MSII Schedule

MLC II : Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease (Spring 2013)

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.

Quiz Schedule:

The first quiz on a given case or reading
"Closed book" quiz assessing general understanding of the facts of the case or reading; no typed or handwritten material allowed

Follow-up quizzes on a given case or reading
“Open paper, open notes” quiz assessing deeper, mechanistic understanding of the events of the case or reading; both the published paper and any handwritten notes are allowed along with your pathophysiologic hypothesis; no other typed/Xeroxed/textbook material is permitted
* Format Will Generally Proceed as Follows Unless Otherwise Specified

Unit VII

Week 1	Feb	13	Read: Case 36-2012 (* note 10:00 a.m start time)
		15	Read: Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook: Post-Traumautic Stress Disorder

Week 2	Feb	18	Read: Frontotemporal Dementia and Mania
		20	Read: Quetiapine for the Treatment of Behavioural & Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
		22	Read: Lange From Symptom To Diagnosis: Chapter 10: Delirium/Dementia

Week 3	Feb	25	Read: Case 14-2010
		27	Read: Death of a Psychiatric Patient During Physical Restraint. Excited Delirium
	March	1	Read: Lange From Symptom To Diagnosis: Chapter 13: Dizziness

Week 4	March	4	Read: Case 38-2009
		6	Read: Lange From Symptom To Diagnosis: Chapter 18: Headache
		8	Headache Mini-Cases Read: A 33-year-old woman with severe postpartum occipital headaches Read: A 62-year-old migraineur with a new kind of headache attacks Last Day of Class for Students Without Missed Quizzes

Week 5	March	11	Make-Up Exercise for Students With Missed Quizzes Only
		15	Unit VII Examination

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

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