Course Catalog

 
90-284 NEPHROLOGY
Department MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Private Physicians Office
Course Director PAREKHA YEDLA, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LANITA CARTER, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email lanitacarter@uabmc.edu Address UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
301 Governors Dr SW, Suite 313A
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 551-4432 Fax (256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The goal of this course is to give the senior level student an intensive experience in the diagnosis and management of renal disease, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, and hypertension in the hospital setting. The goal is also to simulate what it might be like to be in private practice as a nephrologist, including taking call, inpatient prerounding and rounding, observing procedures and performing procedures as appropriate, and occasionally doing some office visits. The student will work closely with one private nephrologist for the majority of the month. The student will be involved in the continued care of patients with acute and chronic renal problems, fluid and electrolyte disturbances, acid-base disturbances and hypertension. They will learn the essentials of these disease processes this month, with special attention given to diagnostic techniques such as renal function tests, urinalysis, lab studies, and radiological studies. Anti-hypertensive pharmacy should also be learned in more depth this month.
Where To Report Students will be e-mailed with information about where and when to report.
Requirements The student will be expected to carry at least 5-6 patients on average at all times that they will actively write daily progress notes on, however they will observe significantly more patients than that on daily rounds with the attending nephrologist. They should assist in the workup/write up of at least 2 admissions or consults each day on average. The student will follow patients on a primary care basis and as a consultative basis in the hospital and may have formal and informal learning sessions to discuss the disease processes and management problems. The students will also work with hemodialysis patients and learn more about the hemodialysis process. BEEPER CALL WILL BE EXPECTED FOR EXTREMELY INTRESTING PATIENTS ONLY (MONDAY NIGHTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS ONLY) AND AT NO TIMES WILL THE HOURS WORKED EXCEED THE ACGME GUIDLEINES FOR RESIDENTS.

Evaluation The student will be evaluated by the attending physician based upon the attending physician's observations of the student's performance, thought process and interest level. They will be jedged on knowledge, attitude, ability, level of documentation, communicatin skills, level of progression, attendance, and timeliness. The rotation is pass or fail. The preceptor should give written/verbal feedback to the student approximately halfway through the course and the student should feel free to ask for feedback more frequently.
Notes Students may not drop course within 30 days of course start date.