OCOM 6004 - The Osteopathic Approach to Patient Care 2 - Acute Illness

The Osteopathic Approach to Patient Care 2 Course emphasizes acute diseases, and provides overarching generalist topics via sequential patient presentations. Biomedical, social, osteopathic, clinical, and health systems science curricular threads are streamlined and optimized for course sequence of topics. 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 basic biomedical (molecular, biochemical, cellular, anatomical), clinical, and social medicine knowledge required to identify common acute clinical presentations across the life stages.
Students will be able to create a differential diagnosis and therapeutic management strategy that considers evidence-based medicine.
Students will be able to use the triadic osteopathic approach to explore the pathophysiological and psychosocial interrelationships of the acute patient.
Students will be able to obtain an accurate medical history and perform a clinical evaluation using appropriate physical exam and palpatory skills.
Students will be able to formulate a differential diagnosis, and accurately document the care of a patient with an acute medical condition.
Students will be able to evaluate the relevance and validity of medical research (interpret features and meanings of different data types (quantitative/qualitative), and distinct types of variables (nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, continuous, ratio, etc.).
Students will be able to reference appropriate resources to apply evidence-based research principles to an acute clinical problem.
Students will be able to apply quantitative epidemiological principles (including but not limited to economic and cultural factors) to inform clinical practice regarding screening (applying criteria such as sensitivity/specificity, etc.) for acute illness.
Students will be able to apply quantitative epidemiological principles to inform clinical practice regarding prevention (including limitations of study designs) and the assessment of the impact of social determinants of health on acute illnesses.
Students will be able to model effective and ethical patient communication strategies (that take into consideration the perspectives of self and another) to recommend preventive health principles (e.g., behavioral modifiable health indicators).
Students will be able to model effective and ethical patient communication strategies to address the adverse consequences of non-compliance/non-adherence in the context of acute illness.
Students will be able to use technology and standard formats for documenting and sharing acute patient encounters accurately and concisely.
Students will be able to analyze the roles of acute clinical service providers, including teamwork dynamics and their collaboration with primary care physicians.
Students will be able to analyze, through reflective practice and professionalism, timely, sensitive, and instructive feedback to others about their team performance and in receiving feedback related to own performance.
Students will be able to refine their process for personal and professional development that fosters osteopathic professional identity formation, an osteopathic approach to patient care, and personal wellness.
Students will be able to assess the public health implications of cultural competence and race in acute health care.