What are the checked boxes on the second screen of the log entry all about?
These items appear under the heading “Learning experiences related to this patient’s care included:”. This list of 17 items provides an opportunity for you to give us more information about other specific areas of learning that are important for your growth as a physician-in-training and that represent important dimensions of the School’s overall curricular objectives. They represent broad areas that are often elements of learning surrounding a patient case, yet may not be apparent from the single term that is used to list the patient’s diagnosis. For example, a log diagnosis entry of congestive heart failure does not adequately reveal that the key area of learning for a student was in the complexities of revising a complex therapeutic plan or in extended discussions with the patient and family about end-of-life issues. We encourage you to check off as many of these areas of special learning as are applicable to each case.
