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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE STUDENT HANDBOOK

 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES

 

 

The following office reports to the Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs.

 

Foundations of Clinical Medicine Office


Room E306
216.368.3028

Email: FCMO@case.edu

Mission: The Foundations of Clinical Medicine (FCM) programs seek to develop a broad range of clinical and professional capabilities. FCM develops the necessary skill sets through 4 separate, but integrated programs: Tuesday Seminars; the pre-clerkship patient-based curriculum, RAMP (Rotating Apprenticeship in Medical Practice) and CPCP (Community Patient Care Preceptorship); Communications in Medicine; and the Physical Diagnosis Program.

 

Goal: To facilitate the transformation from student to doctor, focusing on the doctor/patient relationship, on the roles of physicians in systems and in society, on professionalism and leadership, and on clinical skills.

 

Members of the Foundations of Clinical Medicine Office are:

Daniel R. Wolpaw, MD Director
Deidre Gruning (368-3028), Administrative Director
Marsha Starks (368-0114), FCM Coordinator
Dyna Bolar (368-0590), Coordinator, Physical Diagnosis


Patient-Based Program: RAMP and CPCP
Mimi Singh, MD, Director
Denise Carter-O’Gorman, LISW (368-2178), Coordinator, patient-based programs
Pete Spanos (368-0678), Instructional Designer

Skills Development: Communications and Physical Diagnosis
Communication in Medicine: Kathy Cole-Kelly, MS, MSW, Director
Physical Diagnosis Program: Susan Padrino, MD, Director

FCM Seminars: Tuesday Morning Seminars
Kathy Cole-Kelly, MS, MSW, and Ted Parran, MD, Directors
Denise Carter-O’Gorman, LISW (368-2178), Acting Coordinator

Advanced Clinical Skills and Seminars
Kathy Cole-Kelly, MS, MSW, Susan Padrino, MD, Bobby Stern, MD, Directors


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