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Academic Medicine College

Academic Medicine College. Gary Schiller, M.D. C hair Department of Medicine Gary Satou, M.D. Vice Chair Department of Pediatrics. Mission. To develop individualized educational pathways for students who fall into any of these categories:

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Academic Medicine College

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  1. Academic Medicine College Gary Schiller, M.D. ChairDepartment of Medicine Gary Satou, M.D. Vice Chair Department of Pediatrics

  2. Mission To develop individualized educational pathways for students who fall into any of these categories: • Considering an academic career (any specialty) involving teaching and research • Attracted to subspecialty careers in which research will play a part • Enjoyed their STTP summer research project, but have not had a chance to continue • Remain actively engaged in research

  3. Mission To develop • Skills in asking questions and reasoning • Skills in clinical, translational or basic investigation • Interpretive skills and understanding the literature • Teaching skills • Intellectual collaboration with a mentor

  4. Typical Careers: • All subspecialties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, or Pathology • Academic focus on clinical, translational or basic research • Clinical practice in a Medical, Pediatric or Surgical Subspecialty

  5. ACADEMIC MEDICINE COLLEGE - FOUNDATIONS WEEK 2008

  6. Mentoring: Following a personal interview with Dr Schiller (or Dr Satou) mentors are individually matched with each student at College enrollment. Mentors guide: • Fourth-year course selection • Design of individual electives • Residency Application

  7. AMC: Seminars • Lifestyle/Careers in Academic Medicine • Deciding what you “Really Want” • Mock Interviews • Careers in Clinical Medicine vs “Technical” Medicine vs “Industry” • Medical Mistakes/System Errors • Careers in Basic Science Research • Practicing Medicine with Dignity • (No seminars in December and January)

  8. What does our college offer? • Developing a cognitive approach to medical problems • A distinct focus for evaluating a patient • Access to subspecialty mentors • Exposure to research and teaching • Developing a strategy for making a career in a subspecialty or in academics

  9. The Meaning of a Cognitive Approach • Evaluation of a clinical problem • Epidemiological • Anatomic • Histopathologic • Time-restricted management • Pathophysiologic

  10. The Pathophysiologic Approach • Ideal for evaluating problems in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, but also used in developing differential diagnoses in Surgical Subspecialties and Pathology • Consolidates understanding of disease processes • Allows for developing a research approach

  11. The Pathophysiologic Approach • Allows for the development of teachers and instructor • Allows for access to novel diagnostic and therapeutic interventions • Allows for developing a career interpreting evolving medical literature and improving our understanding of diseases

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