9620 - Clinical Reasoning Using Integrated Skills in Education (CRUISE) - Arranged (Building Not Needed)

Course Prerequisites: N/A

Description: CRUISE is a year-long longitudinal course completes the four-year Highways to Excellence © curriculum.  WSU senior students will advance skills in areas common to all specialties while applying clinical reasoning to online assignments, in-person workshops, and asynchronous content.

Objectives: To enable a WSUSOM graduate to enter postgraduate training prepared to analyze patients to make clinically sound decisions while continuing to learn in areas common to all medical practice. Students will practice in areas such as professionalism, ethical and social responsibility, and critical thinking to enhance skills and knowledge best introduced in the post-clerkship setting.

1. Demonstrate knowledge and competency in areas common to all specialties of medical practice, including advanced patient care skills, professional practice, ethics and end of life issues, conflict resolution, advanced communication, and lifelong learning.
2. Demonstrate principles of care in geriatric medicine.
3. Demonstrate skills in end-of-life care.
4. Demonstrate mastery clinical, technical, and other patient-centered skills.
5. Demonstrate techniques in advanced communication skills with difficult patients and situations.
6. Demonstrate involvement in the care of our community by participating in student-run clinics and other volunteer opportunities.
7. Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills.
8. Promote efficient and effective health care delivery supported by clinical reasoning strategies.
9. Demonstrate critical application of medical literature by application of evidence-based medicine principles.
10. Critically assess competence to improve performance.

Methods: 

• Professional Formation Modules: Using your log-in, you will review various modules on Drexel University's Center for Innovation in Healthcare Education and complete a reflection to submit on Canvas.

• Aquifer Modules: Using your log-in, you will review various modules on AQUIFER and submit a screen shot of completion on Canvas.

• Healthcare Communication: Using your log-in, you will review various modules on Drexel University's Center for Professionalism & Communication in Health Care. Completion of the modules are tracked within the portal.

• EPA Reflection(s) Exercise: At the beginning of the term, you will use the EPA-based-Sub-I Evaluation form to complete a self-reflective assessment. At the end of the year, you will return to this exercise to monitor your performance and identify strengths and opportunities for growth.  

• Clinical Application Activities: Students will be assigned to various clinical sites in the Emergency Medicine Core Clerkship, a specialty-specific clinical elective, and a sub-internship with competency-based assessment of clinical skills.

• Residency Preparation: To prepare for residency, students will be allotted to prepare for Step 2 Examination, residency interviews, and independent studies.

• End of Life and Palliative Care Modules/Article: Students will review articles and videos posted on Canvas related to End of Life care and conversations. After the articles, students will submit a reflection to Canvas.

Course Structure: A majority of the course will be delivered asynchronously. Refer to Canvas to stay abreast with official due dates (typically the end of the term) and changes made to the curriculum. Canvas and your WSU email are the official means of communication, please check them regularly to stay up to date with the course. The CRUISE course will run in 4, 3-month blocks: April – June, July – September, October – December, January – March.

Recommended Reading/Resources: Available on course Canvas page.

Length: Segment 4, longitudinal Students are required to register in quarters. Enrollment reflects four, three-month long terms.

Additional Locations: N/A

Evaluation: CRUISE is a pass/fail course, meaning a satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (I) grade for the course will be determined upon the timely completion of the required activities.

Course Director: Erin Milled, MD

Coordinator: Michelle Hill

Preceptor(s): Dr. Chih Chuang

Category: Non-Clinical

Recommended Attire: business

EMR System: N/A