Case Management I - CS 5602
Course Director and
Instructor:
Marc A. Kearsing, D.C.
SPRING 2007 - Course Syllabus
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CS
5602 |
Tri 7
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Course
Description and Purpose:
This course will present information and case
studies related to the human body. The intent of this class is to bring all the
didactic information presented in earlier classes together in a clinical
setting in order to teach the intern total Chiropractic case management. In addition students will learn to construct
an effective and complete narrative report , preparation for depositions, and
testifying. The cases presented will include
either simulated patients, a computer
generated patient or the use of actual patients.
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Course Objectives: |
Upon completion of the Internship I course, the student should have the practical
comprehension of the complexities and tools needed for the following tasks: Students should be able to discuss observation skills as well
as appropriate ranges of motion,
myotomes and dermatomes, as it
relates to the condition taught.
Students should be proficient in discussing the signs, symptoms,
causes and treatments (Chiropractic and allopathic) for the cases presented. |
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Chiropractic Management of Spine Related Disorders |
Gatterman |
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Somatovisceral Aspects Of Chiropractic |
Masarsky
and Masarsky |
Recommended Texts:
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Chiro Code Book 2002 |
Leavitt Institute |
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Essentials of Skeletal Radiology |
Yochum & Rowe |
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Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities |
Hoppenfeld |
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Functional Soft Tissue Examination and Treatment |
Hammer |
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome |
Travel |
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Best Practices in Clinical Chiropractic |
Mootz & Vernon |
Evaluation: The overall
course grade is compiled from:
25% - Quiz 1
25% - Quiz 2
25% - Case Studies
25% - Final Examination
**If the student attends a minimum of 90% of all classes and maintains a 90% average or better on exams or quizes before the written final exam, the student will be exempt from taking the written final examination
"All courses offered by the Department of Diagnosis and Clinical Applications are essential to the success of your future practice, the safety of your patients, and protection of your assets from malpractice litigation. This is one such a course and you are required to maintain a minimum of 50% attendance in order to be eligible for a passing grade. If you attend less than 50% of the contact hours for this course, whether the absence is excused or not, you will receive an "F" as your course grade."
In Internship I, the case studies will count as 25% of the grade for the entire course. In order to satisfy the requirements for graduation, you must complete all 20 case studies from the Academic side ( 5 of which are from Internship I ).
The dates for each case study are listed in the course calendar. It is the responsibility of the student to be in class and participate in these case studies. ( Dates may change due to availability of guest speakers ).
In order to get full credit for these case studies AND get the full 25% credit for the course, the case study write up sheet must be complete and filled out correctly and turned in 7 calender days from case presentation (by 10:30 a.m. the following Tuesday). If for any reason, the case study write up sheet is turned in late, not complete, there are errors on it, or you have missed the case due to absence, the following will be the procedures:
1) You will lose the 5 points off your total course grade for each case study write up which deficient or missed for Internship I.
2) You will need to complete a 5 page research paper on the topic of the case study with the following understandings:
a. The paper will need to be fully researched with a minimum of 5 references.
b. The articles ( if from the internet ) and or other sources must be copied in its
entirety and attached to the paper and the area’s cited must be highlighted as
well.
c. The bibliography can count as the last page of the paper.
d. The font size should be 12 and you need to single space.
e. The paper needs to be turned in within 1 week of the original case study.
f. If you are late in turning in your paper, for every week of tardiness, you need to
add 1 more page to the paper.
g. The paper cannot be plagiarized and must be original work. Consequences
will include, receiving an F for the course and being referred to
the Professional Standards Committee.
3. The paper must include the following items:
a. History of the condition.
b. Clinical findings : Appearances, signs and symptoms, testing to include
Orthopedics, Neurology, Physical Diagnosis and Chiropractic
Analysis.
c. List of Differential Diagnosis
d. Consideration as to how to rule out the Differential Diagnosis
e. Final Working Diagnosis along with CORRECT ICD coding
f. Management with CORRECT CPT coding
g. Prognosis
4. When the case study is turned in and accepted, you will receive case
study credit towards the 20 cases you must have from the
5. If the paper is not done and submitted by the end of the trimester, you will receive an Incomplete as a grade for the course.
6. If the paper is not done and submitted by the end of the first week of the following trimester, the incomplete will become a grade of F regardless of your previous test scores and case studies or examinations that are given in the course.
Attendance, Grading, and Classroom Conduct Policy:
- Attendance Policy: Attendance roll sheets are passed out at the beginning of class. To be counted present for a class you must be present, in your seat and you must sign the roll sheet when the roll sheet comes past your seat. Roll sheets will be picked up by the instructor once they have passed through all rows of the classroom. No student will be allowed to sign the roll sheet once it is picked up by the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to be on time and in their seats when the class starts and the roll sheets are passed out.
- TARDINESS is disruptive to the class. Each student should make every attempt to get to class on time. A professor may refuse to allow a tardy student to enter the classroom. A student who is tardy to a class and does not sign the roll sheet when it passes his/her seat will counted absent for that class period.
- Grading System
- Examinations
- Professional Decorum: It is the student’s responsibility to follow professional decorum, which includes no eating in class, no use of the internet during class except for the purposes of that specific class. It is disruptive to other students and the instructor to have to enforce these rules. A professor may ask the student who violates these rules to leave the classroom.
- Computer Use
- Audio / Video Taping
- When we need to transmit important
information to the class or an individual student, we will contact you via
your Parker email address. As a Parker student you are responsible to
periodically check your email. If you do not know your Parker email
address, or how to log on to collect your email messages, contact
Information Services at ext. 7450. If you experience an adverse outcome
from missing important information, "I don't check my email"
will not be considered a valid excuse.
