Pulmonary Medicine Lessons For Medical Students Course Based Approach Arcot J. Chandrasekhar, MD, MBBS, FACP, FCCP, FRCP(C) Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Division

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Structure of Human body : Dr John McNulty Ph.D

• Overview of Thorax
• Pleural cavities
• Cross sectional anatomy  correlating with CT and MRI  
• Histology

 

Mechanisms of Disease

Pathology

• Pulmonary Pathology   By Dr Ralph Leischner, MD (21 Diseases)
• Gross Lungs Review    By Dr Ralph Leischner, MD
• Self Evaluation on Pulmonary Pathology  By Dr Ralph Leischner, MD

Clinical/Path Correlation

• CXR as a Diagnostic Tool/ Path correlation :   Lecture outline         CAI        Lecture slides with description  In this lesson an attempt is made to teach correlation between pathology and CXR images.  By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD
• Pathology of Cough By John M. Walsh, MD, MS  and Dawn Carlson, MD
• Pathology of Dyspnea  By John M. Walsh, MD, MS.
• Hemoptysis by Dawn Carlson, MD
• Clinical Approach to Obstructive and Restrictive Lung Diseases
• Pathophysiology of Hypoxemia and Hypercapnia
• Clinical Approach to Pulmonary Function Tests   By John M. Walsh, MD, MS.
• Pleura in Health and Disease   By Dr Edward Garrity, MD

           Microbiology:

• Bacteroides and Other Anaerobes   by Dr David Hecht M.D
• Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: by  Dr Tadayo Hashimoto, M.D., Ph.D.

Introduction to Practice of Medicine

• Physical Diagnosis    By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD
  The Pulmonary Physical Diagnosis lesson is for freshmen medical students. Reason for, method of exam, normal findings and significance of abnormalities are reviewed for each step.
• History Taking: Pulmonary System Review

Function of the Human body

• Physiology of Respiratory system  By  Charles L. Webber, Jr., Ph.D.

Organ Systems Course

• Lung Cancer     By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD
  This lecture was given in the organ systems course. This course has been discontinued.
  

Junior Medicine

MDL Cases     By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD

1. Pulmonary Embolism
2. Tuberculosis
   The same case is presented in three separate lessons. Start with diagnosis first.
   • Diagnosis
   • Treatment
   • Prevention
3. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The MDL cases have been developed for teaching basic concepts of disease to junior medical students. It is expected that each student will review the cases and try to answer the questions posed to him or her. Instructor's discussion of answers are provided. Optimal benefit is anticipated when a small group of students review the case and discuss their responses before seeking the instructor's answers.

Procedures    By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD

1. Arterial Puncture
2. Thoracentesis

In this lesson, indications, steps of procedure, pre and post procedure management, complications and how to avoid them are discussed for each procedure. Any student who has not yet performed these procedures will benefit by this review prior to attempting the actual procedure. Rapid changes in technology and instrumentation make some techniques and images obsolete. However, many of the fundamental principles remain pertinent.

Senior Medicine 

•  Diseases      By A.J. Chandrasekhar, MD
              (44 diseases) Basic information about pulmonary diseases.
  

Pulmonary  and Critical Care Elective

 Elective  Information and Lessons

• Critical care Syllabus
• Consult Syllabus
• Procedure Skills 
• Self Evaluation   By Dr Kevin Simpson, MD
  This lesson has been developed to provide a mechanism for self evaluation. Every resident and Senior student enrolled in a pulmonary rotation is expected to review these questions and attempt to answer them. Instructor's discussion of answers is available. However, the purpose is defeated if you look up answers before making an attempt to answer yourself. It is anticipated that you will aim to correct deficiencies in areas where you have problems.