Following this instruction, VA physicians of various medical subspecialties will be able to:

Terminal Objective One: Apply the current concepts and principles of immune regulation toward effective diagnosis
and treatment of their Veteran patients.
Enabling
Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
Objectives
Enabling
Multiple choice/True- Attend a presentation
Answer questions on a quiz
Objective One:
false quiz during
that provides an
(Drill and Practice) that
Identify the
lecture using
overview and review of assesses knowledge of
current concepts Socrative Student
immunology
immunology concepts and
and principles of with computerized
principles
immunology
assessment and
Read suggested
present in the
faculty feedback in
material (review
Participate in a group
medical
class
articles, text chapters) discussion with colleagues
literature.
highlighting important
focusing on assigned
Group discussion of immunological
readings of immunological
assigned literature
concepts and
theory (Guided analysis)
with faculty
principles
assessment and
feedback
Enabling
Clinical case
Attend a medical
Participate in a group discussion of a clinical
Objective Two:
presentation and
colleagues
case study involving immunology (Case Study
Utilize the
group discussion with presentation of a
and Ponder Activity)
current concepts faculty assessment
clinical case
and principles of and feedback
immunology in
the diagnosis
and treatment of
VA patients.

Terminal Objective Two: Evaluate clinical trials using novel immune-based therapies with respect to their risks and
benefits to VA patients.
Enabling
Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
Objectives
Enabling
Group discussion
Read a recent
Participate in a group discussion of results
Objective One:
of recently published publication of a clinical from a recent clinical trial of immunotherapy,
Assess the
clinical trial data with trial
assessing the science based on current
scientific basis
faculty assessment
immunological principles (Guided Analysis and
and validity of
and feedback
Attend a colleagues
Group Critique)
the data
presentation of the
presented in
data
clinical trials of
immune-based
therapies.
Enabling
Group discussion
Listen to the critical
Participate in a group discussion of immuneObjective Two:
of specific therapies
views of immunebased therapies currently prescribed or in clinical
Critique the use where physicians
based therapies
trials. Critique the use of these therapies in the
of novel
provide their own
presented by
Veteran population, invoking personal
immune-based
perspectives, with
colleagues
experiences to support pro and con perspectives
therapies, based faculty assessment
(Role Playing Activity and Group Critique)
on risk-benefit
and feedback
ratios and
diverse medical
perspectives.

Terminal Objective Three: Design research projects that investigate the immunological basis of chronic diseases in
the Veteran population.
Enabling
Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Connect Activity
Objectives
Enabling
Physicians write a
Read examples of
Research the immunological basis of a chronic
Objective One:
grant Specific
funded grant
disease and write a one page description
Propose a clinical Aims page
applications for studies (Specific Aims) of a grant proposal that would
or preclinical study focusing on disease that characterize
define the immune abnormality involved (Hands
that demonstrates etiology and receive immune dysfunction in On Activity and Guided Research)
the immunological faculty assessment disease
etiology of a
and feedback
disease.
Enabling
Physicians write a
Read examples of
Research an immunological therapy of a chronic
Objective Two:
grant Specific
funded grant
disease and write a one page description
Propose a clinical Aims page
applications for studies (Specific Aims) of a grant proposal that would
or preclinical study focusing on a novel that test immune
characterize the mechanisms and efficacy of the
that demonstrates immune therapy
therapies using animal therapy (Hands On Activity and Guided
efficacy of an
and receive faculty models and patient
Research)
immune-based
assessment and
populations
therapy.
feedback
Summative
Assessment for all
objectives:
Ask physicians to
reflect on how the
course expanded
their knowledge and
how they modified
their clinical
practice as a result.