WISE-OnCall

• Each symptom-based module includes an introduction, a review of causes, a sample patient case, practice questions, and references
• The selection of module topics is informed by the Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) outlined by the Association of American Medical Colleges
• Modules currently cover many of the conditions requiring urgent or emergent care as specified in EPA 10
• Reviews key considerations associated with general clinical activities such as documenting clinical encounters (EPA 5)

WISE-OnCall has largely been targeted at 4th-year medical students’ preparation for and transition to residency. To that end, the offering’s design has been informed by the AAMC’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities.

Modules have been integrated into advanced clerkships at some institutions. Others have incorporated the modules into focused capstone or transition to residency courses. The modules could be integrated in the traditional third-year clerkships to introduce or review clinical reasoning. They have also been blended with preclinical coursework to demonstrating the practical clinical importance of concepts in the basic sciences.

In post-transition residency education, WISE-OnCall may be used as a baseline, self-directed learning activity to address the variability in incoming students’ educational experiences and increase their preparation for managing in-patient clinical situations.

An active research program at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine has been investigating the design and blending of first-person, “on-call” simulations with the self-directed WISE-OnCall modules to create a unified, pre-residency learning experience.