Medical Problem Solving I

Semester 2 2024-2025
Jan 8, 2025-April 25, 2025 For Members Register

Course Overview

This course is a prerequisite to Medical Problem Solving II at GOA. In this course, students collaboratively solve medical mystery cases, similar to the approach used in many medical schools. Students enhance their critical-thinking skills as they examine data, draw conclusions, diagnose, and identify appropriate treatment for patients.

Students use problem-solving techniques in order to understand and appreciate relevant medical/biological facts as they confront the principles and practices of medicine. Students explore anatomy and physiology pertaining to medical scenarios and gain an understanding of the disease process, demographics of disease, and pharmacology. Additional learning experiences include studying current issues in health and medicine, interviewing a patient, and creating a new mystery case.

Optional: Students in this course can simultaneously enroll in the ungraded Academic English Accelerator in order to get additional support with their English in the context of their work in this course.

Students in GOA courses will need reliable access to a computer with webcam/microphone connections, an email address (preferably school-based), a Web-conferencing app (GOA courses use Zoom), and a Word processing app (GOA courses use Google’s G Suite). When necessary, alternative arrangements may be made. Some courses require additional materials which can be found here.

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UC-approved course

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What Students Are Saying

"I felt that I have learned a lot from this course. I have really learned how to use the problem solving method and I have understood the big picture of medicine. I feel that this course has made me even more interested in medicine and it is a career path that I would like to take in the future." -Sreeyash, Mary Institute & Saint Louis Country Day School

"I have learned so many things about the medical field, but also learning skills that will continue to aid me in my academic career. I found that my collaboration competency vastly improved over the span of this course. I communicated with my group using external platforms, which helped my group improve efficiency. Additionally, I improved my organizing time, as I incorporated more time into each day for GOA. I struggled taking responsibility with group work when time zones were restricting, but I was able to improve on this exponentially." -Eva, The John Cooper School

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