Course Catalog

 
28-523 HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS)
Department MEDICINE Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director OMER JAMY Enrollment Limit 1
Contact KATHRYN S LEA Enrollment Minimum 1
Email klea@uabmc.edu Address NP 2517
Phone (205) 934-9636 Fax
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 * * * Internal Medicine and Surgery Clerkships. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The students will rotate on the Blood and Marrow Transplantation clinic and/or inpatient service floor where they will be involved in discussion of clinical care of the patients. They may be asked to see some patients and perform case presentation and write-up of history and physical. They will learn to interpret a peripheral blood smear with a focus on hematological malignancies and become familiar with the different clinical tests performed for evaluation of hematologic disorders. They will attend different meetings including the hemato-pathology tumor board, mortality and morbidity meeting, and journal club. Learning Objectives: Become familiar with the pathophysiology of different hematological malignancies. Become familiar with the clinical management of patients with hematological disorders undergoing stem cell transplantation in an outpatient and inpatient setting. Understand the clinical care of patients on immunosuppression therapy and patients receiving chemotherapy.
Where To Report NP, 2555 at 8am. For more information, call course contact: 205-934-9636.
Requirements • Attending clinics as scheduled with the Faculty member.
• Attending educational meetings of journal club, mortality and morbidity meetings and weekly tumor boards.
• Assignments may be required involving UpToDate website (accessible in UAB campus), journal articles and PubMed.
• No night call or daily care call is required.
Evaluation • Attendance of clinics, conferences and inpatient rounds.
• Case presentation/write-up (if asked to do).
Notes Visiting Students requesting a sponsorship letter from Dr. Jamy must submit the following:
-CV including photograph and direct contact phone number.
-Letter of recommendation from Faculty member with whom you have trained or Dean’s letter of good standing.
Selected candidates will be notified. Dr. Jamy will not be able to respond to all correspondence.