MSII Schedule

MLC II : Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease (Fall 2010)

Class meets on Mondays & Fridays from 11:00-12:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 11:00-11:50 a.m. in 1159 Weiskotten unless otherwise indicated.

Hypothesis Schedule:

Case wrap-up session on Friday

Hypothesis due by preceding Thursday at midnight

Peer grading due by Sunday at midnight

Unit I

Week 1	Aug	23	Introduction
		25
		27	Read: Self-injection of endotoxin

Week 2	Aug	30	Read: Case 40-2009
	Sept	1	Read: Public's response to 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic Complete timed online quiz within Blackboard by 8 a.m.
		3	Hypothesis due; case wrap-up

Week 3	Sept	8	Read: Case 21-2008 (* note start time of 10 a.m.)
		10	Hypothesis due; case wrap-up

Week 4	Sept	13	Read: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and cognitive decline Read: Measuring our outcomes
		15	End-of-unit quiz Extra credit opportunity: Read: Surviving sepsis - Practice guidelines, marketing campaigns, and Eli Lilly Complete online quiz within Blackboard no later than midnight on Thursday

Week 5	Sept	20	Unit I Examination

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

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