Drexel University College of Medicine

Target Audience

Physicians who wish to update their medical knowledge, clinicians who wish to enhance their investigatory and analytic skills for use in clinical situations, learners who wish to prepare for the NBME Clinical Knowledge Exam and international medical graduates who wish to be accepted into US graduate medical education training programs.

Goals and Objectives

Upon completion of this course: reviewing assigned online lectures and answering all quiz questions accurately, participant will meet the following goals and objectives:

Patient Care

          Goals:

Objectives:

1. Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment
2. Develop a patient management plan

 

 

Medical Knowledge

   

    1.  To demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations:

         problem identification and application of basic, social, and  clinical sciences for clinical

         reasoning.  

Objectives:

1. Acquire an investigatory & analytic thinking approach to clinical situations
2. Apply the relevant basic scientific principles to the clinical sciences

 

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

1. To investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care practices
2. To appraise and assimilate scientific evidence

Objectives:

1. Reflect upon & analyze practice outcomes
2. Apply generally accepted study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies

 

 Systems-based Practice

Goals: 

1. To enhance awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context of health systems, cost-effective health care and resource allocation, and system resources to provide care that is of optimal quality and value

Objectives:

1. Describe how different medical practices and delivery systems co-exist, including methods of controlling health care costs and allocating resources