MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After having read, studied, and discussed at least the
manuscript on:
Management in Medicine and Surgery
After doing independent study on the topic - Management in
Medicine and Surgery;
Given several responsibilities of a physician-general
surgeon, the student must be able to:
1. Write an outline illustrating the various processes or
steps in the management of each responsibility;
2. Afterwards, compare all the management plans citing the
similarities and the differences.
MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Responsibility 1: Managing a Patient with a Health Problem
Scenario:
You are the physician-general surgeon assigned to man a
medical clinic. One day, a 10-year-old boy is brought to the
clinic by his mother. The mother tells you her child just has a
bad fall while biking. You see the boy crying in pain with a
swollen deformed right forearm.
1.1 With the above scenario in mind, fill up the following items
that will form part of your mental plan as a physician
managing the patient.
General objective:
Specific objectives:
Strategies to achieve objectives:
Methods of evaluation:
Evaluation indicators:
1.2 With the above scenario in mind, enumerate chronologically
the steps you will do to manage the patient right after
you see him enter the clinic.
1.3 After you have treated the patient, how will you tell you
have achieved your goal or objective?
1.4 When does improvement come in in such a scenario? Give an
example of an improvement or a situation in which improvement
can be done.
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MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Responsibility 2: Presenting in a Medical Conference
Scenario:
You are a physician-general surgeon practicing in a
community. One day, the medical society in your community
invites you to present and discuss a patient of yours who has a
very unusual disease. You are asked to share your experience so
that the other physicians will learn. You are alloted one hour
for your presentation. You have two weeks to prepare for the
presentation.
2.1 With the above scenario in mind, fill up the following
items that will form part of your plan in preparing for
the medical presentation.
General objective:
Specific objectives:
Strategies to achieve objectives:
Methods of evaluation:
Evaluation indicators:
2.2 Enumerate chronologically the steps you will do during
the medical presentation itself.
2.3 After your presentation, how will you determine whether
you have achieved your goal or objective or not?
2.4 When does improvement come in in such a scenario? Give
an example of an improvement or a situation in which
improvement can be done.
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MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Responsibility 3: Managing a Department of Surgery of a Hospital
Scenario:
You have been recently appointed chairman of the Department
of Surgery of a district hospital.
3.1 With the above scenario in mind, outline the steps you
will do in managing the department. Describe briefly
the things that you will do in each step.
3.2 After one year of managing the hospital, how will you
determine whether you have achieved your goal or
objectives or not?
3.3 When does improvement come in in such a scenario? Give
an example of an improvement or a situation in which
improvement can be done.
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MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Responsibility 4: Solving the Surgical Health Problems of a
Community
Scenario:
You have been recently appointed the Chairman of the
Department of Surgery of a regional hospital in Community X.
Your goal is to solve the surgical health problems of the
community. You have your community (local government as well as
nongovernmental organizations) as your resource.
4.1 With the above scenario in mind, outline the steps you
will do in solving the surgical health problems of
Community X. Describe briefly the things that you will
do in each step.
4.2 After the time alloted for implementation of your
program has expired, how will you determine whether
you have achieved your goal or objectives or not?
4.3 When does improvement come in in such a scenario? Give
an example of an improvement or a situation in which
improvement can be done.
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MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Responsibility 5: Conducting a Health Research
Scenario:
You have decided to conduct a health research.
5.1 With the above scenario in mind, outline the steps you
will do in conducting the health research starting from
the formulation of research protocol to end of research.
Describe briefly the things that you will do in each
step.
5.2 How will you determine whether you have achieved your
goal or objectives of conducting a health research?
5.3 When does improvement come in in such a scenario? Give
an example of an improvement or a situation in which
improvement can be done.
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