What We Offer
Completeness: Understand Medicine from Patient to DNA
Start with the clinical presentation of the patient who walks in the door. Explain their symptoms through the regional anatomy down to the tissue level, cell ultrastructure, biochemistry, proteins, and DNA with no gaps.
See the Patient
- Who Walks in the
Door?
Clinical reasoning requires identifying
the chief complaint, narrowing down the differential diagnosis, and explaining the natural history. Always start with Age, Gender, Timeframe.
Clinical Medicine is Built on a Foundation of Basic Sciences
The hardest step to make in medical school is to shift from subject-based learning to patient-centered learning. Focus on physician-relevant knowledge and de-emphasize rote memorization.
Our Educational Principles
- The human body is a biomachine.
- Biochemistry should be understood as a continuity from the anatomical to protein level.
- Imaging and rotating perspectives of anatomy should be mental images.
- The rhythm of biochemical/cellular processes are foundational to immunology and adaptive responses.
- The flow of fluids in the organ and body is vital for survival and growth.
- Positive predictive value is proportional to prevalence times sensitivity and the understanding of this in disease epidemiology is foundational.
- Epidemiology of injury/infection is crucial to diagnosis and clinical approach.
- Every cell, tissue, organ system has a unique rhythm of response to stressors, and a point at which homeostasis cannot be maintained through adaptation.
- Progression to irreversible failure in each organ system can be objectively measured with testing that represents pathophysiology.
- Understanding of the natural history of a disease and communication of this disease is arguably the most important aspect of the patient/physician relationship.
Think like a Doctor
Remember that you are not just studying for an exam. This is the best preparation for practicing medicine.
