This course prepares students for their new roles and responsibilities as they progress into the first component of clinical clerkship. Through a classroom unit and participation in two clinical rotations, students develop and demonstrate the skills necessary for their initial participation in the assessment and care of patients as part of a health care team. Learning activities include simulation, procedural skills training, lectures, seminars, small group, case-based, and independent learning, in addition to experiential learning during clinical clerkship rotations in the clinical setting. Students begin to apply the practical aspects of common clinical encounters including communication, procedural, and critical appraisal skills, and to identify opportunities for patient advocacy, personal care and wellness, collaboration, patient safety, and ethical and legal concepts.
This course prepares students for their new roles and responsibilities as they progress into the first component of clinical clerkship. Through a classroom unit and participation in two clinical rotations, students develop and demonstrate the skills necessary for their initial participation in the assessment and care of patients as part of a health care team. Learning activities include simulation, procedural skills training, lectures, seminars, small group, case-based, and independent learning, in addition to experiential learning during clinical clerkship rotations in the clinical setting. Students begin to apply the practical aspects of common clinical encounters including communication, procedural, and critical appraisal skills, and to identify opportunities for patient advocacy, personal care and wellness, collaboration, patient safety, and ethical and legal concepts.
