Transition to Residency *

ELEC 258

Department
Internal Medicine

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Non-Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
No

Prerequisites
Completion of Phase 2 Clerkships

Other
Completion of Phase 3

Goal
This is a mandatory, two week clinical skills course (i.e. bedside manner, sign out and transfer of care, admission and discharge preparation, medication reconciliation etc.) designed to prepare the student for residency. Both general and discipline specific instruction will be provided. The goal of the course is to provide a framework that allows the student to “hit the ground running” in residency with a skillset that is applicable regardless of institution or field of training. The course will employ didactic instruction, small group discussion, role modeling and role playing, procedural technique instruction and standardized patient encounters with real time feedback on student performance.

Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Identify common problems for which an intern will be the first contact and develop a framework for triaging and cross-covering.
  2. Describe strategies for transitions of care.
  3. Describe appropriate use of healthcare resources as they relate to the health care system as a whole.
  4. Define diagnosis and management of common medical topics relevant to every intern, as they relate to residency of choice.
  5. Demonstrate medication reconciliation using simulated patient cases for admission and discharge.
  6. Display knowledge of indications, contraindications, and techniques for common procedures as they relate to the residency of choice.
  7. Perform intern-level history and physical exams on simulated patients, with construction of progress notes and H&Ps following patient interaction.
  8. Demonstrate advanced communication techniques in breaking bad news, disclosing a medical error, communicating with ancillary staff, etc.
  9. Demonstrate familiarity with principles of ACLS in the bedside management of decompensating patients.
  10. Display intern-level skill in simulated transitions of care.
  11. Delineate strategies and techniques for time management and efficiency.
  12. Identify the importance of communication skills as they relate to patient safety and outcomes.
  13. Identify the importance of transitions of care as they relate to patient outcomes and safety.
  14. Display qualities of a humanistic physician in simulated patient and family encounters.
  15. Describe the impact of unprofessional behavior on the patient-physician and patient-ancillary staff relationship.
  16. Identify key aspects of professionalism as they apply to resident physicians.

Method of Assessment

  • Standard Non-clinical Evaluation - Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Additional Methods

Competency-based checklists and Entrustable Professional Activity; Direct observation and video-recording.

Course Director

TJ McMorrow, MD, Pavana Sreenivasan, MD,

Course Coordinator

Amanda Franklin
aerwin@uic.edu
309-671-8412

Location

Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center

Setting

Neither Outpatient nor Inpatient

Night Call

No

Laboratory

Yes

Please Specify

Simulations

Weekends

No

House Staff

Yes

Number of Learners per Block

Required for all M4 students

Duration

2 weeks

Who is this elective available to

M4s (in Phase 3)

Blocks Available

11a only