Health Sciences Education Symposium
Presentation Format
Poster
Type of Activity
Innovation
Original Presentation Date
2019
Date of Submission
March 2019
Abstract/Short Description
Purpose and Background:
- Compression of education and training with other responsibilities into more limited work hours
- Shift towards algorithm-based teaching/practice
- Less time spent in practice of basic science
- Intellectual Curiosity/Mechanistic Thinking less emphasized
- Self-directed learning and intellectual curiosity a primary focus for improvement in 2017
Mission Statement:
Through science experimentation in applied physiology, housestaff will reconnect with basic physiology and apply learned principles to commonly encouraged clinical scenarios.
Housestaff will participate in experiments to stimulate intellectual curiosity among participants and encourage appreciate and incorporation of physiology into their clinical and teaching roles.
References
1.Spencer AL, Brosenitsch T, Levine AS, Kanter SL. Back to the basic sciences: An innovative approach to teaching senior medical students how best to integrate basic science and clinical medicine. Acad Med. 2008;83:662–669 2.Woods NN, Neville AJ, Levinson AJ, Howey EH, Oczkowski WJ, Norman GR. The value of basic science in clinical diagnosis. Acad Med. 2006;81(10 suppl):S124–S127. 3.Herzig SJ, Aird WC, Shah BJ, McKernan M, Zeidel ML. From hagfish to humans: teaching comparative physiology to internal medicine residents.Acad Med. 2012 Mar;87(3):372-7. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182444c1b. PubMed PMID: 22373634.
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VCU Medical Education Symposium
First Author Information
Rebecca Miller, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine