Clinical Medicine

Catalog description

Clinical Medicine in Nephrology and Urology brings in the most common diseases affecting the renal systems and includes 80 to 90% of diseases and disorders most often seen in primary care and the emergent setting. This curriculum provides the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of various disorders or diseases. Where Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) quality-of-care guidelines exist, they are included. Conditions included are genetic, infectious, acute and chronic medical, traumatic, and surgical cases and each incorporates the anatomy, physiology, and pathology knowledge learned earlier in the block. Treatment includes osteopathic principles, pharmacology, and surgical treatments. Diagnostic procedures are presented including radiology, laboratory results, and other disease specific diagnostic exams. The course is taught in lecture and case presentation format and often requires pre-reading by the student for the cases discussed in class. •