This 14 week course is organized in a highly innovative manner, designed to provide the student with a comprehensive foundation in research ethics. After taking this course, students will be prepared to manage many of the complex, real-life ethical issues that have attracted public attention in recent years, such as undue influence of research participants, concerns about therapeutic misconception and subject recruitment, concerns about social justice in the context of biomedical research,\u2026\n
Please contact Chief of Neuropathology, Dr. Keith Ligon MD PhD, keith_ligon@dfci.harvard.edu, for pre-approval to enroll. Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. This course is aimed at introducing students to Neuropathology and precision medicine approaches in a hospital setting. The emphasis will be to learn conventional (histopathology) and emerging (molecular diagnostics, spatial biology, digital\u2026\n
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. This four-week outpatient clerkship will provide an immersive outpatient family medicine experience, with emphasis on evaluation and development of Entrustable Professional Activities 1-12 for Residency. In addition, students will complete written assignments to demonstrate their competence in evidence based medicine, and a case based family and community\u2026\n
Students may add themselves to the waiting list for this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. This four-week outpatient clerkship will provide an immersive outpatient family medicine experience, with emphasis on evaluation and development of Entrustable Professional Activities 1-12 for Residency. In addition, students will complete written assignments to demonstrate their competence in evidence based medicine, and a case based family and community\u2026\n
A required foundational course for students in the MMSc in Medical Education program. This seminar is divided into four modules that cover seminal topics in medical education: curriculum development; adult learning theory; educational technology; and assessment in medical education. The longitudinal seminar will also prepare students for other longitudinal activities they will take on as a community, including but not limited to the following: beginning to develop the thesis required in the\u2026\n
This Harvard Macy Institute modular course supports health care professionals as they adapt new technologies and approaches into the learning environment for pre-clinical, clinical, and post-graduate learners.This course integrates the science of education with hands-on experience to support the transformation of teaching through the creation of effective synchronous and asynchronous virtual learning experiences and environments. Facilitated by educational leaders with expertise in using\u2026\n
With approval and oversight of the Master of Bioethics Program Director, students will be matched with a member of the Center for Bioethics Faculty to complete a course of study developed to meet the needs and interests of the student that is in line with the learning objectives of the Master of Bioethics Degree Program and that cannot otherwise be met within the existing course offerings of the Master of Bioethics Degree.\u00a0 The course of study will require regular meetings with an assigned\u2026\n
Narrative competence is fundamental to the ethical practice of medicine. This elective course focuses on narrative approaches to ethical issues in clinical medicine. Using literary narratives and poetry as the primary readings, the course methodology emphasizes the importance of particularity, contingency, change, voice, context, and time in recognizing, evaluating, and resolving moral problems. The course aims to develop skills in critical and reflective reading and writing that parallel\u2026\n
After framing the current state of safety and quality in historical perspective, this course builds on prerequisite learning modules to employ critical QI tools and understand the power of data. Students focus on how to collect, display data in the context of real-improvement work. This course shares examples of how data can change care at every level of the system.
\nThis course prepares students to apply quantitative methods to ongoing QI work. Students will learn frameworks to pose study questions and select appropriate analytic methods. Didactics will focus on statistical methods that will allow them to analyze simple data and present their findings. Students will learn how to assess outcomes specific to QI research. Students will also begin to discuss general IRB issues.
\nThis course provides an overview of the principles and practices of leadership and teamwork within complex organizational settings. Students will learn how to effectively manage and lead diverse, high-performing teams while navigating institutional dynamics and fostering collaboration across boundaries. Through interactive lectures, breakout sessions, and project-based learning, the course emphasizes strategic planning, emotional intelligence, trust-building, and conflict resolution as\u2026\n
Safety and quality operations are continuing to evolve as the field grows. This course will present focused primers in two fields: Implementation science and population health. In addition, students will have a chance to explore emerging concepts such as emotional harm to providers and patients, safety implications of provider burnout, and techniques to train team members in quality and safety.
\nThe course will acquaint students with the major problems in gastrointestinal and liver disease and familiarize them with approaches and techniques involved in diagnosis and treatment. The students will spend two weeks with three fellows and an attending physician on the inpatient general gastroenterology service, and two weeks with one fellow and an attending physician on the inpatient hepatology service. The students can expect to see 1-2 new consults each day with oversight and teaching by\u2026\n
This advanced elective for senior medical students takes place in the Surgical ICUs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which is a tertiary care academic medical center. Students will be part of an interdisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients with a wide variety of pathologies including trauma, abdominal transplant and shock. They will work with a team of residents, fellows and attending physicians from the departments of anesthesia and surgery. Through active participation\u2026\n