Unit 3

MANAGEMENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Dear Learner,

Mabuhay!

Welcome to "Management in Medicine and Surgery"!

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The general objectives of this learning unit are:

1. To make you aware that management is a very basic

competency required of all physician-general surgeons.

2. To teach you how to use the "Management"

framework/foundation in several responsibilities of a

physician-general surgeon.

SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After having read, studied, and discussed at least the

manuscript on:

Management in Medicine

After doing independent study on the topic - Management in

Medicine;

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.

CONTENT

As governed by the specific learning objectives.

As deemed necessary by the student as a result of self-

directed learning and independent study.

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LEARNING ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES

Under a residential mode of training:

1. Hand-outs

2. Lecturettes

3. Independent study

4. Initial reports - small group discussion - feedback

5. Improvement of reports into final papers

Under a distance education mode of training:

1. Hand-outs

2. Independent study

3. Initial reports - feedback by faculty

4. Improvement of reports into final papers

TIMETABLE: Depends on agreement between learner and faculty.

EVALUATION

Evaluation of final report using a checklist.

See attached EVALUATION GUIDE.

BEST WISHES IN YOUR LEARNING!

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Dr. Reynaldo O. Joson

COORDINATOR:

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PROPOSED LEARNING ACTIVITY PLAN

(Under a residential mode of training)

SESSION I (Morning)

Coordinator meets whole class.

- Distributes instructional plan.

- Asks all students to read instructional plan.

- Explains and clarifies plan.

Coordinator and students make a LEARNING CONTRACT OR

AGREEMENT.

INTERVAL BETWEEN SESSION I AND II (morning-afternoon)

Students do INDEPENDENT STUDY guided by the learning

contract or agreement.

In INDEPENDENT STUDY, the student is

- responsible in looking for reading materials prescribed

but not found in the course pack.

- free and encouraged to use additional learning

strategies/activities/resources not prescribed in the

learning contract or agreement.

During the INDEPENDENT STUDY, a faculty is available

for consultation.

SESSION II (Afternoon)

Students are divided into small groups, 6-8-10 per group,

maximum of 10, as much as possible even number of students

per group.

If there are three small groups, three faculty are needed,

one faculty per group.

Students submit initial reports to faculty.

Faculty distributes reports back to students for PEER

EVALUATION using a checklist.

Faculty does evaluation of all the initial reports using a

checklist.

FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION.

Faculty teaches students on how to make feedback.

Hand-out and checklist are available.

*The afternoon session ends with a RESOLUTION for students

to improve their reports and then to submit the final draft

at an agreed date, but not later than the last day of the

program.

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