Course Catalog

 
91-939P MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP - PRIVATE SERVICE
Department MEDICINE Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Community Medicine Acting Internship Facility
Course Director ROSS VAUGHN, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact ASHLEY GALBRAITH Enrollment Minimum 1
Email jagalbraith@ua.edu Address University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone (205) 348-1287 Fax (205) 348-5160
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 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
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The student will work with a private practice internist and will be assigned patients in limited numbers for which the student will be responsible. This responsibility will include history and physical examination and the planning and carrying out of diagnostic and therapeutic plan. This experience will help the student to prepare for the role of the intern to be assumed after graduation. The student will be under the direct supervision of a Board Certified Internist. The student will also have to opportunity to participate in daily conferences, Grand Rounds, Neurology rounds, etc.
Where To Report Report to clinic at: Tuscaloosa Internal Medicine at 7:45 am on Monday, 1100 Ruby Tyler Parkway, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Coordinator will email student prior to start date.
Requirements Required to be in attendance with the private physician as directed by the physician.
Evaluation The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis upon the attending physician's interview with the student and observations of the student's performance. Pass/Fail
Notes Facility: Tuskaloosa Internal Medicine