MS1 College Sessions

• Introduction to Colleges
• Professionalism & Wellness
• Hospital Visit with Mentor
• College Bowl

Physical Examination:

• General Appearance and Vital Signs
• Musculoskeletal Exam – Upper Extremity
• HEENT Exam
• Pulmonary Exam
• Abdominal Exam
• Musculoskeletal Exam – Back & Lower Extremity
• Cardiovascular Exam
• Practice Physical Exam I
• Female Exam
• Lymph Nodes & Skin Exam
• Male Exam
• Practice Physical Exam II
• Neurological Exam

Ethics:

• Scholastic Integrity
• Appearance
• Genethics
• Disclosure
• End of Life Issues
• Sexual Boundaries
• Liver Transplant Case

Human Behavior:

• Mental Status Examination
• Child Volunteers
• Senior Mentors

Skills Clinics:

• Patient History & Basic Communication Skills
• CPR
• Social and Spiritual History
• Advanced Communication Skills
• Sexual History
• Culture and Medicine

MS2 College Sessions

• Welcome, Expectations & Introduction to Hospital Visits
• Professionalism & Wellness
• Clinical Ethics
• Neurological Exam & Findings
• Dermatology Exam & Findings
• OSCE Preparation
• College Bowl

Hospital Visits:

• Review of the History and Physical
• Hospital Visit with Mentor
• Hospital Visit
• Psychiatry Visit

Skills Clinics:

• Complicated Interviews
• Complicated Management Issues
• Simulation Center, Team Training

Case-Based Learning:

• Cardiovascular
• Respiratory
• Gastrointestinal
• Renal-Urinary-Musculoskeletal

Evidence-Based Medicine:

• EBM 1
• EBM 2

MS3 Colleges

During each required third-year clerkship, students write a one-page reflection essay based upon a clinical or interpersonal encounter on the wards or clinics.  At least one time during the third year, each student will meet with their mentor and his/her second-year students to discuss one of the encounters.

MS4 Colleges

The Texas Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha has paired chapter members with mentor groups to mentor first and second-year students.

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