Year Two Units and Streamers

Units:

Learning Objectives for ALL Units

This unit will utilize a variety of self-directed, integrated learning experiences. The basic educational elements of this unit are:
Small group sessions, which occur twice weekly for 2-3 hours each.
Multidisciplinary Sessions, in which faculty present basic science and clinical information in a case-based, interactive format.
Single Disciplinary Sessions, in which faculty from one discipline present basic science information.
- Clinical activities
- Clinical Review Sessions
- Clinical Skills Sessions
- Radiology Sessions
- Clinical Selective
Mentor activities
Self Assessment Tools, which allow students to evaluate their progress in acquisition of knowledge and skills
End of Unit Assessment, which will measure student knowledge.

Faculty Leadership Committee:

Goals and Objectives:

Gain an appreciation of the role that population science and policy plays in the rapidly changing health system
Perform a comprehensive biomedical literature search/review
Differentiate between the types of traditional health studies and the reasoning behind their design
Understand biomedical statistics principles (i.e. effect-size measures, statistical tests, and confidence intervals)
Gain awareness of epidemiological principles and the role that these principles play in clinical decision making
Understand the social determinants of health and the role that they play in the health of individuals and populations
Understand social systems and the science around how these systems interact and complete with health
Gain an awareness of how culture and biases impact our behaviors, medical decision making, and our population’s health outcomes
Describe the basic structure, funding, and roles of health systems (public health, health care delivery, community health)

Understand how changes in health systems impact the delivery of health care and clinical decision making

See Unit Learning Objectives