Welcome to Wesford
Case Presentation Checklist: Year 1

In the 501 term, students practice telling a story. The goal is to practice talking in front of others and putting together information that is meaningful. In the 502 term, the story telling becomes more refined and the student is more skilled at providing relevant information that helps formulate a differential diagnoses. The first two […]
Case Presentation Checklist: Year 2

Case Presentations are a critical skill for your clerkship years and beyond. A quality case presentation efficiently and thoroughly presents the patient to your attendings. As you develop your knowledge, you will build and refine your assessment and plan. In your first year, your assessment and plan may be limited, but it is always good […]
Framework for Finding Information

This information will help you to categorize your questions, understand types of information resources, and match the right resource to your questions. What type of question do you have? Background Basic Science Go to Basic Science Detailed. Clinical Common: Go to Clinical Background. Rare/Academic Interest: Go to Clinical Background or Literature Search. Foreground Clinical Rare/Academic […]
Multisystem disease and advanced clinical reasoning resources

There is a variety of resources here—different ones will be relevant for different patients whom you encounter in Wesford. Medication Reconciliation Demonstration How to write orders Normal reference ranges for lab values during pregnancy Ob/Gyn tools Pediatric reference ranges How to use SimCapture EMR/EHR EMR/EHR login information Please use Chrome See our tech help here. […]
Use Library Resources
Welcome to the Spokane Health Sciences Library! We’re your resource for academic, clinical, and research information throughout your time at WSU. On this page, we point you to a few of our best resources to use for your cases each week. Textbooks, which you can find in our eBook Databases below, are great for learning about […]
Year 2
Session guidance A case preview and case questions are released before each case. This allows each student to come to the first session prepared to actively engage with the case and in clinical reasoning. Housekeeping We encourage regular check-ins on group dynamics—what is working and what is not? Students may consider rotating specific roles among […]
Year 1
Session Guidance A case preview and case questions are released before each case. This allows each student to come to the first session prepared to actively engage with the case and in clinical reasoning. Housekeeping We encourage regular check-ins on group dynamics—what is working and what is not? Students may consider rotating specific roles among […]
Case-Based Learning

A helpful reference Citation Style Guide
Use Library Resources
Training from Faculty Development Resources for Clinician Teachers: WSU Health Sciences Library and Librarians (FAMER)