Education: Clinicals
Our Mission
OPEN OPPORTUNITY
TeachMeMedicine.org offers an open opportunity to gain skills for today’s medical world in a non-standard educational setting. Our mission is to offer medical education to all students, regardless of their economic status. The future expansion of medical care in low- and middle-income countries is specifically related to innovative capacity and the digital transformation of the current system of medical education. The demand for medical skills and medical providers has dramatically increased. However, high-quality medical education is expensive and not responsive to the current needs of the world’s population.
Innovation in Medical Education
INNOVATION IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
TeachMeMedicine.org is the future of medical education. We bring innovation and improvement to the current medical education system. Medical knowledge can now be transferred without using the traditional teacher-student format.
NO CLASSES
TeachMeMedicine.org offers students the opportunity to study independently and at their own pace. Students have the freedom to explore topics and are graded by their preceptors. The concept of self-education thru a Medical School Independent Study Program (ISP) is not new. The ISP Programs have been around for decades and medical school graduates who went thru ISP program did just as well as those in the traditional program. What is unique about our ISP programs is that we are doing it tuition-free.
Apprenticeship
APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM
Apprenticeship system was how physicians used to be educated at the turn of the century. We offer programs for those who want to become a clinical specialist thru apprenticeship in five to seven years. This program will replace the traditional college education, medical school, residency, and fellowship training.
Medical knowledge is now better explained and more accessible than ever before. Each student is assigned two physician preceptors that will mentor the students throughout their medical education providing guidance and clinical training. These preceptors include one online physician for academic studies and the other will be a local physician for clinical training.
Unlike the current medical education system, students here will not waste valuable time learning materials that they will never use in clinical practice. Instead, they will start learning from day one. As they study a particular disease, they will also learn relevant basic medical sciences including anatomy, histology, physiology, and pathology.
Traditional apprenticeship system is now needed now more than ever before because:
1. Rapid advances in all branches of medicine have made it difficult for even the specialists to keep up-to-date.
2. Many of the subjects that are taught during pre-medical and medical years of training have very little use in clinical practice.
3. Medical students do not get to care for an actual patient until their 7th year of training.
4. The ever-rising cost of medical education demands a change in the way physicians are trained with a median debt of between$170,000 and $200,000 for 84% of 2014’s graduating class in the US.
5. Most physicians will only have two to three years of actual patient experience in their area of specialty upon graduation from residency or fellowship training.
6. To become a physician simply takes too long. It should not take 11-13 years to become a doctor.
Our Programs have the following advantages:
1. You start to learn medicine with patient contact from the first day of your medical education.
2. You are involved in patient care in the mornings and study in the afternoon or in the evenings.
3. Only areas that are relevant to medicine are taught during your medical training.
4. You will have years of actual patient experience upon completion of your Program
5. There are no fees for registration or tuition for our programs before, during, and after the completion of these programs.
6. It takes only five to seven years to complete our Programs compared to the 13 years with the current system.
Preceptorship
BUILDING SKILLS THE MEDICAL WORLD REQUIRES
Our entire program is designed to develop skills that the modern medical workplace requires for medical providers. Students don’t just learn medicine; they learn how to think, be creative, solve problems, and work on projects. The skills they learn are designed to teach them what medical providers need for today’s and tomorrow’s medical office, hospital, or clinic.
PROVIDING EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
The traditional educational system is not designed to suit everyone, which is fine, but there need to be alternatives. Our educational model is structured on preceptor-based learning. We don’t have any classes.
PHYSICIAN PRECEPTORS
Physician Preceptors are an integral part of our program. We can help you locate a physician preceptor in your area once you are registered.
Curriculum
Clinical Specialist Program
We offer a program to train Clinical Specialists.
A clinical Specialist is a clinician who is trained in only one specific medical or surgical specialty such as urology, neurology, or rheumatology. Students here will start their training in the specialty program of their choice from day one. They follow the traditional medical education that uses an apprenticeship system.
Students are taught by specialists in their respective fields and are expected to learn only the areas that are relevant to their specialty concentration. Our program is rigid yet flexible; certain courses are required in a particular order, while there are others that students are free to explore. The length of courses ranges from one week to six months, depending on their depth and complexity. Students will attend the clinic with their preceptors during the day and study in the afternoon and evenings. The curriculum will be tailored based on the students’ previous academic background.
