Curriculum
Meet our Curriculum Team!
Quinn He
Director of Curriculum and Advancement
sjodca@copehealthscholars.org
Shivani Shah
Accelerated Coordinator
sjoaccelerated@copehealthscholars.org
What does the curriculum branch do?
The curriculum branch manages the different tracks that exist within the health scholars program (for more information regarding each specific track, see below), the rotational assignments for over 250 health scholars, and find new ways to enhance the educational experience for health scholars! For example, we are currently working on implementing a series of medical Spanish workshops to help health scholars better communicate with Spanish-speaking patients!
Department Preference Survey (DPS): These are distributed by the curriculum team in the beginning of the second month of each rotation. Health Scholars will rank their preference on their next upcoming rotation, and the curriculum team will do our best to match each scholar to their desired rotation!
Department Assignments (DA): The finalized departmental assignments for each rotation is sent out in the beginning of the third month of each rotation.
Accelerated-Track (Three-month):
Scholars are required to complete 60 shifts on 6 departments by the end of the three-month program. Prior to each rotation, scholars will need to schedule department-specific trainings (DST) with the corresponding department coordinators and shadow current scholars to be more prepared for the floors.
Rotation/month 1:
Scholars will shift on two tier-1 departments: Pulmonary Renal and Medical Telemetry. During month 1, scholars can sign up for at least 10 shifts per department (20 shifts in total).
Rotation/month 2:
Scholars will shift on one tier-1/2 and one tier-3 department. During month 2, scholars can sign up for at least 12 shifts per department (24 shifts in total)
Rotation/month 3:
Scholars will shift on one tier-1/2/3 and one tier-4 department. During month 3, scholars can sign up for at least 8 shifts per department (16 shifts in total). Note that near the end of the 9-month track, scholars will be eligible to apply for a tier-5 department. They must stay at least one more rotation (3 months) if they wish to do so.
Scholar in this track receive priority shift registration on the 7th of each month. If scholars in this track wish to stay in the program to shift as regular-track scholars (i.e., shifting once a week), and/or to apply to a tier-5 department, they have to have completed the required 60 shifts as an accelerated scholar first. If interested in staying after 60 shifts, please email Quinn at sjoadc@copehealthscholars.org.
Expedited-Track (Six-month):
Scholars are required to complete 60 shifts on 4 departments by the end of the six-month program. Prior to each rotation, scholars will need to schedule department-specific trainings (DST) with the corresponding department coordinators and shadow current scholars to be more prepared for the floors. Scholars will need to sign up for at least 10 shifts in total per month.
Rotation 1 (Month 1-3):
Scholars will shift on one tier-1 and one tier-2 department.
Rotation 2 (Month 4-6):
Scholars will shift on one tier-1/2/3 and one tier-4 department. Note that neater the end of the 6-month track, scholars will be eligible to apply for a tier-5 department. They must stay at least one more rotation (3 months) if they wish to do so.
Scholars in this track receive priority shift registration on the 8th of each month. If Scholars in this track wish to stay in the program after they have completed the 6 months of expedited shifting, please reach out to our Assistant Director of Curriculum, Quinn He, at sjoadc@copehealthscholars.org
Fast-Track (9-month):
Scholars are required to complete 60 shifts on 6 departments by the end of the nine-month program. Prior to each rotation, scholars will need to schedule department-specific trainings (DST) with the corresponding department coordinators and shadow current scholars to be more prepared for the floors. Scholars will need to shift at least once for each department each week.
Rotation 1(Month 1-3):
Scholars will shift on two tier-1 departments: Pulmonary Renal and Medical Telemetry.
Rotation 2 (Month 4-6):
Scholars will shift on one tier-1/2 department and one tier-3 department.
Rotation 3 (Month 7-9):
Scholars will shift on one tier-1/2/3 department and one tier-4 department. Note that near the end of the 9-month track, scholars will be eligible to apply for a tier-5 department. They must stay at least one more rotation (3 months) if they wish to do so.
Scholars in this track receive priority shift registration on the 8th of each month. If Scholars in this track wish to stay in the program after they have completed the 9 months of fast-track shifting, please reach out to our Assistant Director of Curriculum, Quinn He, at sjoadc@copehealthscholars.org
Regular-Track (15-month):
Scholars are required to complete 60 shifts on 5 departments by the end of the fifteen-month program. Prior to each rotation, scholars will need to schedule department-specific trainings (DST) with the corresponding department coordinators and shadow current scholars to be more prepared for the floors. Scholars will need to shift at least once a week for each department.
Rotation 1 (Month 1-3):
Scholars will shift on one of the tier-1 department
Rotation 2 (Month 4-6):
Scholars will shift on a tier-1/2 department
Rotation 3 (Month 7-9):
Scholars will shift on a tier-1/2/3 department
Rotation 4 (Month 10-12):
Scholars will shift on a tier-1/2/3/4 department. Note that near the end of the 12th month, scholars will be eligible to apply for a tier-5 department.
Rotation 5 (Month 13-15):
Scholars will shift on a tier-1/2/3/4/5 department.
Scholars in this track will be eligible for shift registration on the 10th of each month.
Have any questions? Please contact us!!
Quinn He: sjodca@copehealthscholars.org
Assistant Director of Curriculum: sjoadc@copehealthscholars.org
Shivani Shah: sjoaccelerated@copehealthscholars.org
If you would like to switch into any of these specialized tracks, please email Quinn He.