9 courses with the subject ASMD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ASMD 370Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium I (ASMC I) This course is designed to develop students’2
knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to principles of professionalism, ethics, and caring, as students embark on their roles as future physicians. Specific topics include the culture of medicine, physician-patient communication, empathy, humanism, and various controversies in medicine. This course occurs in weekly two-hour sessions, applying active learning methods that focus on facilitated discussions. Sessions may also incorporate video, art, music, poetry, and role- play. Colloquium sessions are deliberately positioned at the end of each instructional week to facilitate reflection on the clinical presentation-based themes of the week and the issues they raise related to the general subjects of the colloquium. Students will learn, teach, and lead in groups called Academic Societies, each guided by a designated clinical and non-clinical scientist faculty member. These faculty members will partner with each Academic Society to facilitate the professional development of students and provide regular feedback to each student in individual meetings. Students will also develop skills of self-evaluation and peer-evaluation in this course, as they practice ownership of their lifelong professional development.
ASMD 371Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium II (ASMC II) This is the second semester of a four-semester
sequence. Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium II is designed to develop students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to principles of professionalism, ethics, and caring, as students expand their identities as future physicians. Specific topics include telemedicine, research ethics, medical jurisprudence, gender issues, life balance, healthcare economics, end of life care, integrative medicine, and various controversies in medicine. This course occurs in weekly two-hour sessions, applying active learning methods that focus on facilitated discussions. Sessions may also incorporate video, art, music, poetry, and role-play. Colloquium sessions are deliberately positioned at the end of each instructional week to facilitate reflection on the clinical presentation-based themes of the week and the issues they raise related to the general subjects of the colloquium. Students will learn, teach, and lead in groups called Academic Societies, each guided by a designated clinical and non-clinical scientist faculty member. These faculty members will partner with each Academic Society to facilitate the professional development of students and provide regular feedback to each student in individual meetings. Students will also develop skills of self-evaluation and peer-evaluation in this course, as they practice ownership of their lifelong professional development. (2 credit hours) Prerequisites: ASMC I ASMD 490 and ASMD 491– Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium III and IV (ASMC III and ASMC IV) These are the third and fourth semesters of a four-semester sequence. Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium is a series of weekly 2-hour sessions that occur on Friday mornings for medical students in Year 2. Sessions address issues related to ethics, controversies in medicine, evidence-based medicine, critical thinking, safety and quality improvement, communication, humanism, empathy, wellness, life-long learning, bias, leadership, and professionalism. Four courses (Academic Societies Masters’ Colloquium I - IV) span the pre-clerkship years. They employ a variety of learning modalities including ethical analysis and reflection essays, and various types of discussion-based formats (e.g., student led and small group discussions). Every effort is made to arrange session topics to align temporally with the clinical presentations covered in the Foundations of Health Disease and Management Course and/or the students’ sessions and experiences in the Social Foundations of Medicine Course. (ASMD 490- 2 credit hours; ASMD 491- 2 credit hours) 230
ASMD 375Foundations of Health, Disease, and Management I (FHDM I)
This course is offered to first year medical students during the Fall semester and is designed to foster the rapid acquisition, integration, and application of scientific knowledge fundamental to the practice of medicine. Students will explore human health and disease within individual organ-system based units (e.g. Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal units). By learning the basic and clinical sciences synchronously, a high level of horizontal and vertical integration and clinical relevance is achieved. The integrated curriculum aims to equip students with the skills to make highly effective evidence-based diagnoses. Additionally, the student-centered curriculum allows students to actively engage in the learning process. In activities such as the Worked Cases sessions, students will learn to communicate effectively and function effectively in teams while solving clinical cases. In addition, the FHDM I course incorporates experiences and activities, such as the Student Directed Learning (SDL) component, that give students opportunities to assess their knowledge and identify their own strengths and deficiencies and then engage in self-directed learning to address gaps knowledge. FHDM I course consists of two integrated units: Unit 1- ‘Musculoskeletal’ (MSK), and Unit 2- ‘Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal' (CRP). The sequence of basic science and clinical presentation within each unit has been structured and organized so that knowledge builds on itself (the concepts developed during the study of one topic provide the foundation for subsequent topics). MSK, a 6-week unit is an integrated presentation of the major basic science concepts related to the musculoskeletal and integumentary (skin, hair & nails), systems. The course content is organized and explored in the context provided by a sequence