Course Catalog

 
90-528 PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Private Physicians Office
Course Director STEFFANE BATTLE, 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, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 18-19, 22-23, 28-29, 32-33, 36-37, 40-41, 45-46, 49-50
Prerequisites MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND PEDIATRIC CLERKSHIPS PRIOR TO ENROLLING IN THIS COURSE. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Pediatrics, 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 hematologic and oncologic disease in the hospital setting. The goal is also to simulate what it might be like to be in private practice as a hematologist/oncologist, including inpatient prerounding and rounding, observing and performing procedures as appropriate, and some office visits. The student should also gain a fundamental understanding of the pathogenesis of malignancies during the month as well. The student will work closely with one private heme/onc physician for the majority of the month. The student will be involved in the continued care of patients with acute and chronic hematologic and oncologic problems, as well as those who are requiring consults. The student should learn the essentials of heme/onc during this month, with special emphasis on acute and chronic disease processes including the diagnosis and treatment of anemias, pancytopenia, leukopenias, thrombocytopenias, leukemias, lymphomas, and solid tumors. End of life issues and palliative care will arise and be addressed on this rotation as well. Chemotherapeutic agents and immune stimulant pharmacology should also be learned more in depth on this rotation. The student will be inherently exposed to procedures during this rotation, such as bone marrow biopsies and CT-guided biopsies.
Where To Report Students will receive an email with information on where and when to report.
Requirements Daily clinical activity, conferences, and teaching sessions as outlined by the preceptor.
Evaluation Pass/Fail based on observation of student achievement of the six core ACGME competencies.
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