Introduction to Clinical Medicine ICM

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Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM)

• Joyce Pickering, MD
• Nov. 9, 2005

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You are here!
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Topics

• Schedule and Logistics
• Important Principles in ICM
• Marks in ICM
• Summer 2006
• Intro to POM/Clerkship

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Silvana Dilollo, ICM and Clerkships Coordinator
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Schedule and Logistics for ICM
Course directors and administrative contacts for
each course are in your package, and will also be
available on line (e-curriculum).
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Schedule and Logistics

• BCLS must be done during the following dates-
• Jan 15 OR 21 OR 22
• Please sign up on line UGME med. Education home
  page. (www.medicine.mcgill.ca /ugme)
• Rotations assigned at random, but please let
  Silvana know life events by Nov. 11th
• Also let Silvana know if you are interested in
  anesthesia at the Lakeshore Hospital by Nov.
  11th
• You will also be asked about particular family
  medicine interests (www.medicine.mcgill.ca/ugme).
• Please respond before Dec. 7th.

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Schedule and Logistics . .

• You should already have Textbook of Physical
  Diagnosis, Swartz, MH
• Will be used early in Introduction to Clinical
  Sciences (January)
• For other texts, see handout in package.
• For many courses, material is available on-line

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Important Principles in ICM

• This is the transition period between BOM and
  clerkship.
• You will be in the hospitals, but will not have
  responsibilities for direct patient care.
• Teaching will be more individualized, but you
  will also have to take more personal
  responsibility to ensure you have met the
  objectives.
• A solid ICM experience makes for good clinical
  clerks!

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Professional Issues

• Dress
• Behaviour
• Punctuality
• Responsibility to patients, to colleagues, to the
  profession.

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Dress

• Wear your white coat and name tag
• NB hospital ID card also required
• MUHC card days Dec 7 and 14th (am)
• Bring McGill ID for libraries
• No jeans/shorts
• No exposed abdomens
• Shoes
• Avoid perfumes/colognes etc.

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Behaviour

• Be courteous even if people arent courteous to
  you.
• You have to behave BETTER than others
• Everyone has a right to be treated politely -
  patients, cleaning staff, secretaries, your peers
  (and of course your teachers/attending staff)

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Punctuality

• Punctuality is considered part of
  professionalism.
• Students have failed rotations and been asked to
  leave the program because of being repeatedly
  late
• Medicine is an early profession check the
  start times for your rotations.

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Responsibility

• Clearly identify yourself
• Report issues that you are concerned about
• To your tutor
• Rotation director
• Dr. Tellier, Dr. Pickering

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Topics

• Schedule and Logistics
• Important Principles in ICM
• Marks in ICM
• Summer 2006
• Intro to POM/Clerkship - Clerkship

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Marks in ICM

• Most courses are pass/fail
• Exceptions
• Intro to Internal Medicine 5 categories
• Intro to surgery 5 categories
• Family medicine, ethics pass/fail/honors
• Details of marking scheme for each course are in
  your package also available on line.
• Comments are transcribed onto the Medical Student
  Performance Record (aka Deans Letter)

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Marks in ICM

• Please ask for feedback at the end of a rotation.
• Final evaluations are often not ready by the end
  of the rotation.

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• Nancy Czemmel sends out e-mails when the
  evaluation is received in the Deans office, and
  you are encouraged to come in and review it.

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ICM marks

• If you feel your ICM mark has been unfair
• Speak to your tutor/rotation supervisor first
• You may appeal an evaluation within 8 weeks of
  the Deans office receipt of it
• Suggestion discuss with Dr. Pickering before
  requesting a formal appeal.
• Dr. Pickering will ask to meet with anyone who
  receives a fail or below expectations in any
  rotation.

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Its all in the Red Book!
And other booklets to follow . . .
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MSPR

• The Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR),
  a.k.a. Deans letter, compiles your evaluations
  (among other things) and is sent out when you
  apply for a residency position.
• A sample Deans letter can be viewed on the
  McGill Faculty of medicine home page
  (www.medicine.mcgill.ca) - go to student links,
  career planning, documents

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Summer 2006 June 24 to July 23, 2006
Please, take a vacation!
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• We will permit electives however
• They will be ICM electives
• Unless you take an extra month of vacation later,
  you will be charged for the credits
• You must attend the one week (July 24 to 28th)
  Intro to POM (PHP-IV) course.

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Core clerkship starts here
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Core Clerkship starts July 31st, 2006

• In February I will meet with you again about
  clerkship issues.
• Assignment will be at random, although again we
  will ask for life events.

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Have fun in ICM!
(And good luck with the rest of Unit 8)