Clinical Elective

Catalog description

This clinical course is a clinical elective clerkship in a particular clinical discipline of either Internal medicine, surgery, or surgical subspecialty. The Internal Medicine experience is specifically designed as a 5-week clinical elective 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 the 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. The Surgery/Sub-surgery specialty is specifically designed as a 5-week clinical elective rotation providing students with exposure to and training with male and female patients in an inpatient and outpatient surgical treatment settings including but not limited to preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative settings. The clerkship focus is on the evaluation, treatment, and management of patients presenting with surgical conditions; students will participate in outpatient and inpatient consultations and pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative surgical patient evaluations and procedures. 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.