WR2 Curriculum

BLOCK CO-LEADER:
Dr. Scott Frank
 shf2@case.edu
Office: 216-368-3725

DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS

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BLOCK MANAGER:
Donna Sockel
dms48@case.edu
Donna.Sockel@case.edu
Office: 216-368-4091

WEEKLY THEMES

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BLOCK 1 POSTERS

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Case students will examine social and behavioral context as influences on the individual’s health and how the individual responds to disease—as well as science-oriented genetic composition and models of disease. 

Block 1 initiates a student’s life-long learning in medicine and health and is about what it means to be a physician – the thought processes, fundamental values, knowledge and expertise, all factors which contribute to wisdom.

Typically students begin their medical education by studying basic science at the molecular level, and are often not fully aware of the relevance that this knowledge has in their future education as physicians or how it relates to the actual practice of medicine. 

Instead of beginning at the most basic molecular level  this unique and distinctive methodology firmly embeds the principles of health and population medicine within the curriculum from the moment students begin their work at Case, and sets Case apart from all other medical schools in the country in this regard. Through this block, we introduce students to health and disease within the broader context of society to provide them with both perspective and a real framework for their subsequent learning of biomedical and population sciences.  We will demonstrate how the care of a patient raises questions across multiple domains in addition to clinical medicine, including biomedical science, society, culture; and economics. We will also give students an understanding of how social and behavioral factors work through individuals and impact health and health outcomes.


After completing Block 1, the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate how the care of a patient raises questions across multiple domains in addition to clinical medicine, including biomedical science, society, culture, and economics
2. Describe how social and behavioral factors work through individuals and impact health and health outcomes
3. Apply the principles of epidemiology and biostatistics to clinical situations and studies
4. Describe the doctor’s role(s) and responsibilities to each individual patient (classical professionalism) and also to society at large (civic professionalism)
5. Describe the integral role of the physician as scholar.