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]