Internal Medicine Elective

Catalog description

The Internal Medical Elective in the discipline of internal medicine is specifically designed as a 5- week clinical rotation providing students with exposure to and training with male and female adult and elderly patients in an inpatient and outpatient setting. The clerkship focus is on epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, interviewing and physical examination, laboratory, imaging, and procedural evaluation, medical education, counseling and preventative care, and the treatment and management of adult and elderly patients. In this clerkship students have the opportunity to develop skills necessary for appropriate evaluation, treatment, and management of adult and elderly patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Where possible, students participate in grand rounds, noon conferences, and other clinically relevant didactic presentations. Each student is assigned a clinical site and preceptor at the inception of the clinical year. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the didactic year of the Physician Assistant Studies curriculum. The pre-requisites of MS 504C, 508B, 511, 512, 513 and 514 are all required.