Stanford Perioperative Internal Medicine Rotation

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VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: The Stanford Perioperative Internal Medicine elective is a two-week inpatient rotation that will provide the students a clinical immersive experience in medical management of Orthopedics, Neurosurgery and ENT patients with bedside and didactic teaching. The students will be directly supervised by hospital medicine attendings. They will be expected to perform thorough histories and physical examinations of patients admitted to the hospital and then formulate and implement treatment plans. This rotation will expose the students to learn effective ways to evaluate medical co-morbidities, learn evidence based clinical practices to prevent and treat post-operative complications and learn about research and quality improvement projects pertaining to perioperative medicine. The students will also be expected to attend the resident morning report, noon conference and medical grand rounds during this time. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 2 weeks, 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Dr. Jonathan Hanisch, [email protected]. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Dr. Jonathan Hanisch, [email protected]. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Stanford hospital 500 P, Floor L6, nursing station; Time: 9:00AM. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: Stanford Medicine faculty and residents from multiple disciplines. LOCATION: SUMC.