Goals/Objectives/Competencies

 

 

PRECEPTORSHIP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Goals of Patient Centered Medicine I for the students:

    1. Excellence in Clinical Skills
    2. Excellence in Professionalism and Humanism
    3. Commitment to the Health of the Community and Appreciation of Social, Functional, and Cultural Diversity
    4. Commitment to Lifelong Learning
    5. Development of Effective Skills in Education and Communication

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Objectives for Goal #1: Excellence in Clinical Skills

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Perform a structured history
  • Perform the rudiments of the head and neck, cardiac, abdominal, pulmonary, neurological, and musculoskeletal exam
  • Identify the patient’s main presenting problem
  • Present a basic history and physical to a preceptor in an organized manner
  • Describe abnormals using non-medical terminology
  • Educate patients in basic health promotion and disease prevention
  • Describe patient non-adherence to health-care regimens in different cultural groups
  • Accurately perform blood pressure measurements
  • Accurately perform vital signs measurements

Objectives for Goal #2: Excellence in Professionalism and Humanism

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Interact respectfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds
  • Identify personal values that may impact adversely on their ability to provide patient care
  • Be familiar with and adhere to the NJMS Honor Code
  • Accept criticism and respond in a professional and thoughtful manner
  • Accept responsibility for errors and demonstrate an openness to change
  • Interact respectfully with patients, faculty, and colleagues
  • Demonstrate empathy with patients, faculty and colleagues
  • Meet commitments in a timely manner.
  • Maintain appropriate appearance and dress.

Objectives for Goal #3: Commitment to the Health of the Community and Appreciation of Social, Functional, and Cultural Diversity

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Perform a structured history that explores the patient’s perspective, helps develop a diagnosis and prepares the student to explain their findings
  • Apply knowledge of different social conditions to effectively elicit a history from patients of diverse groups (gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, disabilities, and underserved populations)
  • Respect the patient’s cultural background and beliefs while performing the normal physical exam
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the manner in which people of diverse cultures and belief systems perceive health and illness and respond to various symptoms, diseases, and treatments
  • Understand the impact that gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture, religion, socioeconomic status, disabilities, literacy level, and health disparities have on creating a treatment plan
  • Recognize through a development of self-awareness and appropriately address gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, religious, socioeconomic status, disability, and cultural biases in themselves

Objectives for Goal #5: Development of Effective Skills in Education and Commitment

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Elicit the patient’s view of health problem(s)
  • Discuss how the health problem(s) affect the patient’s life
  • Respond in an elementary fashion to patient concerns and expectations
  • Greet the patient appropriately
  • Express a willingness to be helpful to the patient in addressing his/her concerns
  • Maintain a respectful tone
  • Demonstrate caring and respectful behaviors when interacting with patients and their families
  • Elicit a structured medical history
  • Accurately and legibly document information obtained from a structured medical history