Curriculum Support Resources

Many educational resources exist for educators but the resources listed below were developed by COMSEP members specific for the COMSEP Curriculum.

Clinical Problem Sets:

Members of the COMSEP Curriculum Task Force developed clinical problems sets for each chapter in the curriculum. The problems are written as open ended questions rather than multiple choice questions. These may be used to stimulate discussions, test knowledge, review material, or encourage problem-solving. No answers are supplied as the goal is foster exploration and discussion. Go ahead and check it out! Click here to access the clinical problem set.

CLIPP: http://www.clippcases.org

The Computer assisted Learning in Pediatrics Program (CLIPP) was developed by and for COMSEP members, to implement the national medical student in pediatrics curriculum. Originally HRSA grant supported, CLIPP is now managed by the non-profit iInTIME (http://www.i-intime.org/ ). CLIPP translates the national curriculum into 31 self-directed learning cases that students work through on the Pediatrics Clerkship. CLIPP covers virtually all of the curriculum knowledge, through primary, secondary, and tertiary learning objectives. Included in the subscription are tools to integrate CLIPP into your Clerkship, including "CLIPP notes," "Key teaching points" and even a validated national final examination built just on CLIPP. Schools that wish to participate are granted a site license that will enable all students (not just MD students) to access the cases. Please contact CLIPP for further information on subscribing. For this or any other questions related to CLIPP, please write to clippsupport@i-intime.org .

Pediatric Physical Examination:  http://129.106.196.5/ms/pedi/PDPhysical.wmv

(Produced: Steve Miller, Mary Ann LoFromento, and Jane Curtis. Supported by APA and COMSEP. Streaming video courtesy of Mark D Hormann, University of Texas-Houston)

The streaming video file is configured to work at either 56K or with cable modem
and above. Slow modem speed will support audio but not video. If the video appear 'choppy' to you, with a lot of re-buffering, look under the Tools --> Options-->Peformance tab in the Windows Media Player and make sure you have the connection speed set correctly. You can also play with the size of the buffer. The file size is right around 39MB.

This is also a wonderful tribute to our friend and colleague Steve Miller, who died in a plane crash in 2004, en route (with Rich Sarkin) to a presentation on Humanism in Medicine.