Course Catalog

 
28-471 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Department MEDICINE Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director AMY H. WARRINER, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact MEGAN K. REXFORD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email mrexford@uabmc.edu Address FOT 758
Phone (205) 934-4171 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 5-8, 7-8, 9-12, 11-12, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 24-25, 28-31, 30-31, 32-35, 34-35, 36-39, 38-39, 40-43, 42-43, 45-48, 47-48, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of internal medicine clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description The objective of this elective is to provide students with a mostly outpatient experience in the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of patients with various endocrine and metabolic disorders. Patients will be seen primarily in the clinic, and teaching will occur based on those patient encounters. In addition the student can attend any formal didactic sessions presented to fellows and residents. The student will interview and examine patients with pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, gonadal, and other metabolic disorders, including diabetes mellitus. The student will also be responsible for reading from textbooks and journals in areas pertinent to the problems that are under consideration. The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis based upon the attending physicians interactions and observations of the student during the course of the rotation.
Where To Report See Contact above for information.
Requirements Students will be required to be present and contribute on Attending Rounds daily.
Evaluation Students will be evaluated on the basis of participation in clinical and didactic activities by Attending feedback.
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