Transcript Introduction to FCE for second year students

The Flexible Clinical Experience (FCE)
Samir Malkani MD | Program Leader
Colleen Burnham MBA | Program Manager
Susan Graceffa | Program Support
FCE Program Overview
• Four, one-week electives, embedded in the CCE curriculum
• Provides opportunity for individual exploration in a broad
range of specialties related to healthcare
• Aims to provide exposure to areas not covered by the core
curriculum.
• Student driven, to allow for career exploration and to discover
ones interests
FCE Calendar
• One week terms starting in June 2016, through March 2017
• There are 9 discrete terms when the FCE will be offered
– Spring break can be used for FCE week
• On average 50 students will be participating in each FE term
• Active student participating in this program is key to its success
FCE weeks within blocks for 2016-17
Thematic Section I
Thematic Section II Thematic Section III
Block 1a (5.10–6.10, 2016)
Block 2a (8.30 – 9.30, 2016)
Block 3a (1.10-2.10, 2017)
FE1 June 6-10
FE4 Sept 26-30
FE7 Feb 6-10
Block 1b (6.14–7.15, 2016)
Block 2b (10.3 – 11.2, 2016)
Block 3b (2.14-3.17, 2017)
FE2 July 11-15
FE5 Oct 3-7
FE8 March 13-17
Spring Break March 20-24
Block 1c (7.18–8.17, 2016)
Block 2c (11.7-12.15, 2016)
Block 3c (3.27-4.26, 2017)
FE3 July 18-22
FE6 Nov 7-11
FE9 March 27-31
What is acceptable for an FCE offering
• The experience should be related to an aspect of medicine,
healthcare, medical education, or healthcare administration.
• Each experience will be supervised by a qualified supervisor,
who will be responsible for approving and evaluating an
experience conceived by the student.
• The experience should have a clearly stated objective(s)
FCE Requirements
• Diverse experiences
• No more than one repetition
– Repeated FCEs should occur in consecutive terms
• The four experiences must be in at least two separate departments, i.e.
do not choose all experiences in medical specialties, surgical
specialties, pediatrics etc.
• At least two FCEs must be clinical
• Other experiences can be medical administration or education, research,
and community service
Examples of pre-designed FCEs
Infectious Disease
Medicine
Clinical
Infectious Diseases: Outpatient and Inpatient Services*
Infectious Diseases and
Immunology
Clinical
The Physician-Leader in Hospital Senior Management
Medicine
Administrative
Transfusion Medicine
Medicine
Clinical
Transplant Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases and
Immunology
Clinical
Anesthesiology
Clinical
Medicine
Clinical
Anesthesiology: Acute Pain*
Primary Care Elective
DynaMed EBM Experience
Family Medicine & Community Administrative;
Health
Research
A Week in Gastroenterology
Consult Medicine
Medicine
Clinical
Medicine
Clinical
General Medicine Experience in Community Hospital
Medicine
Clinical
Care of the Older Adult in the Home ^
Interdisciplinary;
Interprofessional
Clinical
Expanding Knowledge of the Medical Needs of the GLBT
Community ^
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research
Examples of student-designed FCEs
AMA Interim Meeting
Food Insecurity and Public Health Writing Elective
Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology
Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease
Hospice Care in the Berkshires
Journey Forward: Working with Patients Suffering Spinal Cord Injuries
Keloid Formation and Treatment in Minority Populations
Orthopedics at McBride Hospital
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery
Physician-Leader in Hospital Senior Management [variation]
Plasmodium Falciparum and the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)...
Public Health, Introduction
Experiences that are NOT acceptable FCEs
• Self study time for boards, exam preparation
• More than one repetition of an experience
• An experience that has a prerequisite you do not fulfill
• An experience that is a continuation of your mandatory clerkship
experience
• This is not time to simply “work on your Capstone”
Two ways to choose an FCE
1. Choose from pre-designed faculty proposals
– available on the FCE web page
– may not be available for all dates
– may not be offered in the field of your choice
2. Design your own FCE
http://umassmed.edu/oume/fce/
http://umassmed.edu/oume/fce/
Online FCE Application process for student designed FCE
http://umassmed.edu/oume/fce/proposal-forms/ay16-17-student-designed/
• Look at the FAQ section on the FCE web pages!
• Start early! ~ it always takes longer to get the approvals you need
~ Start early!
• Be aware of the 4 week deadlines- all FCE assignment schedules
must be complete 4 weeks prior to start of a block.
– ! Exception: If you have no assigned FCE for a scheduled FE term,
we will approve a self designed FCE up to 2 weeks before the start
date of your session, provided you have already secured an approval
from the supervisor
We want you to be in the drivers seat!
Student Design FCEs
195 (39%)*
153 (32%)
120 (25%)
91 (18%)
AY1213
AY1314
AY1415
AY1516
Enrollment
*6 FE terms into the 10 term academic year
15% of all FCEs are Capstone FCEs
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http://umassmed.edu/oume/fce/fce-course-links-ay2014-2015/fce-student-designed/student-designed-ay-15-16
Resources to help you choose an FCE experience
• LC Mentor and “house mates”
• LPP Mentor
• Core Clerkship Directors
• GSN 2nd year clerkship
• Faculty for enrichment electives
• Student interest groups
• Peers who have completed an FCE they enjoyed
• The FCE Director
Advisory Committee (AY14-15)
Rebecca Angoff MS4
Judy Savageau MPH
Mitchell Cahan MD
Meghna Trivedi MD
Michael Chin MD
Janet Hale PhD RN FNP
Christina Hermos MD MS
Kendall Knight PhD
Kitsa Kondylis-DeBlois MD
Kathee Li MS2
Erin McMaster MD
Colleen Burnham, MBA
Susan Graceffa
Samir Malkani, MD