Reflections, Research, and Advances in Patient Care (RRAP)

The curriculum for RRAP (formerly known as Translating Discoveries) consists of two parts designed to achieve the following goals:

  1. To provide continuity of instruction and translational science topics across the curriculum;

  2. To reinforce and extend the study of behavioral, cultural, ethical, social and socioeconomic topics introduced in the Practice of Medicine course sequence;

  3. To expose students to recent advances in medical discoveries, emphasizing their application to clinical practice (translational medicine).

Part One: RRAP in the Clinical Clerkships

An important objective of the Reflections, Research, and Advances in Patient Care (RRAP) curriculum is to extend the student’s acquisition of basic science knowledge, its translation to clinical practice, and the broad social and ethical implications of this new knowledge throughout the clerkship years of medical school. To meet this objective, several basic science courses have been linked with clinical clerkships to reinforce and continue basic science instruction in the didactic time of the required clerkships.

Examples of these linkages include:

The goal is to match each basic science course and its faculty to one or more clinical clerkships to reinforce that lifelong learning in the basic sciences is critical to the contemporary practice of medicine.

Part Two: RRAP Lecture/Seminar Series – INDE 297

The program, directed by Drs. Charles Prober and Audrey Shafer, is structured as a two year curriculum designed to address important thematic areas in health and disease. The overarching goal of this course is to underscore the value of understanding basic science principles, translating them into the evidence-based, patient-centered practice of medicine, and gaining awareness cognizant of their broader social and ethical implications. The perspective of patients is emphasized, through their frequent participation as course instructors.

RRAP sessions are held in the Clark Center Auditorium (unless otherwise noted) in even numbered clerkship periods on Friday afternoons from 1:00 to 5:00pm on the following dates:

2009-10 Clerkship Year
2010-11 Clerkship Year
August 14, 2009 (Period 2) August 13, 2010 (Period 2)
October 9, 2009 (Period 4) October 8, 2010 (Period 4)
December 4, 2009 (Period 6) December 3, 2010 (Period 6)
February 19, 2010 (Period 8) February 18, 2011 (Period 8)
April 16, 2010 (Period 10) April 15, 2011 (Period 10)
June 11, 2010 (Period 12) June 10, 2011 (Period 12)

 

Graduation Requirement for INDE 297:

Students who began clinical clerkships in Period 11 of 2004-05 or later must attend at least 6 out of 12 sessions offered over two years. Students on required core clerkships are expected to attend all sessions that occur within the clerkship. Students on elective clerkships may choose to attend, depending on their interest, and their need to meet the requirement of six sessions.

Receiving Credit for INDE 297:

To receive credit for the course, students must sign in to E*Value and submit an evaluation, including a summary paragraph, for each session they attend. When students have submitted evaluations for six sessions, the Medical School Registrar's Office will enroll them in INDE 297 for four units for the quarter in which the sixth evaluation is completed.

NOTE: Because of the variable length and scheduling of clerkships, it is likely that students will wish to attend one or more of the sessions that fall within an elective clerkship. All Clerkship Directors have been notified of the new requirement and should release students who wish to attend the sessions on the designated Friday afternoons.

If you have questions regarding this page or its content, please contact Mara Violanti in the Office of Medical Education (OME).

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