design a curriculum to develop advanced proficiency in the various clinical competencies based on self-reflection of the student and the assessment of the faculty. The elective is tailored to the need of the individual student. Faculty will specifically identify, and use simulated learning, real clinical settings, study aides, and professional expertise to allow students to work on competency based clinical skills.

Objectives

At the end of this elective the student will (depending on the initial goals of the students from the course):

Demonstrate proficiency with presentations based upon a validated assessment tool
Discuss the process to efficiently conduct a chart review
Display confidence and assertiveness when developing a management plan for the patients with whom the student is involved
Analyze their improvements in their communication skills
Document an improvement in the flow of their history taking
Document an improvement in the flow of their physical exam.

Methods

Students will participate in this elective in the CACL and CACL II, seeing standardized patients, observing videos, participating in simulation activities and developing experience in electronic charting. Occasionally students will practice in the clinical outpatient setting.

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated using checklists to provide a 360 review of their performance - the student will complete self-checklists, SPs will complete a review of the student's performance of communications skills, and the elective faculty will complete checklists on student performance. A queue of faculty not in this elective will be trained by the elective faculty to review video-taped performances of the student to document proficiency in areas under contract. Grades will be determined from the combination of self-checklists and faculty checklists as well as a final self-assessment by the student on what they have accomplished during the elective and what they plan to continue to work on as life long learners.