Hepatology Clerkship

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VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Involves participation in inpatient consultations and outpatient clinics for 4 weeks. The goals are to familiarize students with evaluation and management of patients with major liver diseases. Students are responsible for evaluating patients with major diseases of the liver diseases. They assume primary responsibility in both inpatient and outpatient settings and present cases regularly to the faculty attending physician. Daily inpatient rounds are made with the attending physician, fellow, and resident. Clinics are held on Mondays to Friday. Journal clubs are held once weekly. Pathology conferences are held on Thursday and radiology conferences on Friday. Patient care conferences are held on Tuesday and Friday. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Mindie Nguyen, M.D., MAS, 650-722-4478. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Jeff Mathews, 650-498-6084. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: 780 Welch Road, Room CJ280K; Time: 8:30 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: A. Ahmed, T. Daugherty, A. Goel, R. Kumari, P. Kwo. LOCATION: SUMC, PAVAMC.