| Date |
Description |
Institution |
# Students |
| 9/2009 - 12/2009 |
Basics on Womens Health Elective |
The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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| Co-Course Director - Enrolled first year medical students listen to podcasts from the Womens Health Curriculum on Blackboard then post discussion items on the Blackboard curriculum management system. My role is to monitor and encourage discussion among the students using the online learning discussion boards,approx 10 students/course. |
| 7/2007 - Present |
Resident Portfolio Rotation Assignments |
UTHSCSA Department of Family and Community Medicine |
36 students |
| I develop and maintain learning activities for the residency program resident portfolio. Each rotation has a supplemental learning activity tied to the rotation. Assignments and reading materials are posted on the Blackboard learning software. Residents access and post assignments online. I coordinate assignments which include: Evidence Based Medicine activities, ECG learning modules, article assignments and questions on Surgical and Maternity topics, Individual learning plans, uploading of case presentations for several rotations, uploading of resident PowerPoint presentations, QI projects, Practice Management projects and M&M reports. At the end of the residency, residents receive an electronic file of their portfolio. The assignments are designed to augment learning experiences in the rotations as well as meet Residency Review Committee requirements. |
| 6/2006 - Present |
Male and Female Standardized Patient Exams |
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. |
12 students |
| Yearly, during intern orientation, I act as faculty preceptor alongside male and female standardized patients to teach breast, pelvic, rectal and prostate physical exam skills.
I supervise 12 residents/session. |
| 6/2006 - Present |
Establishing the Agenda and Writing Notes |
UTHSCSA Department of Family and Community Medicine |
12 students |
| Yearly, during intern orientation, I co-teach a session with department behavioral science faculty that teaches residents how to establish the agenda during a multi-complaint primary care visit. We also teach residents to write problem-based notes in the outpatient setting. 12 resident learners/session. |
| 6/2006 - Present |
Individual Instruction |
UTHSCSA Family Medicine Residency Program |
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| 5/2006 - Present |
EKG Workshops-resident conferences |
UTHSCSA, Dept of Family and Community Medicine Residency Program |
25 students |
| Preparation and teaching of three separate approx 2 hour EKG workshops (5/06, 10/07, 7/09) to residents in the Family Medicine program. Workshops consist of a review of EKG reading rules, then review in small groups of a series of collected EKGs. In preparation for these workshops I maintain an EKG teaching tool compiled from several different sources that the residents can use as a resource during routine patient care. Approx 25 learners/session. |
| 6/2005 - Present |
Leadership and Professional Development of Residents |
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20 students |
| As part of a residency emphasis on resident leadership skills, I developed the following workshops for residents. The more recent presentation is co-taught with Dr. Jim Tysinger
5/2008 "So, Youre going to be a teacher/leader of the new interns..."
6/05 Preparing to teach and lead conference
Approx 20 students/session. |
| 10/2004 - Present |
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course |
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40 students |
| The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course (ALSO) is a course designed by the American Academy of Family Physicians, to teach basic emergency principles to anyone who provides care to pregnant women. It is a lecture and workshop based course. Curriculum content includes management of bleeding in pregnancy, medical conditions in pregnancy, management of shoulder dystocia, assisted vaginal deliveries, basic fetal heart rate monitoring, perineal repair etc.
I am a certified instructor, course director and faculty advisor for the ALSO courses put on jointly between the UTHSCSA and Christus Santa Rosa Family Medicine programs. We hold courses once or twice yearly. Learners include family medicine residents, family medicine faculty and Labor and Delivery nurses from various local hospitals, approx 40 learners/course. |
| 9/2004 - Present |
Maternity and newborn care-resident conferences |
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30 students |
| I have prepared and presented a series of conferences for Family Medicine residents to teach principles of Family Centered Maternity and Newborn care. Conferences include:
1) Two interactive sessions for Family Medicine residents on Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. 2)"Transitions to Fatherhood", a session designed in conjunction with a maternity training grant to teach residents to provide anticipatory guidance to families with newborns
3)"Examination and Routine Hospital Care of the Newborn", a three hour session designed to teach residents basic newborn exam and conditions encountered by the family physician in the newborn nursery. I present variations of this workshop to the residents yearly.
