Pulmonary 2-Week

Catalog description

This is a 2-week elective that seeks to introduce students to the field of Pulmonary Medicine. Students will be expected to gain a broad understanding of the core principles, foundational knowledge, and essential skills relevant to the specialty through encounters with a diverse range of cases reflective of this specialty. Students will gain this experience by taking part in daily pulmonary consultation rounds. Students will, along with senior pulmonary fellows, be able to evaluate and examine patients with a wide spectrum of pulmonary diseases. Students will also be encouraged to participate in multidisciplinary conferences (oncologic, thoracic surgery, chest radiology, and pathology) and observe pulmonary procedures including bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, and transthoracic lung biopsy. Students will also rotate through the pulmonary physiology laboratory.