Pulmonary Medicine

Catalog description

The elective provides the student with an introduction to the field of Pulmonary Medicine. Students will be part of a team including the pulmonary attending, fellow, and house staff. Daily rounds will be performed on all pulmonary consultations and inpatients of the pulmonary consult service. Students will learn the approach to diagnosis and management of diverse pulmonary conditions including pneumonia, COPD, asthma, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, and interstitial lung diseases. They will also be exposed to common pulmonary procedures including bronchoscopy and thoracentesis and will learn to interpret pulmonary function testing. They will also see patients in the busy outpatient pulmonary office practice under supervision of one of the pulmonary faculty.