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Upstate Medical university Case Study

MSI Schedule

MLC I: Case Studies for Integration of Basic and Clinical Science (Spring 2012)

Class meets on Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in 1159 Weiskotten

Quiz Schedule:
Level I: The first quiz on a given case
"Closed book" quiz assessing general understanding of the facts of the case; no typed or handwritten material allowed
Level II: Follow-up quizzes on a given case
Quizzes will be “open paper, open notes” assessing deeper, mechanistic understanding of the events of the case; both the published paper and any handwritten notes are allowed along with your pathophysiologic hypothesis; no other typed/Xeroxed material is permitted
* Format Will Generally Proceed as Follows Unless Otherwise Specified

Hypothesis Schedule:
Case wrap-up session on Thursday afternoon
Hypothesis due by 8 a.m. in Blackboard

Unit 6
Jan
12
Read: Case 28-2010
19
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
26
Feb
2
Assignment: Follow-up take-home exercise
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Unit 7
9
Read: Unturned Stone
16
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
23
Read: Bitter Pills
Mar
1
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
8
No class this week due to Unit VII examination
15
No class this week due to Spring Break
Unit 8
22
Read: In Search Of...
29
Assignment: Mineral metabolism mini-cases
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
 
Apr
5
Read: Hard to Conceive
12
No class this week due to Unit VIII examination
Unit 9
19
Read: Heading Down the Wrong Path
26
Read: Lange Pathophysiology of Disease: Chapter 7: Nervous System Disorders: Section on Stroke
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
May
3
No class this week due to Unit IX examination
Unit 10
10
Read: Case 12-2001
17
Assignment: Toxicology mini-cases take-home exercise
Hypothesis due; case wrap-up

Normal lab values at MGH [NEJM 351(15):1548, 2004]

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