An important component of the curriculum is for the students to develop their professional communication and clinical decision-making skills and to develop as a reflective practitioner. As one means to accomplish this each student delivers three professional patient case study presentations (fall and spring of 2nd year and the spring of the 3rd year) using current technology and resources. The patient cases are obtained from the students’ clinical practicum and affiliation experiences (Clinical Education )
These case studies provide the student with the opportunity to integrate didactic knowledge with clinical applications. These presentations are a requirement for the Clinical Judgment and Integration Seminar courses (link to full curriculum ).
In addition, the students participate in peer and self-assessment activities through the process of critiquing presentations given by self and classmates to improve critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and presentation skills.
