Clinical Clerkship:Internal Medicine

Catalog description

This 8-week clerkship engages students in patient care under direct supervision of physicians. Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic skills necessary for the evaluation and management of patients with general medical problems. These include but are not limited to history taking, physical examination, 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.