Course Catalog
STP2369 INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES FOR PATIENT UNDERSTANDING
Department
Campus
Huntsville
Course Type(s)
Special Topic
Facility
Course Director
DAVID L BRAMM, MD
Enrollment Limit
3
Contact
PAULA J. CLAWSON
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
paulaclawson@uabmc.edu
Address
301 Governors Drive SW
Room 351
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone
(256) 551-4609
Fax
(256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
44-44
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES NEEDED.
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description
To expose students to interdisciplinary fields their primary care patients often use. The students will rotate through the experiences - one per day - for shifts of 4-6 hours. They will only be in the same experience on the day of the health check-up clinic. Experiences are: Ambulance ride-along; InpatientPhysical Therapy; Hospital discharge planning; Dental free clinic; health fair for low-income elderly.
Where To Report
Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, Room 358, 8AM
Requirements
*Physical Therapy – report to Huntsville Hospital PT at 7 a.m. to do rounds; generally finished by
about 12 noon but stay as long as the rounds are being made.
*Dental Free Clinic- open from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., stay entire shift.
*Discharge Planning with Social Worker at Huntsville Hospital – 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Ambulance ride alongs with HEMSI – either 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
*Health check-up clinic at Johnson Towers, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Evaluation
The student will make a written report on the "experience" that their assigned "patient" had with these five rotations.
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