Course Catalog

 
90-311 CRITICAL CARE FAMILY MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Critical Care AI Facility UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Course Director NANCY Y BLEVINS, MD Enrollment Limit 2
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		 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Limited to Family Medicine Integrated Residency track students on the Huntsville Campus. Successful completion of Medicine, Surgery and Family Medicine Clerkships. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This course is open to students accepted for the UAB Huntsville Integrated Residency Program. Learning Objectives: The student will gain a broad and fundamental knowledge of the evaluation and management of critically ill patients. The students will get a broad experience in critical care medicine and pulmonology to include, but not be limited to: initial assessment of patients requiring ICU admissions, ventilator and airway management, management of unstable patients, and ongoing care of patients in the ICU. Additionally, discussions of basic pathophysiology, modes of therapy and heir rationale, and psychosocial and ethical issues which arise. Bedside and didactic teaching will be used.
Where To Report UAB HRMC, Room 334; time TBD.
Requirements The student will be expected to participate in all activities as directed by the attending physician(s) to whom they are assigned to work.
Evaluation Pass/Fail. Students will be evaluated by the faculty preceptor on knowledge, skills, professional attitude and values. This course will be graded as a pass/fail experience using the standard School of Medicine evaluation form.
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