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Physician Apprenticeship consists of small groups that meet through the 4 years. Physicianship-1 and 2A run during the Basis of Medicine. Physicianship-2B
(once developed) will be positioned just before Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Physicianship-3 and
4 are in parallel with the Clerkship. Physicianship courses must be successfully completed during the relevant promotion period.
Physicianship-1 is the first of
a series of units in the curriculum where the focus
is on the roles of the physician as a professional
and healer. The main objectives relate to the
knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours required
of professionalism and healing. Although it is
entitled “physician – ship”, the bulk of the
content is as relevant to students of dentistry as
it is to medicine. The Unit is also designed to
complement the Physician and Dentist Apprenticeships
that occur in parallel throughout first year.
The Physicianship-2A course
(Basis of Medicine, Year 2) is designed to provide
basic instruction and practice in medical
interviewing. It consists of a series of whole
class interactive sessions, small group sessions,
training sessions and self-directed learning
exercises at the McGill Medical Simulation Centre,
and individual practica extending from August to
December. The course is related administratively to
Physicianship-1 (Basis of Medicine Year 1),
Physicianship-2B (Introduction to Clinical Medicine),
Physicianship-3 and 4 (Practice of Medicine), and
Physician Apprenticeship (Years 1 to 4), all sharing
a common coordinating committee.
The
undergraduate medical curriculum at McGill
University has three central themes:
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The basic sciences and scientific
methodology are fundamental pillars of medical
knowledge.
·
A physician fulfills two roles in
service to the patient: that of a professional and
that of a healer. These two roles, which are served
simultaneously, are referred to as physicianship.
·
The clinical method (i.e. how a
physician relates to a patient and what s/he does in
the context of patient care) is the mechanism
through which physicianship is enacted. The clinical
method taught at McGill features five elements:
observation skills, communication skills, physical
examination, clinical (and critical) thinking, and
description (including narrative).
Although all courses (i.e. units and clerkships) of
the curriculum contribute to the Physicianship
theme, it is the Physicianship Component that is
primarily responsible for meeting the objectives
related to the physician as healer and professional.
This component, which is present throughout the
four-year program, is comprised of a series of
Physicianship units and the Physician Apprenticeship
(P.A.).
Please link here to the Physicianship website:
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/physicianship/
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