Internal Medicine

Catalog description

This 8-week clerkship engages students in patient care under direct supervision of attending physicians. Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic skills necessary for the evaluation and management of patients with general medical problems. These include history taking, physical examination and interpretation of laboratory and other findings. Experience is provided in recording data and logical case presentation (oral and written). Teaching is also conducted through clinical rounds, conferences and didactic lectures. Students gain experience with diverse patient populations manifesting pathologies in the following major areas: cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, endocrine, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, alcoholism/substance abuse, rheumatologic/immune, neurological and renal.