Clinical elective in Rheumatology 2.5 Credits/Maximum of 2.5

Catalog description

The Clinical Rheumatology elective is a TWO-week course that is designed to cover the rheumatologic conditions that are most germane to any practitioner. The course will provide an introduction to common and some less common diseases that affect the joints and systemic immune system. This course is focused on those conditions that should be known by practitioners in any field. Course material will be presented in the form of bedside teaching in the clinic and on inpatient consultation rounds, weekly teaching sessions with other trainees, conferences with faculty, and readings from textbooks and online learning modules. Central themes of the course are recognition and diagnosis of these diseases, use and interpretation of diagnostic tests and familiarity with major rheumatologic therapeutics. Students will be expected to be able to generate a differential diagnosis for patients being evaluated in clinics or on inpatient consultation rounds.