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Upstate Medical university Case Study

MSII Schedule

MLC II : Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease (2010-2011)

Aug 23 Sepsis in-class exercise
  25  
  27 Read: Self-injection of endotoxin
Aug 30 Read: Case 40-2009
Sept 1 Read: Public's response to 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
  3 Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Sept 8 Read: Case 21-2008
  10 Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Sept 13 Read: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and cognitive decline
Read: Measuring our outcomes
  15 Read: Surviving sepsis - Practice guidelines, marketing campaigns, and Eli Lilly

Sept 22 Read: Case 1-2010
  24 Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Sept 27 Paraprotein mini-cases
  28 Read: A Bloody Mystery
Oct 4 Read: Case 15-2010
  6 Geriatric perspective on case
  8 Take-home exercise: Cancer mini-cases
Oct 12 Read: Case 39-2009
  13  

Oct 20 Read: Under Pressure
  22 Hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Oct 25 Read: Case 12-2010
  27 Read: Lung mini-cases set #1
  29 Read: Lung mini-cases set #2
Nov 1 Read: A Joint Venture
  3 Rheumatology workbook quiz
  5 Read: Three Rheumatologic Emergencies
Nov 8 Read: Case 5-2003
  10 Read: Rheumatology mini-cases

Nov 17 Read: Case 4-2010
  19 Read: Vasculitis mini-cases set #1
Nov 22 Read: Vasculitis mini-cases set #2
  24 Read: More than Meets the Ear
Nov 29 Read: Case 8-2007
Dec 1 In-class exercise
  3 Read: Pericarditis mini-cases
Dec 6 Read: Beat Goes On
  8 In-class exercise
  10 Read: Valve disease mini-cases
Dec 13 Read: A Change of Heart
  14  

Jan 3 Read: A case of lupus nephritis
  5 Renal failure discussion
  7 Study: Crossing boundaries (renal module case)
Jan 10 Read: Case 21-2009
  12  
  14 "Halfway to Renal Heaven" mid-unit "closed-book "quiz on Robbins
Jan 19 Read: Case 3-2009
Jan 21 Study: Leaping before looking (renal module case)
Study: A new test brings clarity (renal module case)
Study: Conventional folly (renal module case)
Study: A dread sense of inevitability and helplessness (renal module case)
Study: Orphan Andrew (renal module case)
Study: Off to a bad start (renal module case)
Study: A little too late (renal module case)
Jan 24 Read: Case 5-2010
  26 Study: Long way around (renal module case)
Study: The sad truth (renal module case)
Study: Monday's child (renal module case)
  28 Study: Pox in the box (renal module case)
Study: Unwelcome travelers (renal module case)
Study: Questions abound (renal module case)
Jan 31 Read: Case 15-2008
Feb 2 In-class "closed book" mock examination

Feb 9 Read: Case 20-2010
  11 Case wrap-up
Feb 14 Read: Case 29-2008
Read: Behavioral Management for Anorexia Nervosa
  16 In-class exercise
  18 Pathophysiology of starvation hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Feb 21 Read: Crisis in late pregnancy
  23 Normal pregnancy hypothesis due
  25 Preeclampsia/eclampsia hypothesis due; case wrap-up
Feb 28 Read: A rash hypothesis
Mar 4 In-class exercise
Mar 7 Read: Case 39-2010

Mar 21 Read: Case 11-2010
  25 Case wrap-up
Mar 28 Read: Case 18-2006
  30 In-class exercise
Apr 4 Read: Case 15-2009
  8 Read: Eye mini-cases
Apr 11 Read: Case 33-2010
  13 In-class exercise
  15 In-class exercise; course wrap-up