If you want to use Aquifer cases as a clinical correlate in basic sciences classes just assign one case per week (e.g. pediatric case about cystic fibrosis in a genetics course; internal medicine case about anemia in hematology course). Students at UW have told me that this is about the right number of cases because the case content is complicated for early students. Students can work independently through the case and you can use it as context for discussion about how the basic science helps explain the clinical presentation–getting to the “why” behind how patients present as they do!
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Just-in-time Teaching: Connecting Didactics with Clinical Learning for Community Faculty
In our community-based model of clerkships, there is often a disconnect between learning that takes place at clinical sites with...
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Case Study: Using Aquifer Across the PA Curriculum
Touro University California Physician Assistant Program has been utilizing Aquifer cases since 2019. Originally, the cases were...
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Easing the Transition to Clinic: An Approach to Preparing Students
One of the most challenging transitions that medical students make is from the pre-clinical years to the clinical/clerkship years....