Course Catalog

 
48-604 PHYSICIANS AS EDUCATORS
Department PATHOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director PETER G. ANDERSON, DVM, PhD Enrollment Limit 15
Contact PETER G. ANDERSON, DVM, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email pga@uab.edu Address VH G019H, zip 0019
Phone (205) 934-2414 Fax (205) 975-5697
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description During the Physician as Educator elective the student will participate in on-line didactic assignments designed to introduce them to educational theory, teaching methodologies, and assessment. In addition to successful completion of the on-line web based instructional modules, the elective participants will be required to develop an on-line teaching case suitable for medical students in training (undergraduates or Interns). This teaching case must be designed utilizing the educational methodologies learned in the didactic portion of the elective. An acceptable teaching case must include objectives, case presentation (including patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, imaging results (image files), and surgical biopsy, or autopsy results and images when applicable), and a minimum of 5 essay questions with answer key rubric, and 5 USMLE style multiple choice questions related to the case.
Where To Report Students will be contacted via email.
Requirements Participate in a project related to Physicians as Educators as assigned.
Evaluation Students will be expected to adhere to project guidelines and deadlines. Pass or fail grade will be assessed based upon student participation in the elective, completion of the project according to the project guidelines, and submission of the project by the prescribed deadline at the end of the elective.
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