Small Group Facilitation

Clinical Reasoning 1, 2 & 3

An integrated curriculum designed to:

1. Actively engage students in synthesizing content and developing approaches to solve medical problems.
2. Provide structure, guidance and assessment for self-directed learning and information seeking skills
3. Provide structure and guidance for the skills of critical judgment and medical problem solving.

Block Chairs: Deepti Rao, MD, Patrick Rendon, MD and Justin Roesch, MD
Contact clinicalreasoning@salud.unm.edu for more information

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Doctoring 1: Establishing a Foundation

During this course, first year medical students build patient-centered communication skills, in addition to learning to take a complete medical history, perform a screening physical exam and present their findings in both oral and written forms.  Small group sessions often utilize standardized patients (actors trained to portray the patient role).  You will team teach with 2 other preceptors and all teaching materials are provided.

Block Chairs: Jennifer Benson, MD, and Ann Morrison, MD
Contact JBenson1@salud.unm.edu

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Doctoring 2: Roles and Responsibilities

Students are introduced to healthcare in a primary care setting. They will observe and practice evaluations of patients under the mentorship of a primary care physician and develop basic skills in written documentation of the healthcare encounter. Students will compare and contrast the values and roles of different healthcare professions and explore interprofessional collaboration by working in healthcare teams. Students will build skills in communication, teamwork and patient evaluation by deliberate practice in simulated scenarios. They will continue to develop history and physical exam skills related to the diseases presented in the Phase 1 basic science blocks and develop skills in practice-based learning by researching questions that arise in their observation of clinical practice.

Block Chairs: Felisha Rohan-Minjares, MD, and Ann Morrison, MD
Contact FRohan-Minjares@salud.unm.edu for more information

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Doctoring 4: Equipping your professional toolbox

During this course, second year medical students build more advanced patient-centered communication skills during small group sessions centered on culturally responsive communication, motivational interviewing, shared medical decision-making and taking a sexual history.  Other small group sessions include GI physical exam, applying clinical reasoning to a focused history and physical and approach to geriatrics.  You will team-teach with another preceptor.  All teaching materials provided and you definitely do not need to be an expert on all these topics!

Block Chairs: Jennifer Benson, MD, and Ann Morrison, MD
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Doctoring 5: Transitions

The goal of the Transitions block is to assist students in transitioning from the basic science years of the curriculum to the clinical clerkships. The objectives of the Transitions block are accomplished by a combination of specially designed small-group cases, lectures, demonstrations, labs, panels and numerous practical exercises to reinforce the skills needed for future success in the clinical environment.

• Ethics Small Groups (generally 4 Wednesday mornings 10am-12pm during March/April)
• Clinical Reasoning Small Groups (two 3-hour sessions per week during March/April; 5 total)

Block Chairs: LeRoy Danielson, MD, and Ann Morrison, MD
Contact LVDanielson@salud.unm.edu for more information

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Doctoring 6: Honing Your Skills and Cultivating Resilience in Clinical Practice

This course builds on prior Doctoring course curricula, encouraging students to apply clinical and communication skills to the practice of medicine, while nurturing their professional identity development and addressing cross-cutting issues that impact patient care and professional life regardless of specialty. Topics include: professional identity formation, Wellness, ethics, substance use, and difficult physician-patient relationships.

Block Chairs: Esme Finlay, MD, and Ann Morrison, MD
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