of common and broadly applicable basic science and clinical lectures that include orthopedic, rheumatologic, neurologic and dermatologic issues. Physiology, Anatomy, Immunology, Microbiology and Pathology are featured prominently in this unit. Highlights include the student’s first hands-on experiences in the anatomy laboratory. Visual anatomy is featured during this unit by way of cadaver pro-section and three-dimensional models (Anatomage & Spectra Tables). In the 13-week CRP unit 2, students will explore the normal parameters of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems in conjunction with cardiologists, pulmonologists, acute care physicians, and other practicing specialists. The renal portion of the unit will focus on fluids, electrolytes, homeostatic mechanisms and the structure and function of the kidney. A major focus of the unit is the integration of the inter-regulatory mechanisms between these three systems, and how this impact the normal homeostasis and disease conditions. Several laboratory experiences are included to emphasize critical physiological concepts underlying the function of the cardiovascular respiratory, and renal systems. (15 credit hours). ASMD 376 Foundations of Health, Disease, and Management II (FHDM II). This course is offered to first year medical students during the Spring semester and is designed to foster the rapid acquisition, integration, and application of scientific knowledge fundamental to the practice of medicine. Students will explore human health and disease within individual organ- system based units that are each organized into a series of ‘clinical presentations’ that reflect the major ways in which a person would present to a physician. This second semester course of Year 1 consists of three integrated units: ‘Gastro-intestinal system (GIS); Endocrine-Reproductive systems (END-REP) & Hematologic System’ (HEM). In the GIS unit, students will be introduced to the processes of motility, secretion, digestion, and absorption, which form the basis of function in the gastrointestinal system. The numerous functions of the liver will be presented including those that relate to intermediary metabolism, blood detoxification, plasma protein synthesis, and bile production, forming a basis for recognizing, understanding, and treating various diseases of the liver and hepato-biliary system. Within each of the clinical presentations, the pathology and etiologies of region-specific diseases are explained as they relate to the underlying basic science. In the END-REP unit, the basic information is provided for each clinical presentation including its clinical significance and a schematic representation of the relationships of the potential causes. These provide the basis for discussion of each of the underlying basic science principles. Each clinical presentation includes a set of basic science learning objectives related to the appropriate scientific concepts of anatomy, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, embryology, genetics, histology, immunology, microbiology, nutrition, neuroscience, pathology, pharmacology and physiology. In the HEM unit, students will learn about the structure and function of the formed elements of blood as well as the components of blood plasma as they apply to health and hematologic diseases. Discipline experts provide instruction using various teaching methods including lectures, laboratories, and small group discussions. Both basic science and clinical faculty participate in this component of the instructional process. (15 credit hours); Prerequisites: ASMD 375, FHDM I ASMD 492 Foundations of Health, Disease, and Management III (FHDM III). This first semester course of Year 2 consists of three integrated units: Central & Peripheral Nervous System Neuroscience (CPNS), Behavioral Health Psychiatry (PSYC), & Rheumatology-Dermatology (RhM-DERM). The sequence of Clinical Presentations (CPs) within each unit has been 231
ASMD 420Board Review Course - The Board Review Course is an extended review of the basic sciences to prepare
students to take the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Step 1. The course provides participants with concentrated reinforcement and review, as well as access to several question banks with items similar to those seen on USMLE Step 1. Students are encouraged to utilize these items on a daily basis following pre-assessment. A battery of discipline-specific comprehensive exams and practice tests are also used to profile each participant's performance. Individual counseling is affected by utilizing the performance profiles (measured outcomes), enabling feedback and direction for self- study and by providing information to the skills specialist for test-taking mechanics. This customized approach assures the individual adequate time for preparation to eliminate cognitive weaknesses while providing a mechanism to measure proficiency in each area to guide certification progression, graduation and ultimately licensure. (14 credit hours) ASMD 443 – Medical Student Research Experience (MSRE) – Through this course each student undertakes a mentored and evaluated individualized hypothesis-driven research project for a minimum of eight weeks. Projects may be selected based on the student’s own preference and may range from basic science laboratory (“bench science”) clinical research, population- based research or community based participatory research. Students will be supervised directly by an experienced research investigator, at any institution, pending approval. Students will present a description of their activities in a structured abstract along with a poster presentation. Prerequisite: MSRE I 903; and completion of the CITI online training. (9 credit hours) ASMD 50101, ASMD 50201, ASMD 50301 – Intersessions I – III - The Intersession courses are offered between clinical rotations during various times throughout the third year. Students revisit basic science concepts, including topics such as: normal and adapted cell, cell Injury and cell death, inflammation and repair, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, genetic testing, principles of neoplasia, breast cancer, prostate cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, gynecologic oncology, lymphatic and hematopoietic diseases chemotherapy, diagnostic imaging, diseases of immunity, hemodynamic, 233
