The
Gastrointestinal and Nutritional
Health Problems

SCHEDULE OF LEARNING-EVALUATING ACTIVITIES

DURATION OF COURSE: 4 WEEKS

Week 1

Day

Hypothetical Patient Management1

Actual Patient Management (at least once a week)2

Consultation with Resource Persons (at least once a week)3

Independent Study4

Others: Discussion of Issues (at least once a week)5 Other learning activities as deemed necessary

1

Pretest

Overview of GIN Problems Orientation and Introduction Taking of Pretest

2

HPM1

3

HPM2

APM1

4

HPM3

5

HPM4

Faculty giving out corrected Pretest answer sheets to students (not the answer key)

Week 2

Day

Hypothetical Patient Management1

Actual Patient Management (at least once a week)2

Consultation with Resource Persons (at least once a week)3

Independent Study4

Others: Discussion of Issues (at least once a week)5 Other learning activities as deemed necessary

1

HPM5

2

HPM6

3

HPM7

APM2

4

HPM8

5

HPM9

Week 3

Day

Hypothetical Patient Management1

Actual Patient Management (at least once a week)2

Consultation with Resource Persons (at least once a week)3

Independent Study4

Others: Discussion of Issues (at least once a week)5 Other learning activities as deemed necessary

1

HPM10

2

HPM11

3

HPM12

APM3

4

HPM13

5

HPM14

Week 4

Day

Hypothetical Patient Management1

Actual Patient Management (at least once a week)2

Consultation with Resource Persons (at least once a week)3

Independent Study4

Others: Discussion of Issues (at least once a week)5 Other learning activities as deemed necessary

1

Symposium Submission of Pretest answers; checking; faculty giving out answer key to Pretest

2

HPM15

3

HPM16

APM4

4

HPM17

5

Posttest and clinical exam; checking right after; faculty giving out answer key Submission of improved reports on symposium and APM

Legend of Superscripts:

[1] There will be 17 Hypothetical Patient Management (HPM) in the entire course. Each HPM session will be for 2 hours. See Details and Formats on HPM.

[2] There will be at least 4 Actual Patient Management (APM) in the entire course. Each APM session will be for 2 hours. See Details and Formats on APM.

[3] There will be at least 4 Consultations with Resource Persons (CRP) in the entire course. Each CRP session will be for 1 hour. See Details and Formats on CRP.

[4] During the Independent Study, the students shall do the following, but not limited to:

• Take the pretest on the first day, then formulate learning issues and learning plan, then implement the plan.
• Formulate own learning issues during the HPM sessions, then learning plan, then implement.
• Formulate own learning issues during the APM sessions and learning plan and then implement the plan.
• Take note of the learning objectives and expected output of the course and then make an action plan, and then implement.
• Prepare for the discussion of the APM, symposium, and posttest.
• Prepare for the submission of required written reports (using the prescribed formats):
  • Overview and Personal Perspective on ................. one per student
  • Reports on the Symposium .................................. group report
  • Discussion on Actual Patient Management .......... one per student (a total of 4 APM discussions per student)
• There will be at least one discussion of issues (DI), either bioethical, psychosocial, or medicolegal, per week. Each DI session will be for 2 hours.
• The Overview of Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problem and the Orientation and Introduction to the Course shall be held on the first day of the course, Monday,
  2 hours, such as 7:30 - 9:30 am.

Course Content