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year is another possibility. Office of Academic Affairs will determine the final placement within the curriculum after giving due consideration to total semester load of credit hours and other scheduling constraints. Inclusion of this material might increase total student instructional time over the 4 ‐ year curriculum. In order to keep the increase in total instructional time to a minimum some hours can be transferred from ocular disease I and II as appropriate. The table below indicates where the different topics in clinical medicine were transferred following the last curriculum revision.

Old clinical medicine course

where it is taught currently

Patient assessment, physical diagnosis (4) Hypertension and Atherosclerosis (2)

Ist year IS

Ocular disease II Ocular disease III Ocular disease III Ocular disease III Ocular disease III Ocular disease III Ocular disease III Ocular disease II Ocular disease II Ocular disease II

Cerebrovascular disease (2)

Cardiac disease (2)

Stroke (2)

Headaches (2)

Neurological disease(2) Psychological disease (2) Endocrine diseases (5) Diabetes Mellitus (2.5) Diabetic Retinopathy (2.5)

Ocular disease III (Thyroid, pituitary)

Hematology and Oncology (2.5)

Infectious disease (2.5)

Ocular disease I and II Ocular disease I and II

Rheumatology (5)

Time Frame for Implementation The proposed clinical medicine curriculum should be instituted no later than the 2016 ‐ 17 academic year.

Outcomes Assessment In addition to routine monitoring of instruction performed by department chairs and dean, the annual OD exit survey will continue to track graduating students’ perceptions of instruction and preparedness in clinical medicine. It is expected that student perceptions regarding this area will improve upon implementation of the proposal. Performance in relevant areas of the NBEO will continue to be tracked with expectations of improved outcomes relative to national benchmarks.

Details of proposed labs

The Clinical Medicine course will include 4 lab or discussion sections. Each section will meet once per week for two hours and will consist of approximately 25 students. Each section will be further divided into 3 smaller groups. There will be a faculty member assigned to each small group.

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