Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Appraise, incorporate principles of resource stewardship to, and apply acquired knowledge into medical decision-making.
• Apply principles of evidence-based and evidence-informed medicine in medical decision-making.
• Identify personal limitations in knowledge and pursue the information needed to understand problems and make decisions both in patient care and on the population level.
• Search for and organize essential and accurate research evidence.

Assessments

• End of MF 4

• MF 3

Tags

Therapy Medical Expert Scholar Part 3 Professional Competencies 3 Week 9 Part 3 Week 9 Assessing and Measuring Health Status at the Population Level Medical Decision Making 1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 2.6 Understand the process of the dissemination, application, and translation of new health knowledges and practices. 3.6 Locate, appraise, and incorporate evidence from research related to patients’ health problems and the provision of healthcare 3.7 Use information technology and information systems to optimize patient care 3.8 Obtain and use information about individual patients and their caregivers, populations of patients, or communities with which patients identify to improve care 3.9 Continually identify, analyze, and implement new knowledge, guidelines, standards, technologies, products, or services that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes 4.1 Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the public, as appropriate, across a broad range of socioeconomic and sociocultural backgrounds 4.2 Participate in the education of patients, families, students, trainees, peers and other health professionals 4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics 6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population 6.7 Incorporate cost, risk-benefit analysis and resource stewardship in patient and/or population-based care. 8.5 Recognize that ambiguity is part of clinical health care and respond by utilizing appropriate resources in dealing with uncertainty Medical Informatics [L01.700] Clinical Decision-Making [E01.055] Decision Making, Shared [F02.463.785.810.250] Evidence-Based Medicine [H02.249.750] Risk [E05.318.740.600.800] Yes