OCOM 7003 - The Osteopathic Approach to Patient Care 3 - Chronic Illness

Classroom experiences emphasize application and integration of foundational concepts learned through faculty and learner-directed study, and laboratory-based experiences complement and reinforce course topics. Clinical and community experiences emphasize patient-centeredness and team-based care and relate back to course topics and patient presentations via critical reflection via longitudinal academic and professional coaching/mentoring. 

Credit Hours: 12

Course Outcomes

• Students will be able to articulate how various chronic diseases alter physiological functioning at the molecular, cellular, biochemical, microanatomical and organ system levels across the life stages. 

• Students will be able to develop a differential diagnosis and treatment plan which integrates the psychosocial factors and pathophysiology of chronic disease. 

• Students will be able to utilize the triadic osteopathic approach in the clinical evaluation of patients with chronic illness, including completing a history/ physical, comprehensive assessment/plan, and correct documentation. 

• Students will be able to develop a management plan for a chronically ill patient that incorporates the patient’s health preferences, religious and/or cultural beliefs, and social determinants of health. 

• Students will be able to collaborate and coordinate an interprofessional approach to patient care within the health care team. 

• Students will be able to effectively communicate to patients a treatment plan which reflects shared decision making and promotes care coordination. 

• Students will be able to apply current medical standards to the use of technology in the communication, documentation, and care of patients with chronic illness. 

• Students will be able to anticipate and address clinical, ethical, and legal issues in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with chronic illness. 

• Students will be able to describe how psychosocial, socioeconomic, and demographic factors; including race, social determinants of health and health disparities, affect the care of patients with chronic illness. 

• Students will be able to critically evaluate clinical and translational research and apply evidence-based research to the care of patients with chronic illness. 

• Students will be able to interpret and apply public health research, epidemiological data, and health policy knowledge to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic disease. 

• Students will be able to explain how occupational and environmental factors, including epidemiology and toxicology, contribute to the risk, exposure, and development of chronic diseases. 

• Students will be able to formulate, through reflective practice and professionalism; timely, sensitive, and instructive feedback to others about their team performance and receive feedback related to their own performance.