Clinical: Evidence-Based Medicine Clerkship

Catalog description

This clerkship involves active participation in patient care in a clinical discipline of the student's choice as well as a critical review of the medical literature based on a clinical question appropriate to the patient population of the practice. It is a hands-on experience that emphasizes patient history, physical exam, assessment, and plan within a framework of disease processes and therapeutics in the chosen specialty. It includes determination of which labs, imaging, and diagnostics to order, interpreting those results, and understanding their impact on the differential diagnosis. The focus is on effective and meaningful patient interaction, and functioning as an essential part of the health care team. It further explores medical documentation, oral patient presentation, and all aspects of patient management and treatment.