Prerequisite for Clinical Specialist Program is the completion of the High School Diploma. This program is obviously ideal for those are already working in a clinic with a physician and they wish to specialize in the same field.
To start the program, we need to locate a specialist physician in your area willing to provide quality training in the area of your choice. Since TeachMeMedicine’s Clinical Specialist Program is an online program, students are required to present a letter of intent from a physician to provide Specialty training to the applying individual. Upon submission of the letter, the physician is agreeing to teach the individual within the clinical environment and deliver the proper training necessary for completion of a Clinical Specialist certificate.
Certification
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Medicine is a highly regulated field in part to protect patients. Unfortunately, many of these laws are actually hindering the introduction of new technologies into the healthcare field.
Telemedicine has been available for years and could have saved time and money for millions of patients over the last 10 years, but it is yet to become a mainstream reality.
Current regulations regarding licensing have also not kept up with the times when it comes to providing free medical education. To issue a diploma, a school has to be accredited. To become accredited, a school either has to have at least 10 million dollars or more in cash reserve or join the current medical schools, charge outrageous tuition, and graduate doctors with huge debt. We have not been able to convince accrediting agencies to modify this requirement so that students can graduate debt free.
Although we provide medical education, our programs currently will only allow you to become a medical assistant under existing laws. Medical assistants are not required to have a license. With up to seven years of actual patient experience, our students will be more than qualified to assist their attending physicians in their daily practice of medicine.
TeachMeMedicine.org currently does not grant a degree or diploma. A certificate of completion at the end of our programs allows students to assist a licensed physician in the office setting.
Admissions
Teach Me Medicine admission is merit-based so that everyone who wants to try will have the opportunity to obtain a quality education despite financial constraints. Our Program is tuition-free. There are no fees for registration or tuition before, during, and after completion of this program.
A high school diploma is the only requirement we have for admission. We do not have requirements for test scores, grades, recommendation letters, or extracurricular activities.
To start please send us a link to your LinkedIn profile. If you do not have a profile, please set up a LinkedIn Profile here and send us the link to your profile.
Pre-clinical
Universal Precautions
Infection Control
Vital Signs
Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology – This course teaches students the basics of medical terminology, and how to use it within the workplace to better assist their presiding physician. Various word components such as suffixes, prefixes, special endings, plural forms, abbreviations, symbols, key phrases, etc. will be taught. Students will learn the language system that medical terminology is and will be able to construct and build new terms. Students will also learn proper spelling and grammar pertaining to the medical field.
Basic Emergency Medical Training
BLS I
BLS II
ACLS I
ACLS II
ATLS I
ATLS II
ATLS III
Physician Evaluation
Physician Evaluation Form:
Download evaluation form here: PRE-CLINICAL PHYSICIAN EVALUATION FORM
Please rate the trainee on a scale of 1-5 for the following duties:
(1) poor, (2) fair, (3) good, (4) very good, (5) outstanding
The exams will be pass or fail.
CURRICULUM | EXAM | CLINICAL PRECEPTOR | ACADEMIC PRECEPTOR |
PRE-CLINICAL | |||
Universal Precautions | |||
Infection Control | |||
Vital Signs | |||
Medical Terminology | |||
Basic Emergency Medical Training | |||
BLS | |||
ACLS | |||
ATLS |
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Clinical Anatomy
- Clinical Anatomy
- An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Get Body Smart
- Anatomy, Dartmouth College
- Anatomy, Function, and Innervation of Muscles, Loyola University — Collection of drawings and information for all major muscles.
- Anatomy (Gross, Neuro, Histology, etc) Resources, University of Wisconsin
- Anatomy of the Female Pelvis, Stanford University
- Anatomy of the Nerves, Muscles, Bones, and Arteries, Loyola University — Excellent collection of drawings organized by organ system.
- Comprehensive Anatomy Site, University of Utah
- Digital Anatomists Project, University of Washington — Interesting collection of simulated dissections, various parts of the body.
- Downstate University School of Medicine Anatomy
- Gray’s Anatomy
- Gross Anatomy Dissection Videos, University of Wisconsin
- Gross Anatomy, University of Arkansas for Medical Students — Extensive collection of gross anatomy images.
- Gross Anatomy, University of Michigan — Extensive collection of anatomic pictures, description of dissections, quizzes, etc.
- Gross Anatomy, University of Vienna — Collection of anatomic dissections in 3D and cross section.
