MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY - RESPONSIBILITIES

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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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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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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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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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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