Inpatient Acting Internship-Urology

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Goals: Assume primary clinical responsibility for the care and management of assigned patients on the Urology wards under the supervision of urology residents and/or faculty. Develop operative assistant experience for assigned patients in the Urology operative suites under the supervision of urology residents and/or faculty. Gain clinical experience in the common and major urologic disorders in patients hospitalized and/or going to surgery for acute or severe chronic urologic disease processes. Enhance skills in performing medical history and physical examination. Expand their knowledge of fundamental principles of medicine and specific diseases through participation in conferences and through reading and other self-directed learning modalities. Learn documentation requirements. Understand the effects of social, cultural, and societal problems/issues on health. Students will have primary clinical responsibility for the care and management of assigned patients on the Urology wards and operative assistant experience for assigned patients in the Urology Operative Suites, under the supervision of urology residents and/or faculty. Students will gain clinical experience in the common and major urologic disorders in patients hospitalized and/or going to surgery for acute or severe chronic urologic disease processes. Skill in performing medical history and physical examination will be enhanced. Students will expand their knowledge of fundamental principles of medicine and specific diseases through participation in conferences and through reading and other self-directed learning modalities. Learn documentation requirements. Be exposed to effects of social, cultural and societal problems and issues on health. Objectives: Gain inpatient management and operative assistant experience. Serve as the primary caregiver for 3-5 inpatients at a time, functioning as an integral member of the Urology team. Perform initial histories and physical exam and participate in the development of a differential diagnosis and management plan. Provide direct operative assistance for those Urology patients going to the OR for a variety of open, endoscopic procedures and robotic procedures.. Actively participate in ward rounds and other educational activities of the department. Gain inpatient management and operative assistant experience. Serve as the primary caregiver for 3-5 inpatients at a time, functioning as an integral member of the Urology team. Perform initial histories and physical exams, and participate in the development of a differential diagnosis and management plan. Provide direct operative assistance for those Urology patients going to the OR for a variety of open & endoscopic procedures. Actively participate in ward rounds and other educational activities of the department.