Acting Internship – Family Medicine. 1-

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Students act as interns on a Family Medicine inpatient ward team to provide care for hospitalized patients with serious illness. The experience may include inpatient admissions and/or consultations and some intensive care. Students collect and report a complete patient history and physical exam, order and interpret laboratory data and other studies, clinically reason and develop a differential diagnosis independently, present new and existing patients during inpatient department rounds to upper level house officers and Attendings, work with a medical team to generate a plan for management of acute patients, work in a medical team environment to perform daily duties, and behave professionally as a part of the medical team. Credit: Variable, 1-4 hours. Prerequisite: CLIN 7405 .