ASMD 443Medical Student Research Experience (MSRE)
ASMD 905 and 906 – Medical Scholar Research Experience 1 (905) Fall and 2 (906) Spring– Through these courses each student undertakes a mentored and evaluated individualized hypothesis driven research project for a second year. Projects may be selected based on the student’s own preference and may range from basic science laboratory (“bench science”) clinical research, population- based research or community-based participatory research. Students will be supervised directly by an experienced research investigator, at Vanderbilt or other institution, pending approval. Students will present a description of their activities in a structured abstract along with a poster presentation. (ASMD 905- 9 credit hours) and (ASMD 906- 9 credit hours) Prerequisite: ASMD 903 and ASMD 904 – Medical Scholar Research Experience 1 (903) Fall and Medical Scholar Research Experience 2 (904) Spring
ASMD 505Board Review Course - The Board Review Course is an extended review of the basic sciences to prepare14
students to take the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Step 1. The course provides participants with concentrated reinforcement and review, as well as access to several question banks with items similar to those seen on USMLE Step 1. Students are encouraged to utilize these items on a daily basis following pre-assessment. A battery of discipline-specific comprehensive exams and practice tests are also used to profile each participant's performance. Individual counseling is affected by utilizing the performance profiles (measured outcomes), enabling feedback and direction for self-study and by providing information to the skills specialist for test-taking mechanics. This customized approach assures the individual adequate time for preparation to eliminate cognitive weaknesses while providing a mechanism to measure proficiency in each area to guide certification progression, graduation and ultimately licensure.
ASMD 602Capstone - The Clinical Management (Capstone) course is a required four-week module in the fourth9
year. This multidisciplinary course includes lectures and discussions of: preparation for the residency experience: ACGME rules, USMLE Step 3, fellowships, GME rules and regulations, policies on probation and termination, managing stress and balancing career and family; role of interns in patient care: rounds, pre-rounds, sign-out notes, discharge planning, avoiding prescription and other medical errors; fiscal management: financial planning, buying versus renting a home, investment strategies, managing debt and billing for services; legal medicine; ethics, clinical equipoise and patient advocacy; death and dying, palliative care, pain management, hospice, delivering bad news; clinical research and research during residency; evidence-based medicine, how to read a paper, biostatistics; and miscellaneous special topics – cancer, geriatrics, global medicine and the future of health care reform. ASMD 607- Medical and Research Ethics- The focus of this course is applied medical ethics in clinical, research and community environments. Course activities include both seminar instruction and clinical experience. Through active engagement with ethical issues in seminars, readings, and clinical settings, students will develop comprehension, applied problem-solving skills, and leadership skills in clinical and research ethics, as well as enhancing their ethical sensitivity to clinical encounters of all kinds. Prerequisite: completion of pre-clinical courses (9 credit hours)
ASMD 610Service Learning Elective- This is an opportunity for all medical students to provide a
pedagogical framework in which students will engage in service learning in the community by providing service in response to community identified concerns and learn about the context in which service is provided, the correlation between service and their academic coursework, and their responsibility as citizens. Service-learning activities can occur at any time from matriculation until graduation and may occur longitudinally across academic years. 1 credit Hour (equivalent 200 service hours)
ASMD 620Board Review Course - The Board Review Course is an extended review of the clinical disciplines to
prepare students to take the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Step 2 CK and CS. The course provides participants with concentrated reinforcement and review, as well as access to several question banks with items similar to those seen on USMLE Step 2. Students are encouraged to utilize these items daily following pre- assessment. A battery of discipline specific comprehensive exams and practice tests are also used to profile each participant's performance. Individual counseling is affected by utilizing the performance profiles (measured outcomes), enabling feedback and direction for self-study and by providing information to the skills specialist for test-taking mechanics. This customized approach assures the individual adequate time for preparation to eliminate cognitive weaknesses while providing a mechanism to measure proficiency in each area to guide certification progression, graduation and licensure. (14 credit hours) ASMD 638 - SOM Public Health Elective - This course introduces public health theory and concepts, describing the scientific foundation of public health. It examines the purpose, history, organization, functions, activities, and outcomes of public health practice at the community, state, national, and global levels. Prominent historical events of public health and current day debates will open the student to the evolution of public health. This course provides an overview of the cornerstones of public health: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, behavioral and community health, 234
