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	Read: Failure to Respond
	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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