Longitudinal Assessment Content Outline

Category Percent Total
Cardiovascular 12% 36
Endocrine 8% 24
Gastrointestinal 7% 21
Hematologic/Immune 3% 9
Integumentary 6% 18
Musculoskeletal 12% 36
Nephrologic 3% 9
Neurologic 3% 9
Nonspecific 9% 27
Psychogenic 7% 21
Reproductive - Female 4% 12
Reproductive - Male 1% 3
Respiratory 13% 39
Special Sensory 2% 6
Population-based Care
This includes topics such as biostatistics and epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, prevention, health policy and legal issues, bioterror, quality improvement, and geographic/urban/rural issues.
5% 15
Patient-based Systems
This includes topics such as clinical decision-making, communication and doctor-patient interaction, family and cultural issues, ethics, palliative care, and end-of-life care.
5% 15
Total 300