Endocrine
Total Contact Hours:
46.5 hours
Course Director:
Thomas Michael Koroscil M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Department of Internal Medicine
Course Description:
Starting with the physiologic principles that govern the creation, release, and regulation of hormones, this course moves through the common and catastrophic disease states that affect the endocrine organs. Diabetes is given particular emphasis, given its increasing prevalence and morbidity in the US. Small group case discussions highlight diagnostic test interpretation, making a differential diagnosis, and therapeutic intervention options.
Course Learning Goals, Assessment, Practice, 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 key anatomical and physiological features of the endocrine system. |
Quizzes Clinical Case Sessions MCQ Exam Term 2 Exam |
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Textbook Readings Notepack Live Lectures |
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Given a case vignette of a patient with possible endocrine disease, clarify the pathogenesis, approaches to diagnosis and evidence-based treatment. |
Quizzes Clinical Case Sessions MCQ Exam Term 2 Exam |
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Textbook Readings Notepack Live Lectures Live Lectures with Clinical Questions and ARS questions |
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Accurately interpret laboratory results of patients with possible endocrine disorders & indicate most likely diagnoses based on these results and clinical findings. |
Quizzes Clinical Case Sessions TBL IRAT/GRAT MCQ Exam Term 2 Exam |
Review session with ARS questions TBL GAPP |
Textbook Readings Notepack Live Lectures Live Lectures with Clinical Questions and ARS questions |
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Using knowledge of population medicine, identify in case vignettes key issues of risk for endocrine disorders, i.e. diabetes, thyroid, genetic conditions, and integrate this information into diagnosis & treatment approaches. |
Quizzes Clinical Case Sessions TBL IRAT/GRAT MCQ Exam Term 2 Exam |
TBL GAPP |
Textbook Readings Notepack Live Lectures Live Lectures with Clinical Questions and ARS questions |
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Integrate medical science knowledge to evaluate and solve complex clinical problems through small group discussion with faculty. |
Quizzes Clinical Case Sessions TBL IRAT/GRAT MCQ Exam Term 2 Exam |
TBL GAPP |
Textbook Readings Notepack Live Lectures Live Lectures with Clinical Questions and ARS questions |
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Work effectively in teams to solve problems |
TBL IRAT/GRAT TBL peer feedback at end of Term 2 |
TBL GAPP |
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