AAMC Booklet 1

SCENARIO 1

SCENARIO 1

You are pursuing a two-week volunteer opportunity at a well-regarded local clinic. When you receive your course schedule, you realize the volunteer opportunity would conflict with your weekly required lab. This is the only time that the lab is offered this semester, so you are not able to make up the lab. Participation in the lab will count toward your grade.

Ask your lab instructor to identify a solution that will allow you to attend both.

SCENARIO 1

You are pursuing a two-week volunteer opportunity at a well-regarded local clinic. When you receive your course schedule, you realize the volunteer opportunity would conflict with your weekly required lab. This is the only time that the lab is offered this semester, so you are not able to make up the lab. Participation in the lab will count toward your grade.

Stop pursuing the volunteer opportunity so that you can attend the required lab

SCENARIO 1

You are pursuing a two-week volunteer opportunity at a well-regarded local clinic. When you receive your course schedule, you realize the volunteer opportunity would conflict with your weekly required lab. This is the only time that the lab is offered this semester, so you are not able to make up the lab. Participation in the lab will count toward your grade.

Tell your lab instructor in advance that you will miss two of your scheduled lab sessions

SCENARIO 1

You are pursuing a two-week volunteer opportunity at a well-regarded local clinic. When you receive your course schedule, you realize the volunteer opportunity would conflict with your weekly required lab. This is the only time that the lab is offered this semester, so you are not able to make up the lab. Participation in the lab will count toward your grade.

Attend the lab and investigate if similar volunteer opportunities are available at another time

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

Encourage the group member to speak to the professor about creating a plan to handle their workload.

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

Meet with the group member one-on-one and ask how you can help them contribute more effectively to the assignmen

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

Meet with your group and evenly divide tasks across all members, making sure expectations are clear

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

Ask the professor to assign the group member to a different group.

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

Work with the other members of your group to complete the assignment without the group member.

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

6. Request that your professor grade each group member independently.

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

7. Schedule recurring group meetings to review the work completed by each group member.

SCENARIO 2

You are assigned to a small group in your clinical skills course. One of your group members has recently struggled with their assignments. The group member is often late to sessions, prepares materials of poor quality, and needs numerous reminders to complete tasks. Your group receives a new assignment that is due in three weeks and will be graded based on the group's overall performance.

8. Tell the group member their lack of accountability places the entire group's performance and grade at risk.

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

1. Tell your classmate that only the professor is qualified to provide feedback.

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

2. Explain to your professor that you understand you missed some opportunities during the exercise and discuss how to improve.

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

3. Skip the debriefing session because you have already received feedback

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

4. Ask your classmate how you could improve your performance in the future.

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

5. Explain to your professor why you were satisfied with your performance

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

6. Ask your classmate if they would be willing to practice role playing in advance of your next exercise

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

7. Ask your classmate not to bring up the negative feedback during your debriefing session.

SCENARIO 3

During class, your professor observes you participating in a role-play exercise with one of your classmates. You are acting as a doctor, and your classmate is acting as an angry patient. The role-play is tense but stays on course. You think you performed well, but, after class, your classmate gives you unexpected negative feedback that you missed several opportunities to comfort the patient and calm the situation. You are now expected to attend a debriefing session with your professor.

8. Confirm your classmate's feedback with your professor.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

1. Spend additional time visiting with the patient once you have completed your other patient visits.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

2. Tell the patient that you do not enjoy photography, so you can shorten your interactions with them.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

3. Ask another student to visit the patient, so you can focus on your other patients

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

4. Determine if any of your tasks can be done more efficiently, so you can spend more time with the patient.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

5. Create an excuse, so you can leave the patient's room.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

6. Tell the patient you have other patients to visit, but you will try to stop by later if you have time.

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

7. Ask your supervising doctor for advice on how to handle the situation

SCENARIO 4

For the past few days, you have been checking up on several patients, including a patient who is recovering from surgery. The patient has been in the hospital for one week and has not received any visitors. The patient is friendly, cheerful, and enjoys sharing stories about their career as a photographer. However, you are finding it difficult to politely end your conversations so that you can spend enough time with other patients with whom you were assigned to meet.

8. Skip some of your other patient visits so you can spend additional time with the patient.

SCENARIO 5

While viewing a classmate’s social media profile, you notice that your classmate has made negative comments about treating a recent patient. Your classmate describes the patient and the patient’s condition in detail, which violates patient privacy regulations.

1. Explain to your classmate the importance of patient privacy and ask them to remove the comments

SCENARIO 5

While viewing a classmate’s social media profile, you notice that your classmate has made negative comments about treating a recent patient. Your classmate describes the patient and the patient’s condition in detail, which violates patient privacy regulations.

2. Report your classmate's behavior as a privacy violation.

SCENARIO 5

While viewing a classmate’s social media profile, you notice that your classmate has made negative comments about treating a recent patient. Your classmate describes the patient and the patient’s condition in detail, which violates patient privacy regulations.

3. Read through your classmate's previous comments to see how often they comment about patients.

SCENARIO 5

While viewing a classmate’s social media profile, you notice that your classmate has made negative comments about treating a recent patient. Your classmate describes the patient and the patient’s condition in detail, which violates patient privacy regulations.

4. Let other students know your classmate should not be trusted with private information.

SCENARIO 5

While viewing a classmate’s social media profile, you notice that your classmate has made negative comments about treating a recent patient. Your classmate describes the patient and the patient’s condition in detail, which violates patient privacy regulations.

5. Suggest your classmate remove the comments as soon as possible.

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

1. Ask one of the study group members if they have time to review the material with you.

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

1. Ask one of the study group members if they have time to review the material with you

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

2. Tell the study group to slow down to accommodate all learning paces in the group

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

3. Ask to be assigned to a different study group that may be more conducive to your learning

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

4. Stop attending the study group and study on your own for the rest of the semester

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

5. Ask the professor if the material that you are confused about will be included on any upcoming exams.

SCENARIO 6

Your professor assigned you to a weekly study group with several classmates. During your first session, you are having trouble keeping up with the discussion and think you are not as prepared as the other students. At the end of the study session, you are still confused on the topic, but the rest of the group seems ready to move on to next week’s topic

6. Ask your study group if any group member would share their notes on the topic you are struggling with, so you can review them on your own.

7. Prepare a study plan for next week's topic to make sure you keep up with the next discussion