Medical Investigations
Lecture/Project Based Semester Class
Class Instructor: Christine G. Harris
Email: Christine.Harris@gpschools.org
Course Description:
This is course designed to enhance the hospital experience. Eight areas of the hospital
will be discussed and each will be followed up with a group project.
Course Requirements:
There is no textbook
Group Work
Areas of Topic:
Medical Terminology Pulmonology
Human Anatomy Radiology
Cardiology Pathology
Lab tests Emergency Medicine
Concentrated Areas:
Medical Terminology/Equipment/Diagnostic Tools
-Students will examine and learn:
-Standard medical equipment used during all rotations.
-Departments in a hospital (both the hospital and outreach) – their importance
-Medical terminology
-Medical Charting
Clinical/Research Rotations Benchmarks
-Follow real cases and construct a profile of a typical case.
-Observe roles and responsibilities of the practitioners being shadowed
-Gather medical histories, record labs and results of performed tests.
Seminar/Case Studies
-Describe and explain the physiology of each case presented
-Discuss the treatment
-Discuss the history and importance to the findings
Laboratory Investigations
-Laboratory test routinely performed/why
-normal values of labs/variations to the norm and possible reasons
Grading:
8 to 10 projects Presenter participation
Binder Class work/Participation
Reflection papers Assessments