Hospitalist Elective – Bryan (4 weeks)
Title of Clerkship: Hospitalist Elective – Bryan (4 weeks)
Elective Year(s): Fourth-Year Elective
Department: Internal Medicine
Type of Elective: Clinical
Clerkship Site: Bryan, Ohio
Course Number: MEDI 772
Blocks Available: All, when preceptors are available
Number of Students/Block: 1
Faculty: Steven Bumb, M.D. and Scott A. Frederick, M.D.
Elective Description/Requirements: Students will be exposed to a critical care unit in small community hospital. This will include hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator management. Evaluations will include histories and physicals and care of patients with various critical care diseases who have been admitted to the hospital. Also, assistance in performance of invasive diagnostic procedures in evaluation of critical care diseases.
Length of Clerkship: 4 weeks
Links to Core Competencies/Educational Course Objectives: At the end of this elective, the student will be able to:
- Interview and examine patients with the most common critical care diseases. (EPOs: PC-1)
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of common critical care diseases. (EPOs: MK-4)
- Describe the indications and establish the diagnostic significance of tests used in the recognition of critical care diseases. (EPOs: PC-6)
- Synthesize the clinical and laboratory information and create a pertinent problem list. (EPOs: PC-7)
- Analyze the clinical and laboratory data and arrive at a reasonable diagnostic hypothesis. (EPOs: PC-7)
- Outline plans for the management and treatment of the most common critical care diseases. (EPOs: PC-7)
Professionalism: UT/COM students will meet or exceed the institutional standards for professionalism as stated in the current Educational Program Objectives and the current Educational Course Objectives for the Sponsoring Department.
Instructional Methods:
- Small Group – clinical
- Interpretation of lab data
- Diagnostic tests – uses/interpretation
- Lecture/media
- Independent study
- Inpatient rounds
Evaluation Methods:
- Attendance
- Case presentation
- Case write-up
- Faculty observation
- Narrative
Prerequisites: Successful completion of required Internal Medicine Clerkship
Clerkship Director: Mani Askari, M.D.
Clerkship Coordinator: Dawn Jagodzinski
Phone Number: 419-383-5022
Email: Dawn.jagodzinski@utoledo.edu
AHEC Office Contact: Rachel Froelich, MSN, RN
Phone Number: 1-419-630-2106
Email: bahec@chwchospital.org
Special Requirements: None
ECC Approved
October 2024