Education

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 to 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

The apprenticeship system was how medical practitioners used to be educated at the turn of the century. Medical knowledge is now better explained and more accessible than ever before. But with the IBM’s Watson just around, a new model of medical training is needed.

The new model should concentrate more on the hands-on aspects of medicine as well as collective practice experience rather than trying to memorize the ever-expanding medical knowledge. These are the areas where the IBM’s Watson cannot compete, at least for now.

The hands-on aspect of medicine is the actual contact with the patient. These include clinical examination, manual manipulation, medical procedures, and surgery. Collective practice experience is to see as many patients as possible as this is the only way one can become a highly trained clinician with significant clinical experience.

We offer a program for those who want to expand their practical knowledge of medicine. This program will replace the traditional college education, medical school, residency, and fellowship training.

Each student is assigned a minimum of two physician preceptors that will mentor 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 about diseases 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 for a physician 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 current Program has the following advantages:

1. You start to learn medicine 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.

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 in teams. 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

CURRICULUM

Our programs are rigid yet flexible; certain courses are required in a particular order, while there are others that students are free to explore especially if they already have had previous medical training. The length of courses ranges from one week to six months, depending on their depth and complexity.

To get started you have two choices.

You may choose a specific area of our curriculum to study and once completed you will be issued a certificate of completion for that specific topic.
You can also follow one of the programs that are outlined below. These programs are designed to educate students to provide assistance to their attending physician(s) in a clinic or hospital setting. The more advanced programs will prepare students to provide direct patient care under the direct supervision of a physician.

Clinical Assistant Program

– a two-year program designed to help students learn and fulfill the duties of a Clinical Assistant. These include clinical duties, such as preparing patients for physician examination, assisting during exams, instructing patients regarding their medication and diet, taking blood pressure, and many others. The duties of a clinical assistant also include administrative duties such as answering telephones in a polite and professional manner, filing and updating patient medical records, filling out paperwork for insurance and many others.

Prerequisite for Clinical Assistant Program is the completion of the High School Diploma.

Clinical Associate Program

– a two-year program designed to help students learn and fulfill the duties of a Clinical Associate. Clinical duties here include diagnosis and treatment of common medical problems, minor surgery, child care including vaccination schedule for children, providing routine gynecology care, chronic care for conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, performing and recording physical examination, diagnosing illnesses, determining viable treatment options, assisting in surgery, and many others.

Prerequisite for Clinical Associate Program is the completion of the Clinical Assistant Program.

Clinical Specialist Program

–a seven-year program designed to help students learn and fulfill the duties of a clinical specialist. A clinical Specialist is a clinician who is highly trained to treat patients in a specific specialty only such as endocrinology, neurology, or rheumatology. Students here will start their training in the specialty program from day one. They follow the more traditional medical education that uses an apprenticeship system. These students are trained by specialists in their respective fields over a period of seven years. They are taught only the areas that are relevant to their specialty concentration in basic and clinical sciences instead of going thru the traditional college education, medical school, residency, and fellowship training.

Prerequisite for Clinical Assistant Program is the completion of the High School Diploma.

Rural Clinical Specialist Program

– a three-year program designed to help students learn and fulfill the duties of a clinical specialist in a rural setting. A rural clinical specialist is a clinician trained to meet both the medical needs as well as environmental health for people living in rural areas in low and middle-income countries where access to medical care is limited or none. Clinical duties here include diagnosis and treatment of common medical problems, minor surgery, child care including vaccination schedule for children, providing routine gynecology care, chronic care for conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and finally managing emergencies until patients are transferred to the nearest medical facility.

Prerequisite for Clinical Associate Program is the completion of the Clinical Assistant Program.

Certification

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

TeachMeMedicine.org does not grant a degree or diploma. Our programs are based on courses you complete and levels of experience that you obtain during your training. We deliver a certificate of completion at the end of our programs.

Admissions

Teach Me Medicine admission is merit-based so that everyone who wants to try will have the opportunity to obtain a quality education and pursue their dreams of becoming a healthcare provider 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 SAT or ACT 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.

Click here to contact us to get started.

The Basics

Religion and Medicine

There was a time when physicians and priests were one and the same. However, over the years, it appears that religion and medicine have gone their sperate ways which is very unfortunate.

This is despite the fact that 80 percent of people pray for themselves and 87 percent have prayed for others, according to Gallup survey of 1,714 Americans. What is even more amazing is that 76% of doctors stated that they believe in God, compared with only 39% of scientists, and about 70% of Americans overall according to a University of Chicago study.

Medical Ethics

Medical Ethics is and has always been of paramount importance in the practice of medicine. As more and more physicians are becoming employed in the US, ethical issues are bound to rise as these employed physicians may be coerced to have allegiance to their employers rather than to their patients.

