Overview of Selected MCST Program Coursework

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders. 

Context 

Imagine that you have been asked to speak to a group of medical students about medical cannabis laws and regulations. Pick a state and create a brief educational presentation for these students comparing that state to the federal cannabis laws. Describe ways in which the state and federal cannabis laws conflict.  

Description and Rationale 

I chose my home state of Georgia. Although Georgia has a medical cannabis program, it lacks the ability to service the patients who hold medical cannabis cards. Patients are allowed to have low THC oil, but at the time the presentation was created in 2020, the state didn’t have dispensaries to purchase it. Patients were having to purchase what they could from the illegal street market. Fast forward to May 2022 and nothing has changed.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Apply knowledge of historical and current laws, regulations, and policies to identify, analyze, and advocate for emerging issues related to medical cannabis and health. 

Context 

Describe two aspects of a state’s laws/policies related to medical cannabis (e.g., patient requirements, physician requirements, product availability, product analysis, etc). This can be your home state or another state of your choosing.  Compare these to two other states 

Description and Rationale 

I selected to compare my home state of Georgia to Hawaii and Arkansas. I selected Hawaii as one of the states because in 2019 I visited Hawaii (Oahu) and was not allowed to purchase from their dispensaries because there isn’t reciprocity between Georgia and Hawaii since Georgia doesn’t have a comprehensive program. I was saddened by the fact that I had to risk bringing my own oil with me to have my medication during the trip.  This is an issue that many patients face when traveling.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Develop monitoring plans to determine effectiveness of medical cannabis therapy and to detect adverse effects of medical cannabis use 

Context 

Write essay where you compare and contrast the various stances (pros and cons) for the use of vaporizing devices for delivery of cannabinoids. Particularly focused on toxicity mechanisms and how improved formulations for vaping may be useful to overcome these issues, 

Description and Rationale 

I selected this assignment to include because vaping became a nationally discussed topic due to the popularity of E-Cigs which are still being used today. In this essay I discussed the number of cases in several states where vaping was related to severe pulmonary disease (EVALI). 

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Apply knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, and traditional management strategies of pain and other physical symptoms to identify appropriate candidates for medical cannabis therapy. 

Context 

Complete a patient case. Go through several steps of the evidence-based medicine process to answer a patient's question about cannabinoids for insomnia. 

Description and Rationale 

In this piece I reviewed evidence-based studies (systematic reviews) that assisted me in answering the parents’ questions about medical cannabis use for the reduction of seizures caused by epilepsy and any adverse effects.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPOs) 

Identify areas for future research related to science, health effects, and policy of medical cannabis, and describe the challenges associated with such research. 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders. 

Context 

This assignment called for me to watch a video and answer questions based upon what I observed.   

Description and Rationale 

As a person of color, I have recognized biases and disparities in patient care. It is a thought in the healthcare industry that black people either don’t experience or have a higher threshold for pain which is extremely untrue.  It is important for me to bring this information to the forefront as I continue to work toward bridging the gaps in healthcare for people of color.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders. 

Context 

• Recall the opinion paper you submitted in Module 1 (Assignment 1.1). Has your opinion changed? Why or why not?  
• How does your personal or professional background influence your thoughts on what you have learned in this course?  
• How might this knowledge contribute to your practice (e.g., how will you use what you have learned in the real world?)  
• What questions were generated by the resources provided during this course? How will you find the answers to these questions?  

Description and Rationale 

This essay was to determine if my opinion had changed from week 1 of this course regarding opinion piece, Informed Consent: A Policy Prescription for Communicating Benefit and Risk in State Medical Marijuana Programs.  In this piece the authors recommend that states that declare marijuana to be a medicine should inform the public about the quality of medical evidence behind each approved use and publicize all scientifically credible risks.   

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Apply knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, and traditional management strategies of pain and other physical symptoms to identify appropriate candidates for medical cannabis therapy. 

Context 

This assignment asked me to determine based on research if medical cannabis is a viable alternative to traditional medication in the treatment of anxiety and educate the patient on the results.  

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I researched scholarly articles for cannabis and anxiety. I used the research to determine if cannabis would be an effective alternative for this patient’s conditions as opposed to her current regiment and educated the patient on the results.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Apply knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, and traditional management strategies of pain and other physical symptoms to identify appropriate candidates for medical cannabis therapy. 

Context 

This assignment called for the examination of the internal validity of an interventional trial. 

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I read the trial Preliminary, Open-Label, Pilot Study of Add-On Oral D9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol in Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and determined the internal validity. 

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Participate in health policy decision-making processes by evaluating primary literature to assist policy makers and prescribers in making well-informed decisions about medical cannabis therapy. 

Context 

Write an essay discussing the need (or lack of need) for USP reference standards 

Description and Rationale 

This essay discusses the need for reference standards for consumer protection.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Apply knowledge of historical and current laws, regulations, and policies to identify, analyze, and advocate for emerging issues related to medical cannabis and health. 

Context 

Track current cannabis bills in the states of Maryland and Georgia  

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I tracked the activity of current cannabis related bills on the Maryland and Georgia General Assembly websites.  

ISD Assignment 3: Design Plan Part 1 – Learner Analysis and Rationale 

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders 

Context 

In this assignment, the team was to create a process to analyze the needs of the end-users of this training (the learners) and describe the rationale for the content and the format of the training. This information would be based on conversations with an actual client to determine the knowledge gap that needed to be addressed.  

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I was responsible for the section “Population Analysis and Learning Styles. I researched adult learning, documented learning styles, and determined how we would incorporate these styles in our training program to ensure that our target audience would retain the information presented.  

Instructional Design Group Project (Group 41)  

ISD Assignment 3: Design Plan Part 2 – Overview, Objectives, and Lesson Plan 

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders 

Context 

If the Learner Analysis and Rationale Document answered the "Why?" behind this training, the Design Plan answers the "What?" 

What are you creating to meet the learners' and the client's needs and to address the identified knowledge gap? 

Your design plan should minimally include the following: 

• Overview (describes the instructional strategy, prerequisite knowledge and skills, any other requirements for successful completion of activity) 
• Instructional objectives (at least two terminal objectives and at least four enabling objectives) in ABCD format 
• Lesson plan(s) 

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I was responsible for was section 3 of the Learning Objectives and Module 3 of the Lesson Plan.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders 

Context 

Submission of the instructional materials that were described in the design plan in course MCST 614 Medical Cannabis Capstone I. 

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I was responsible for was Module 3. I created a module to instruct registered dietitians on how cannabis works in the body.  

Terminal Performance Objective (TPO) 

Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through continuing professional development and the education and training of patients, healthcare professionals, regulatory bodies, and other relevant stakeholders 

Context 

Submit a "poster" describing the ISD project process and deliverables 

Description and Rationale 

In this assignment I was responsible for the rationale section of the poster.