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PATIENT CENTERED MEDICINE (PCM) 1

Overview Of Course Content

Patient Centered Medicine (PCM) is a 3 year course designed for
Loyola medical students to develop the skills needed to become
balanced, competent, patient-centered physicians with life-long
career satisfaction.  

Patient Centered Medicine is based on the idea that the patient is
at the center of the health care team, and each member of the
team has an important role to play in promoting the patient’s health and happiness. The health care team is only a small part of the patient’s life.  Physicians are one part of a large network of providers for each patient. Each member of the health care team must partner with all of the other members of the team as well as the patient for the desired outcome of health and happiness.  From the very first day of medical school, medical students are an important part of that health care team. PCM will help students define their own roles as learners and providers on this team. Therefore, this course has the expectation that each student will work to his or her capacity at all times.

Overall, By the END of PCM 1, students are expected to:

• Demonstrate proficiency in taking a complete medical history, and performing a basic screening physical examination.
• Demonstrate proficiency in documenting the elements of
  patient care.
• Demonstrate an understanding of medical ethics and how to
  approach ethical issues with patients, families and the health care team.
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication
  skills in complex interactions with patients and colleagues.
• Form a respectful working alliance with a small group of
  peers and faculty as a basis for future professional
  relationships.
• Demonstrate a capacity for self-audit, reflection, and effective
  participation in peer review.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and use evidence-based
  medicine to care for patients.
• Demonstrate an understanding of health promotion and
  disease prevention principles.
• Demonstrate collaboration at all levels and recognize that
  collaboration is the key to effective patient centered care.
• Demonstrate understanding of what constitutes professional
  behavior and demonstrate professional behavior in all PCM activities.
• Demonstrate integration of all coursework and experiences
  to effectively care for patients.
• Demonstrate understanding of some skills necessary to
  support life-long career satisfaction.

Class Format

Small Groups:                
Small group sessions are the core of the course, all other components build from the small group discussion topics
that focus on key issues on becoming a physician. 

Lectures:                              
Compliment small group sessions.

Panel Discussions:           
Compliment small group sessions.

Experiential Activities:      
These activities may include mentor programs, shadowing programs, simulated patients-both virtual and actors, real patient encounters, reflection papers and discussions, reading books and journal articles, small group discussions and practice of skills learned, working with ancillary health providers, and many skills workshops.

Textbooks  

 * indicates text is also required for other courses

Study Strategies And Time Commitment: 

PCM requires the integration and synthesis of work learned in this
and other courses as well as experiences outside of the classroom.
The expectation is that every student has the goal of becoming the
best physician (s)he can become, and will actively work toward
that goal in all PCM and SSOM activities. Students are not passive
learners in PCM and are expected to take responsibility for their own education within the framework presented.  This model is very
different than the undergraduate model of didactic lecture and student regurgitation of knowledge.  

Time commitment:  You will be spending approximately

1    hour per week in lecture and small group sessions. 

2.5 hours of scheduled lab time each week and will most
       likely spend an additional

1    hour per week in experiential activities 

2    hours per week in preparing for lecture/activities and
      studying coursework.


Patient Centered Medicine 1: Learning Plan  - (6.57KB)