MDE 8920: SELECT 4 15-16

SELECT 4 will occur throughout the year and will consist of two formal teaching blocks called Prologue at the beginning of Year 4 and  Epilogue near the end of the year. There will also be longitudinal component throughout the year.  The duration of Prologue  and the Epilogue will total three weeks.  The one-week longitudinal portion includes 1:1 coaching between students and their respective faculty coaches, peer coaching, small group meetings, and formative and summative assessments of students' clinical skills. This longitudinal portion can be taken concurrently with other electives. Students will be given four-weeks of credit for the course.


Objectives

  1. Facilitate students' identification of strengths and specific areas for leadership and professional development
  2. Describe responsibilities and roles of medical students and physicians as leaders and change agents in medical education and in the evolving healthcare environment.
  3. Gather formative and summative assessments of students' clinical skills that incorporate SELECT competencies.

Evaluation

At the end of the course, students will be expected to:

  1. Have enhanced self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship building
  2. Acquire and become skilled at the use of reflection and other life-long learning and assessment methods that can be used to further develop emotional intelligence post-medical school
  3. Demonstrate further skilled interactions with patients, their families, and other healthcare professionals in challenging clinical situations through standardized patient encounters and other learning and assessment modalities
  4. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in health systems, processes related to optimizing patient care and outcomes