Clinical Practice Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Back to Course Catalog

Department	Interdisciplinary Medicine
Course Number	IDIS 366
Course Title	Clinical Practice Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Course Director	Robert Shesser, MD, MPH; Andrew Meltzer, MD
Length (Weeks)	4
When Offered	All year
Prerequisites	See below
Availability Notes	This is a senior elective focused on Clinical Practice Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CPIE). Pre-requisites: In addition to completion of the pre-clinical “Fundamentals of Medicine” phase of the curriculum, for CPIE track (scholarly concentration) students, they also must have completed the lecture/workshop series, summer internship, and other requirements for the CPIE track. For non-CPIE students, there is no pre-requisite; however, this course can be taken with permission from a course director and with an appropriate mentored “project” which will be the focus of the elective.
Contact Name	Dr. Shesser
Contact Phone	202-741-2904
Contact Fax
Contact Email	rshesser@mfa.gwu.edu
Other Contacts	Dr. Meltzer
Location
Limit
Report
Evaluation	Pass/Fail based on components below - a passing grade requires that students earn >=75 points Mentor evaluation of the student’s performance as a team member: 50 possible points using a grading rubric. Written paper, either a manuscript ready for submission to a journal or a project report describing the experience and how the project goals were met: 50 possible points using a grading rubric.
Description	Purpose and Rationale for the Course: This is a senior elective focused on Clinical Practice Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CPIE). The purpose of the course is to develop the participant’s skills in clinical practice innovation, quality improvement, and/or entrepreneurship. It fulfills the requirement for students enrolled in the CPIE scholarly concentration (“track”). Target Students: Students enrolled in the Scholarly Concentration in Clinical Practice Innovation & Entrepreneurship; however, non-CPIE students may also take the course with permission from one or more of the course directors. Course Description: This senior elective will serve to develop the participant’s skills in clinical practice innovation, quality improvement, and/or entrepreneurship with the long-term goal of being able to conduct a similar project independently after graduation, during residency, or as an actively practicing physician. Students must participate in a project pertaining to one of these areas for a minimum of 4 weeks. Due to the nature of experiences in these domains, it is expected that activities related to this elective may have begun earlier and may extend throughout the senior year. However, written materials must be submitted within 4 weeks of the end of the 4-week period in order to receive credit for the course. Students should identify a mentor (or organization with a specific contact individual) for their project and have an explicit, detailed project plan for the 4-week elective that will describe 32 hours or more per week of work. This must be submitted to the course directors and be approved before starting the elective. This should also include a signed letter of support from the mentor. Course Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, the student should be able to: Perform effectively as a member of a team that is engaging in a clinical practice change or delivery system innovation (i.e. clinical practice innovation, such as quality improvement, research, and/or entrepreneurship). Analyze the impact of a clinical practice change or delivery system innovation.
Additional Notes	For more information about the Clinical Practice Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CPIE) track, please see the scholarly concentration website.