Course Catalog

 
90-299 INTERNAL MEDICINE COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR ELECTIVE
Department MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Course Director KELSEY S IVEY, MD Enrollment Limit 3
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, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of all 3rd year clerkships. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description This elective is designed for the student who wishes to gain additional experience in the field of Internal Medicine and to become acquainted with an Internal Medicine residency program in a large community hospital setting with a diverse patient population and a broad range of pathology. Students will have an opportunity to care for patients mostly in the inpatient setting, working closely as a team with Internal Medicine residents and faculty. A brief outpatient experience in the resident Primary Care clinic may be available upon special request for those with particular interest. The student will participate in patient evaluation and management, including history-taking, physical examination, and formulation of assessment, differential diagnosis, and care plan, and communicate their findings through oral presentations and written documentation. Students will have the opportunity to learn through daily Attending rounds, Morning Report, and didactics sessions.
Where To Report Student will be emailed with instruction prior to first day of elective.
Requirements See Course Description.
See Course Description
This elective rotation will occur during weekdays with no night or weekend call requirements unless needed to make up absences.
Evaluation Students will be evaluated on participation and interest, medical knowledge and skills, professionalism, and ability to work effectively as part of a team, using cumulative assessments from all faculty members with whom the student worked during the block. Evaluation will be on a Pass/Fail system.
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