- Interactive Anatomy with nice graphics, Wake Forest University
- Loyola University Cross Sectional Anatomy — Images are labeled and arranged by regions of the body. Collection includes CT and MRI correlates.
- Surface Anatomy, University of Michigan — Review of musculoskeletal surface anatomy.
- The Anatomy Lesson — A good overview of gross anatomy, with excellent descriptive text and images.
- University of Utah Cross Sectional Anatomy — Images arranged by region of the body.
- Winking Skull — Anatomy Review
- Yale Anatomy Clinic — Excellent, comprehensive site that covers Yale Med School Anatomy Curriculum (designed to be integrated and clinically focused).
- Visual 3-d anatomy app
Medical Records
Documentation
Effective Communication Skills
Patient-Centered Interviewing Technique I
Patient-Centered Interviewing Technique II
Physical Exam Lecture Series
History of Present Illness
Past Medical History I
Past Medical History II
Review of Systems I
Review of Systems II
Vital Signs
Skin
Head and Neck I
Head and Neck II
The Eye Exam I
The Eye Exam II
The Heart Exam I
The Heart Exam II
Heart Sounds I
Heart Sounds II
- Auscultation Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles — Audio files of selected normal and abnormal heart sounds and murmurs.
- BP Simulator
- Cardiac Examination, Case Western University
- Easy Auscultation — Assorted heart sounds.
- Heart and Lung Sounds, 3M
- Heart Sounds and Murmurs, University of Washington School of Medicine — Audio files of selected normal and abnormal heart sounds and murmurs.
- Heart Sounds, Angio/Cath Review, Anatomy Imaging (3D)
- Heart Sounds Tutorial, Blaufuss Medical — Audio files of selected normal and abnormal heart sounds and murmurs.
- Heart sounds auscultation primer app
- Littmann SoundBuilder app
- iStethoscope Expert — Heart Sounds App
The Lung Exam I
The Lung Exam II
Lung Sounds I
Lung Sounds II
Abdominal Exam I
Abdominal Exam II
Breast Exam
The Pelvic Examination
Male Genital/Rectal Exam
The Upper Extremities
The Lower Extremities
Hand
Wrist
Elbow
Shoulder
Hip
Knee
Foot and Ankle
Cervical Spine
Thoracic Spine
Lumbar Spine
Mental Status Exam
Neurologic Exam
Physical Exam Check Lists
History and Physical Examination Write-ups
- History and Physical Examination III
- History and Physical Examination IV
- History and Physical Examination Examples
- Pediatric H&P Example
- Advanced Physical Diagnosis, University of Washington, School of Medicine — Review of selected aspects of the physical exam.
- Breast Exam, Harvard Medical School
- Dartmouth Doctoring Year 1 (Basic Physical Exam)
- Dartmouth Doctoring Year 2 (Advanced Physical Exam)
- Lung Self-Assessment Test (with lung simulation,) Loyola University
- Pediatric Exam Video, Columbia University
- Pelvic Exam, Harvard Medical School
- Physical Exam and Interviewing Videos, University of Wisconsin
- Physical Exam Check List With Videos, University of Connecticut
- Physical Exam Videos, University of Virginia — Online videos demonstrating select aspects of the physical exam.
- Screening Physical Exam, Loyola University Medical Education — Review of physical examination techniques.
- Selected Physical Exam Techniques, Ohio State University — This site provides movies that demonstrate the physiology of heart sounds, eye anatomy and common retinal pathology, basic lung sounds, simulation of lung percussion, and an interactive BP simulator.
- Stanford 25 – Nice Detailed Descriptions of 25 key Physical Exam Maneuvers
- University of Florida Physical Exam Videos
- Virtual Patient Physical Exam Interactive Tutorials — Beth Israel Hosp/Harvard Med School .
- Harvard medical school PE modules: — breast, pelvic, abdomen, visual fields, neuro, mental status screen
The Oral Presentation
Clinical Decision Making
Progress Notes I
Progress Notes II
Complete History and Physical Exam 1-7
Physician Evaluation
Physician Evaluation Form:
Download form here: Introduction to Clinical Medicin Evaluation Form
Please rate the trainee on a scale of 1-5 for the following duties:
(1) poor, (2) fair, (3) good, (4) very good, (5) outstanding
The exams will be pass or fail.
