Medicine Acting Internship

Catalog description

The Sub-internship is an opportunity for medical students to assume more responsibility for their patients and tryout being an intern on a limited number of patients. Students should assume the role of intern for 2-4 patients and complete all the necessary tasks for patient care. These may include, but are not limited to, calling consults, writing orders, performing procedures, preparing discharge paperwork, and writing discharge summaries under the supervision of the resident or attending. Students are expected to use this opportunity to refine their physical exam, diagnostic skills, and medical knowledge. Sub-interns are expected to set an example for the clerkship students and help teach them how to maneuver the hospital stetting and meet the clerkship expectations. Students should complete the four-week sub-internship with a firm understanding of the responsibilities of an intern and ways he or she can improve prior to beginning intern year. We hope that this will be a meaningful and enjoyable rotation that helps you mature into the physician you hope to become. NOTE: Preference in May-August will be given to students applying to IM for residency at the discretion of the director of student programs.