MSI Schedule
MLC I : Case Studies for Integration of Basic and Clinical Science (2006-2007)
Case readings in BLUE, supplemental articles in ORANGE
Aug | 30 | Back to the Basics [NEJM 341(10): 747, 1999] |
Sept | 6 | Assignment: Abdominal Pain |
20 | Hypothesis Due | |
27 | Invasive Interventions [NEJM 331(9): 601, 1994] | |
11 | Assignment: Chest Pain | |
18 | Hypothesis Due | |
Nov | 1 | Some Familiar Trade-Offs [NEJM 331(22): 1511, 1994] |
15 | Tumor Hypoxia, the Physiological Link between Trousseau's Syndrome (Carcinoma-induced Coagulopathy) and Metastasis [Cancer Research 61: 795, 2001]; Hypothesis Due | |
29 | Chest Pain with a Surprising Course [NEJM 341(15): 1134, 1999] | |
Dec | 6 | |
13 | Hypothesis Due | |
Jan | 3 | The domino principle [NEJM 335(5): 340, 1996] |
10 | Hypothesis Due | |
24 | Case 5-2004 [NEJM 350(7): 707, 2004] | |
31 | Mechanisms underlying recovery of motor function after stroke [Postgrad Med 81(958): 510, 2005]; Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke [NEJM 343(10): 710, 2000] | |
Feb | 7 | Hypothesis Due |
21 | A balancing act [NEJM 340(5): 374, 1999] | |
March | 7 | Clinical features and prognostic factors in adults with bacterial meningitis [Lancet Neurol 5: 123, 2006]; Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis [Lancet Infect Dis 2: 721, 2002]; Hypothesis Due |
28 | Studying the classics [NEJM 333(10): 648, 1995] | |
April | 11 | Assignment: Valvular Heart Disease; Hypothesis Due |
25 | The importance of a name [NEJM 340(18): 1418, 1999] | |
May | 2 | Reversal of nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis, hepatic insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia by moderate weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes [Diabetes 54(3): 603, 2005] |
16 | ||
23 | Hypothesis Due | |
29 | Make-up case: The appropriate degree of diagnostic certainty [NEJM 331(18): 1216, 1994] |
Normal lab values at MGH [NEJM 351(15):1548, 2004]