Universal Precautions

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

Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy & Physiology – This course will teach students basic human anatomy and physiology and will use their knowledge from medical terminology instructions in learning the various parts of the human body.

Introduction to Pharmacology

Pharmacology

Learn the science of understanding and prescribing the most effective drugs to cure each type of disease. The final course within the Basic Sciences Curriculum will teach you how certain types of drugs interact with other components in our bodies and which results they can cause.

This course was developed on the base of a textbook by Michael Gordon, Ph.D. It consists of 41 Chapters covering all the essentials from Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics to more specific pharmacology practices related to certain types of drugs including Antidepressant, Autonomic, Antiparasitic Drugs among others. Each chapter is followed up by a series of self-assessment tests and questionaries’ you are highly encouraged to take. Don’t forget you have an exam session ahead of you before you could move to the final level of your studies!

History and Physical Examination

History and Physical Examination are very important aspects of the physician-patient conversation that every student must learn before entering a clinical environment. By taking history and gathering data through the physical examination, a physician is able to better understand and diagnose a patient’s maladies and give them the best treatment available. This section covers how to implement effective communication skills, how to perform patient-centered interviews, how to identify chief complaints, how to take a full history of previous illnesses, and how to perform a physical examination.

A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine

Interpretation of Laboratory Tests

Interpretation of Diagnostic Imaging

Procedural Skills

Clinical Assistants are expected to perform many of the basic procedures outlined below. They are also expected to be familiar with the other procedures listed as to assist their attending physicians when performing these procedures.

Immunization

Prescriptions

Exercise Instructions

Common Medical Problems

These are medical problems that are commonly encountered in a medical office on a daily basis. Clinical assistants are expected to have a basic knowledge of these medical problems as to be able to give additional information to patients.

Physician Evaluation

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
Religion and Medicine
Medical Ethics
Universal Precautions
Vital Signs
Medical Terminology
Basic Emergency Medical Training
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Urinary System
Hematology System
Immunologic System
Gastrointestinal System
Nervous System
Muscular System
Skeletal System
Endocrine System
Integumentary System
Lymphatic System
Reproductive System
Pharmacology
History Taking
Physical Examination
Laboratory Test Interpretation
Diagnostic Imaging Interpretation
Clinical Medicine
Phlebotomy
IV Catheter Insertion
Pulmonary Function Testing
EKG Testing
DXA Examination
SC/IM Injections
Immunization
Electronic Medical Records
Prescriptions
Exercise Instructions
Common Medical Problems
Office Management

Beyond the Basics

Skin

Eyes and Vision

Coursework and clinicals shall include the following sub-sections: a study of eye examination protocols; the diagnosis of ophthalmologic disorders and diseases and treatments, surgical and non-surgical. Students shall be exposed to sub-specialties in cornea, retina, oculoplastics, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, and pediatric vision disorders. Students will learn how to perform and interpret normal eye examinations and tests for eye disorders and diseases including macular degeneration retinal detachment, cataracts, and glaucoma. Students will also be able to identify vision changes due to neuropathy, hypertension, age, and diabetes. Students will determine appropriate treatment protocols for a variety of disorders and diseases.

Head and Neck

This clinical will address all current diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, sinuses, larynx, mouth, and throat, as well as structures in the head and neck areas related to these functions. Emphasis will be placed on diagnosis and both non-surgical and surgical treatment protocols.

Lungs

Heart

Abdomen

Hand

The hand is simply an amazing, delicate, and very complex structure that has been put together in the best possible way to enable engagement in various functions with no difficulties.

Wrist

The wrist is a complex joint that connects the 8 small carpal bones of the wrists arranged in two rows to the two long bones of radius and ulna. It is also venerable to repetitive injury.

Elbow

Elbow joint is a very complex synovial hinge joint that connects the distal end of the humerus to the ulna and radius. It is a common source of pain manifested as tendonitis in the form of tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow.

Shoulder

The shoulder is a rather complicated ball and socket joint involving the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula extending to the clavicle and scapula. History and physical examination can often determine the cause of shoulder pathology without having to order expensive testing.

Cervical Spine

Cervical Spine is a remarkable structure consisting of muscles and bones that are put together by tendons and ligaments into a hollow tube that contains the spinal cord. Neck pain is very common and is the 4th most common cause of disability.

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Hip

Knee

Foot and Ankle

Diagnostic Skills

Procedural Skills

Common Medical Problems

Environmental Health

This program is designed to train rural health worker to be able to bring clean water and proper sanitation to the areas they serve. Preventive care is a significant part of overall care in rural areas and good environmental health will go a long way in preventing many infectious diseases.

Clinical Pearls