Musculoskeletal and Integument
Total Contact Hours:
35 hours
Course Director:
Larry J. Ream, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
Julian Trevino, M.D., Associate Professor, Dermatology
Course Description:
This course presents the common diseases and illnesses affecting the skin and musculoskeletal systems, including infectious, neoplastic, environmental, and immunologic. Through laboratory exercises, case discussions, and team-based learning modules, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are discussed.
Course Learning Goals, Assessment, Practice, and Teaching and Learning Activities, and their Integration with the Institutional Educational Objectives:
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What does our institution want our graduates to do? |
If your students mastered the content of your course, what would they be able to do? |
What will students need to do for them and others (peers, professors) to know whether they have achieved this specific learning goal? |
How will students get the information they need to learn? |
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Identify the normal histology and physiological functions of skeletal muscle, discriminate between normal and abnormal skeletal muscle, and identify pathogenic mechanisms and clinical presentation of common disorders of skeletal muscle when given a case vignette of a patient with possible disorder in this domain. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Identify the key features of peripheral nerve injury and recovery in the context of clinical signs and symptoms; interpret results of EMG and nerve conduction studies in context of patient history & physical findings, pose differential diagnosis. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
Patient Panel |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture EMG Demo |
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Explain the movements that occur at various types of synovial joints; describe the process of long bone growth and explain how hormones and physical stress regulate bone remodeling. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
Practice Questions (Notepack) |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Given a case vignette of a patient with a fracture, detail the stages of fracture repair and its biologic mechanisms. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Notepack Live Lecture |
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Given case vignettes of patients with probably bone diseases, identify the pathogenic mechanisms in relation to clinical features and natural history of those disorders. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Accurately explain the patho-physiologic basis, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options for a patient with a common joint disorder. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Given case vignettes with images, identify common and potentially lethal dermatologic conditions and indicate their pathogenesis, presentation and course, and evidence-based treatment approaches. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Given a case vignette of a patient requiring therapeutic agents for a skin disorder, indicate drug of choice and mechanism of action, contraindications, adverse side effects, and potential drug-drug interactions. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
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Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Given a case vignette of a patient with a possible skin cancer, interpret biopsy findings within context of staging, and indicate choices of treatment and prognosis. |
TBL IRAT/GRAT MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
TBL GAPP |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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After case presentations of Low Back Pain, Progressive Paraplegia, Multiple Joint Aches, Acute Hot Joint, and Shoulder pain, indicate key pathogenic features, next steps in diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment options. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam |
Differential Diagnosis Cases |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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During live patient presentations on Spinal Cord Injury and Myotonic Dystrophy, ask pertinent questions about their history, course of illness, impact of illness on their lives. |
No formal assessment |
Patient Panel |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture |
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Presented with a case vignette of a patient who needs or is taking an antipyretic analgesic or NSAID, identify drug options given clinical presentation and history, articulate mechanisms of action, contraindications, adverse side effects, and drug-drug interactions for selected options. |
MCQ Exam Term 1 Exam TBL peer feedback at end of Term 1 |
Differential Diagnosis Cases |
Textbooks Notepack Live Lecture Pharm Discussion with Residents |
