This team-taught course helps the student to prepare for hospital clerkships. Daily lectures by M.D.-level faculty on the pathophysiology of systemic diseases are correlated with the Pathology II lecture series. Students learn how to present posters and to do library research for oral presentations. Patients from the A.M. Edwards Hospital, University Clinic and the extended-care geriatric facility will provide the student with hands-on experience. Students carry a small caseload and are expected to be on-call with the island physician. A detailed log of patients, H & P’s, and procedures is reviewed for the final oral examination. Closed-circuit television will allow students to monitor and videotape faculty and other clinical students during demonstrations.
(10 credits; 131 hrs. Lecture/Lab) Prerequisite: Physical Diagnosis at Saba University
MED 902 – Pathology II
This second part of the Pathology curriculum focuses primarily on systemic pathology and disease processes. In this course, emphasis is placed on relating pathophysiological and biochemical abnormalities of disease processes to clinical signs and symptoms of disease. Knowledge and the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of diseases is gained through the intense examination of clinical cases, gross material, selected microscopic slides, clinical laboratory data, X-rays, and treatment protocols.
(11 credits;90 hrs. Lecture/Lab) Prerequisite: Pathology I at Saba University
MED 903 – Integrative Study of the Basic Sciences (USMLE Review)
This course utilizes daily lectures, lecture notes and computerized testing to provide an integrated review of the basic sciences. An emphasis is placed on understanding of the disease process and clinical problem solving. Students attend daily online lectures. A faculty member from the appropriate discipline is present during each lecture to provide additional information and answer questions. Early in the course students are given a diagnostic pretest to help identify problem areas and individualize learning goals. At the end of the course students are administered a full-length, simulated USMLE Step 1 exam to evaluate progress. Sufficient progress must be documented to pass the course and complete the Basic Sciences program.
