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POM III: Answering Clinical Questions 1/9/2025

Announcements

Clinical Question Presentations

  • Optional Assignment Help Sessions (see CANVAS for details):
    • January TBD
    • January TBD
    • January TBD
  • Presentations - January 23, 2025 from 1-3 pm

USMLE/EPA Relevant Topics

Biostatistics, Epidemiology/Population Health, & Interpretation of the Medical Literature

  • Study design, types and selection of studies (includes dependent/independent variables)
  • Study interpretation, drawing conclusions from data
  • Clinical decision making, interpretation and use of evidence-based data and recommendation

Social Sciences

  • Communication and interpersonal skills, including health literacy and numeracy, cultural competence
    • information provision

 

AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency

Class Session

POM III

January 9, 2025

  • Prior to class on January 9th: watch the short online lecture in CANVAS.
  • Small group membership list and each group’s clinical question can be found in CANVAS.
  • Clinical question presentation assignment help session - see left column

 

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:

TOPIC: 7-step Method to Answering a Clinical/Drug Information Question

FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS and Stefanie Lehmier, PharmD

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THE SESSION, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Discuss the clinician’s role in clinical questions & responses

  • Describe the 7-step modified approach to answering clinical questions

  • Practice the PP-ICO approach to create your clinical question

  • Practice the PP-ICO approach to create your clinical question

  • Review the clinical question assignment for this course

  • Evaluate the clinical literature using PPICONS and the 7-Step Approach to answer clinical question.  

  • Learn with, from, and about each other’s professions

  • Develop a response to a clinical question as a member of an interprofessional team 

  • Collaborate as an interprofessional team to give an oral presentation 

  • Provide formative feedback to group members to enhance future performance

 

BRING TO CLASS: Your laptop

CLASS RESOURCES:

 

 

ASSESSMENT:

  • Optional clinical question group worksheet - January 18, 2024 at 11:59 pm
  • Clinical question presentation - January 23rd  1 - 3 pm
    • Submission of article and slides: - January 23rd in CANVAS at 1 pm
  • Peer assessment of the individual and each group member - February 1, 2024