4) Perineal repair workshop
5) Supervision of resident preparing the Maternity case conference (monthly)
There are approx 30 learners/session. I teach 2-3 maternity sessions per year. |
| 9/2004 - Present |
Care of the Pediatric Patient- resident conferences |
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30 students |
| Preparation of the following pediatric care topics for presentation in the resident conferences:
9/04- Pediatric Congenital Musculoskeletal Disorders, lecture
7/05 Pediatric Developmental Assessment
7/05- Texas Health Steps Orientation
Each presentation required approx 10 hours of preparation, approx 30 learners/session. |
| 7/2004 - Present |
Post-Doctoral Student Supervision |
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| 1/2004 - Present |
Care of the Adult Medical Patient- resident conferences |
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30 students |
| As part of the resident Wednesday conferences, I developed the following didactic sessions designed to review common conditions affecting the adult medical patients.
1/04- "Hepatitis C, A Review for Residents"
8/04- Group discussion leader- Lipid management
8/04- "An Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia"
9/04- Group discussion leader- Diabetes Management
4/05- Low back pain workshop
7/05- "Asthma"
Each presentation required approximately 10 hours of preparation to include a review of current literature, approx 30 learners/session. |
| 7/2003 - Present |
Post-Doctoral Student Supervision |
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| 7/2003 - Present |
Post-Doctoral Student Supervision |
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Federal |
| Funding Agency |
US Department of Health & Human Services |
| Title |
HRSA Residency Training Grant in Primary Care:
Improving the Quality of Clinic Based Preventive Health Services to Address Premature Mortality in a Medically Underserved Latino Community |
| Status |
Active |
| Period |
6/2009 - 5/2012 |
| Role |
Co-Investigator |
| Grant Detail |
The grant funds an innovative training curriculum on the Chronic Care Model of practice for family medicine residents. The project objective is to develop, implement, and evaluate clinic-based interventions to reduce premature mortality caused by ischemic heart disease, unintentional injuries, chronic liver disease, and lung, breast, and colon cancer. The Project Directors will work with six faculty preceptors to develop and implement the curriculum, evaluate the clinic based interventions, and evaluate residents knowledge and attitudes about the chronic care model and the specific disease entities. |
| Funding Agency |
HRSA |
| Title |
Maternity Training Grant |
| Status |
Complete |
| Period |
9/2006 - 6/2008 |
| Role |
Co-Investigator |
| Grant Detail |
This training grant was used to develop and implement a curriculum on maternity care for family medicine residents. The grant supported efforts to create a Family Medicine Maternity Service in University Hospital and a freestanding prenatal care clinic within the Family Health Center. The grant also supported efforts to transition our clinics outpatient prenatal care to an electronic medical record (Sunrise). The maternity training curriculum covers all aspects of maternity care as related to family medicine: preconception counseling, prenatal care, care during labor and delivery, immediate peripartum care, postpartum care, and care of the newborn. |
| Funding Agency |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Title |
Providing a Broad Range of Culturally Competent Mental Health Services |
| Status |
Complete |
| Period |
7/2004 - 6/2007 |
| Role |
Co-Investigator |
| Grant Detail |
This was a 3-year, 18-session Family Medicine Resident Course. The sessions focused on teaching and practicing skills in mental health promotion, mental health prevention, mental health intervention, and mental health diagnosis and treatment. Course Co-Directors were Sally Dunlap PhD (Clinical Psychology) and Sandra K. Burge PhD (Family Studies). I was part of the core faculty in this grant. TEAM: Oscs-Snchez MA, Dunlap S, Burge SK, Larme A, Alford C, Rose L, Oakes SL, Mann-Zeballos M, Ramirez-Coln MA, Emko NJ. |