Duties Required | Exam | Clinical Preceptor | Academic Preceptor |
Introduction to Clinical Medicine | |||
Clinical Anatomy | |||
Medical Records | |||
Documentations | |||
EMR | |||
Effective Communication Skills | |||
Patient-centered Interviewing Techniques | |||
Chief Complaints | |||
History of Present Illness | |||
Past Medical History | |||
Review of Systems | |||
Vital Signs | |||
Skin | |||
Head and Neck | |||
The Eye Exam | |||
The Heart Exam | |||
Heart Sounds | |||
The Lung Exam | |||
Lung Sounds | |||
Abdominal Exam | |||
Breast Exam | |||
Pelvic Exam | |||
Male Genital/Rectal Exam | |||
Upper Extremities | |||
Lower Extremities | |||
Musculoskeletal Exam | |||
Hand | |||
Wrist | |||
Elbow | |||
Shoulder | |||
Hip | |||
Knee | |||
Ankle and Foot | |||
Mental Status Exam | |||
Neurologic Exam | |||
Physical Exam
Check List |
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History and Physical Examination Write-ups | |||
Oral Presentation | |||
Clinical Decision Making | |||
Complete Physical Exam | |||
Progress Notes |
Prescription Writing
Introduction to Pharmacology
Prescription Writing
Electronic Prescribing
Prior Authorization
Medication Refills
Medication Review
Medication Monitoring
Drug Information
Physician Evaluation
Physician Evaluation Form:
Download form here: Prescription Writing Evaluation Form
Please rate the trainee on a scale of 1-5 for the following duties:
(1) poor, (2) fair, (3) good, (4) very good, (5) outstanding
The exams will be pass or fail.
Duties Required | Exam | Clinical Preceptor | Academic Preceptor |
Prescriptions | |||
Basic Pharmacology | |||
Prescription Writing | |||
Controlled Drugs | |||
Electronic Prescriptions | |||
Prior Authorization | |||
Medication Refills | |||
Medication Review | |||
Medication Monitoring | |||
Drug Information |
Laboratory Testing
Indications for Testing
Laboratory Orders
CBC with Differential
BUN, Creatinine
LFTs
Urinalysis Part I
Urinalysis Part II
Urinalysis Part III
ESR
CRP
Ferritin
CPK, Aldolase
INR, PTT, platelets, fibrinogen, D-dimer
Lipid Profile
TSH, Free T4
Vitamin B12
25-OH Vitamin D
FBS, HgbA1C
ANA
Rheumatoid Factor
Anti-CCP
Physician Evaluation
Physician Evaluation Form:
Download form here: Laboratory Testing
Please rate the trainee on a scale of 1-5 for the following duties:
(1) poor, (2) fair, (3) good, (4) very good, (5) outstanding
The exams will be pass or fail.
Duties Required | Exam | Clinical Preceptor | Academic Preceptor |
Laboratory | |||
Indications for Testing | |||
Laboratory Orders | |||
CBC with Differential | |||
BUN, Creatinine | |||
LFTs | |||
Urinalysis | |||
ESR, CRP, Ferritin | |||
CPK, Aldolase | |||
PT, PTT, D-Dimer | |||
Lipid Profile | |||
TSH, Free T4 | |||
Vitamin B 12 | |||
25-OH Vitamin D | |||
FBS, HgbA1C | |||
ANA | |||
RF, Anti-CCP | |||
Lyme titers | |||
Monospot | |||
HIV | |||
PSA | |||
Urine Microalbumin | |||
Mediaction Monitoring | |||
Lab Instructions | |||
Phlebotomy | |||
Lab Test Interpretation |
Monospot
Imaging Studies
Introduction to Radiology I
Introduction to Radiology II
Radiology Requests: The Rationale Behind Ordering Tests
Chest Imaging I
Chest Imaging II
Musculoskeletal Imaging I
Musculoskeletal Imaging II
Musculoskeletal Imaging III
X-ray of Fractures
Interpretation of the Chest X-ray in Children I
Interpretation of the Chest X-ray in Children II
Normal Head CT
Head CT Interpretation I
Head CT Interpretation II
Head CT Interpretation III
CT of Chest Interpretation I
CT of Chest Interpretation II
CT of Abdomen Interpretation I
CT of Abdomen Interpretation II
MRI Basics
MRI of the Brain
MRI of the Cervical Spine
MRI of the Lumbar Spine
MRI of The Shoulder
MRI of the Hip I
MRI of the Hip II
MRI of the Knee I
MRI of the Knee II
MRI of the Knee III
DXA Scan
Bone Scan
PET Scan I
PET Scan II