[PAGID] student lectures

[Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles]

you are lucky that you get that. We have one hour in the first year.

Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles MD PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Immunobiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1425 Madison Avenue
New York City, New York, 10029

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. Wasserman, M.D.,Ph.D." <richw3 at swbell.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:36 pm
Subject: [PAGID] student lectures
To: Pagid list serve <pagid at list.clinimmsoc.org>


> For many years I have had three hours in the second year 

> Micro/Immunology course to teach immunodeficiency. I have had one 

> hour 

> of didactic discussion of the presentations of disorders of host 

> defense 

> classified by system (barriers, B cells, T cells, phagocytes, 

> complement), one hour of case presentations and one hour of a 

> patient 

> panel with four PID patients telling their stories and answering 

> questions. My goal has been to raise awareness of PID so students 

> will 

> think of it sooner rather than later.

> 

> The curriculum committe has decided that three hours is too much 

> and has 

> cut me to two hours. I am appealing. I would appreciate any 

> suggestions/ 

> literature references supportion the notion that three hours is 

> appropriate for these disorders.

> 

> Thanks,

> Richard L. Wasserman, MD,PhD

> Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

> University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

> 

>