Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Map Overview

6750 - The Patient: Acute or Episodic Health Problems / 6. Abdominal Pain and Jaundice

Class of 2023

Session Information

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Session Title:
Lower Gut Tutorial
Teaching Hours:
Teaching and Learning Methods	Total Scheduled Hours = 1 Tutorial = 1
Description:

Keywords:
critical judgment, problem-solving skills, clinical reasoning, clinical critical thinking

Teaching and Learning Methods
Tutorial		1 hour(s)

Learning Objectives
Blueprint ID	Learning Objectives
8688	Appraise a dietary history and appraise if fibre intake and activity are adequate
8689	Create a management plan and determine whether investigations for a serious cause are indicated
8690	Appraise a bowel diary, diet/physical activity history
8691	Classify secondary causes of constipation
8692	Distinguish whether carcinoma of the rectum or colon is the cause of constipation
8693	Conduct a history pertaining to red flags: abdominal pain, blood or mucous, ribbon like stools, urgency, tenesmus and weight loss
8694	Conduct a physical examination including evidence of anemia, rectal prolapse and rectal exam
8695	List and interpret clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings
8696	Select those in need of stool for occult blood, colonoscopy or diagnostic imaging
8697	Create a management plan for issues of the lower gut
8698	Select patients in need of specialized care for the lower gut
8699	Interpret symptoms and decide whether further investigations for a serious cause are indicated
8700	Identify clinical features that help to distinguish functional from organic causes
8701	Evaluate the social and psychological effects
8702	List and interpret clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings
8703	Create a management plan including diet and education
8704	Identify children that require special management
Total: 17

Linked Course Goal(s) to Session
Blueprint ID	Course Goals
7427	Identify the ongoing supports needed by patients with chronic disease Linked Program Competencies To This Course Goal: me-4 me-5 cm-2 cm-4 cm-5 cm-6 co-1 co-2 co-3 co-4 ha-1 ha-2 ha-3
7443	Develop a patient care plan in cooperation with other health care providers Linked Program Competencies To This Course Goal: cm-4 cm-5 co-1 co-2 co-3 co-4
7452	Identify available health care resources in the investigation, treatment and ongoing management of the patient Linked Program Competencies To This Course Goal: me-4 me-5 co-2 ld-2 ld-3 ha-3
9893	Identify and diagnose key clinical problems Linked Program Competencies To This Course Goal: me-1 me-2 me-3 me-4 me-5 me-6
Total: 4
Linked Program Competencies To Course Goal(s)
me-4	Medical Expert Develop a differential diagnosis and key clinical problem list following assessment of a patient.
me-5	Medical Expert Develop a management plan for key clinical problems following assessment of a patient.
cm-2	Communicator Collect and synthesize accurate and relevant information, incorporating perspectives from patients and their families, colleagues and other health care professionals.
cm-4	Communicator Develop a shared plan of care with patients, their families, and other health care professionals.
cm-5	Communicator Demonstrate effective oral and written communication of information associated with a medical encounter.
cm-6	Communicator Discuss effective strategies for communicating with third parties other than health care professionals.
co-1	Collaborator Demonstrate effective collaboration skills within the health care system.
co-2	Collaborator Demonstrate effective consultation with other health care professionals to provide care for individuals, communities, and populations.
co-3	Collaborator Demonstrate respect for health care team members without bias (e.g., bias related to gender, ethnicity, cultural background or health care role).
co-4	Collaborator Demonstrate effective strategies to promote understanding, manage differences and resolve conflicts through negotiation and collaboration.
ha-1	Health Advocate Identify the important determinants of health, risk factors for illness, interaction between the population and their physical, biological and social environment, and personal attributes.
ha-2	Health Advocate Identify public policies and trends that affect health locally, nationally, and globally, and barriers to access for populations, including persons with disabilities, the underserved and the marginalized.
ha-3	Health Advocate Assess and respond to issues in the Canadian health care system and advocate for patients at all levels.
ld-2	Leader Apply evidence and management processes to effectively allocate health care resources.
ld-3	Leader Describe the roles and responsibilities of physicians and governing bodies in the development and support of the health care system.
me-1	Medical Expert Perform a complete and accurate patient-centred history appropriate to the patient’s presentation.
me-2	Medical Expert Perform a complete and accurate physical examination appropriate to the patient’s presentation.
me-3	Medical Expert Formulate an initial plan of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relevant to the patient’s presentation.
me-6	Medical Expert Apply knowledge of the clinical, socio-behavioural, and fundamental biomedical sciences relevant to a clinical problem.
Total: 19

Linked MCC Medical Expert Objectives

(006-2) LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
(016-1) ADULT CONSTIPATION
Total: 2