Inpatient Acting Internship-Clinical Oncology

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Goals: To provide a comprehensive experience in caring for and managing patients with cancer hematological disorders in the inpatient setting. Objectives: Students will complete and document in Epic the history and physical exam of each patient assigned to them on the Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty Wards as well as all patient orders and daily progress notes. Students will perform an H&P on each new patient assigned to them and present the information to their attending. Students will read about the conditions pertaining to their patients and present a fifteen minute didactic talk twice a week to the attending physician and the Hematology/Oncology ward team about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment plans. Students will attend the weekly Hematology/Oncology grand rounds and the weekly Clinical Management Conference Students will be present and round with their team every week day and one weekend day each week.