Personal and Professional Development (PPD) Facilitators’ Guide

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OPEN ACCESSJanuary 23, 2007Personal and Professional Development (PPD) Facilitators’ Guide Kristi Ferguson, PhD, MSW Kristi Ferguson, PhD, MSW University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.167 SectionsAbout ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail AbstractThis personal and professional development curriculum consists of 14 sessions, each 2 hours long. The aim is to make participants more competent, compassionate, and ethical clinicians. Topics covered include an introduction to personal and professional development, professionalism, the medical interview, the history of the present illness, understanding the social context of medicine, cultural competence in medicine, physician-patient communication, patient counseling, and handling death and dying/spirituality. The curriculum also contains a role-model session, interview sessions, and a service activity. The two sessions on balancing the demands of medical school with other aspects of student life both involve one-on-one interactions with simulated patients. These interviews are video recorded and made available for students to review and then discuss with their colleagues during the curriculum. The sessions on cultural competence in medicine and physician-patient communication involve having two simulated patients visit each group to give students additional practice with history taking related to specific situations. Discussion activities are provided for most sessions. The curriculum also includes written assignments to be completed by the students; feedback from facilitators and students is consistently very positive about this aspect of the course. Educational Objectives By the end of this resource, learners should be able to: Practice medicine in its sociocultural context.Continue self-directed learning in clinical practice.Apply relevant basic and clinical science to the practice of medicine. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: PPD Facilitator's Guide.doc To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. CitationFerguson K. Personal and Professional Development (PPD) Facilitators’ Guide. MedEdPORTAL. 2007;3:167. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.167 Copyright & Permissions© 2007 Ferguson. This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike license.KeywordsPPDProfessional CompetenceAttitude to Death Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Prior Presentations Ferguson KJ, Woodard VS. Personal and Professional Development: A Semester-long Small Group to Promote Social Support, Reflection, and Clinical Skills Development. Poster presented at: Association of American Medical Colleges Central Group on Educational Affairs Conference; 2004. Ferguson KJ, Woodard VS. Understanding the Patient's Perspective through Personal and Professional Development Group Discussion. Poster presented at: International Conference on Communication in Healthcare; October 2005; Chicago, IL. Loading ...