Urgent Care Elective

Catalog description

This 4-week clerkship experience is structured to enhance the learner's skills in the area of Urgent Medical Care. The Urgent Care rotation will provide the student with an opportunity to evaluate and manage patients with common urgent conditions or as follow-up after Urgent Care, Emergency Department visits, or inpatient care. Training will emphasize the rapid gathering of a pertinent history, a focused physical exam, and timely decision-making. Students will learn to identify patients that need a higher level of care and to manage multiple patients simultaneously. Students will follow patients from initial encounter through appropriate social and medical disposition. Finally, students will be exposed to the performance of procedures necessary to manage conditions commonly seen in Urgent Care.