Curriculum

KINGS COUNTY AMBULATORY CARE CURRICULUM

Educational Sessions During Y Block (Goals/Objectives/Descriptions)

• Core Topics in Internal Medicine Primary Care: This is an hour long, resident-led session reviewing a topic from the Hopkins Ambulatory Care Modules, with the goal of covering the entire curriculum over three years. While residents are expected to cover all medical content within their assigned Hopkins Module, they do not need to follow the format and are encouraged to vary the method of teaching and presenting the material. Residents should use this forum to try various teaching modalities to improve teaching skills. At the end of the session, residents will participate in self-directed feedback with a faculty member to reinforce effective teaching methods and discuss strategies to further improve teaching skills.

  • You may be scheduled to present on the first day of the block. Please check the schedule and prepare EARLY. The schedule and assignments for the entire year will be available in July. Please feel free to reach out to the Chief Residents and faculty to coach you prior to your session.

• Clinical Skills Seminar: The goal of this seminar is to build intention around interview and exam skills using self-reflective practice and a shared coaching model. Residents will be assigned to select short (<2 min) video segments of their own patient encounters that demonstrate examples of effective interview skills or that serve as a prompt to solicit constructive feedback from the group. Each resident’s total time including discussion should be about 15 minutes.

• Psychosocial Rounds: This is a forum for residents to discuss challenges faced as a physician in training and is meant to offer peer support to problem solve. 2-3 residents will be assigned to present cases each session. Others with pressing cases may volunteer as well. Vegas Rules: All matters discussed during the session are not to be discussed elsewhere. Cases may be:

  • Any difficult interaction/situation related to patients, peers, superiors, staff, etc.

  • Unresolved, without a clear answer

  • A short prompt to spark discussion around humanism in medicine

  • Reviewed with an Attending/Chief beforehand if helpful

• Evidence Based Practice Journal Article Review: Residents will present and evaluate landmark outpatient articles to gain insight into the evidence that informs practice. Residents will debrief at the end of the session with a faculty member or chief.

• Scholarly Activities Session: A comprehensive guided practicum on the scholarly approach to writing and submitting for presentation/publication. Residents will be divided into small groups focused on completing a scholarly project, with the intent of presenting at professional conferences.

• Leadership & Career Development Seminar: This series is dedicated to furthering resident career development through topics like CV writing workshop, job hunting, how to survive as an internist, etc.

• Outpatient Report: This is a 30 minute, practical, case-based session. Residents will present a case with concise teaching points and facilitate group discussion. Examples of topics may include diagnosis, clinical reasoning, management, or skills practice. In general, focusing on approaches that can be generalized to other situations would be preferable over “zebra” cases. Residents are encouraged to use these sessions to try different teaching strategies and techniques to maximize learner engagement (such as group facilitation and clinical microskills). Faculty and Chief Residents will be available for coaching beforehand and will partner with the resident to reflect on performance at the end of the teaching session.

• Population Health & Telemedicine: This session is focused on reviewing chronic disease population panels, identifying ways to (re)engage patients into care, as well as following up with patient abnormal results through the "review queue" in the electronic medical record. Each resident is to bring 1-2 patients to discuss challenges and interventions with the group.

• Primary Care Grand Rounds: A conference with primary care attendings, often with guest speakers on various topics. This takes place most Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in the E2 Conference Room.