Pulmonary Disease

Catalog description

The student will be an active participant of the Pulmonary Medicine consult team under the close direction of a subspecialty resident (fellow) in pulmonary/critical care medicine and consult attending physician. Students will have primary responsibility in the initial consultative work-up of assigned patients with pulmonary problems as well as continuing management, under the guidance of senior team members. The student will have the opportunity to interpret pulmonary function and cardiopulmonary stress test results, and to learn the principles of pulmonary rehabilitation in addition to administration of supplemental oxygen by various techniques. The student will also be involved in bronchoscopic and thoracentesis procedures as well as the management of chest tubes. The student takes part in review of all chest-imaging procedures performed on rounds. Weekly seminars or journal club provides didactic information sessions with pulmonary division members. The elective is supervised throughout by pulmonary/critical care medicine attending physicians and fellows rotating.