Internal Medicine

Catalog description

An internal medicine core rotation is required. The specialty of internal medicine consists of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of all diseases of the body (excluding surgery and obstetrics) with emphasis on the internal organs. The program goal for the student in internal medicine is to develop the skills of thorough history taking and physical examination with the subsequent ability to develop a differential diagnosis. These skills will be developed and critiqued by bedside teaching and by a variety of academic lectures. Emphasis will also be placed on the effective utilization of hospital services and the development of post-hospitalization treatment plans. This rotation may include hospitalist programs affiliated with core sites.