Pulmonary Medicine – Toledo Clinic
Title of Clerkship: Pulmonary and Critical Care – Toledo Clinic
Elective Year(s): Fourth-Year
Department: Internal Medicine
Type of Elective: Clinical
Clerkship Site: Toledo Clinic, but students may also rotate with faculty at St. Luke’s Hospital, Flower Hospital and Toledo Hospital
Course Number: MEDI 807
Blocks Available: All
Number of Students/ Block: 1
Faculty: Jamey Ruiz, M.D., Hany Jacob, M.D., Daniel Pipoly, M.D.
Elective Description/ Requirements: Student(s) will assist in consultations and management of a wide variety of patients with pulmonary diseases. This rotation is mostly inpatient but will include some outpatient. Students will participate on consultations, hospital ward rounds and MICU services. Participation in procedures including bronchoscopies, intubations, lung and chest wall biopsies, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, central lines, thoracentesis and pulmonary function testing will occur throughout the month. A didactic and bedside lecture course related to the pathophysiology of pulmonary diseases will be presented.
Length of Clerkship: 4 weeks
Educational Course Objectives and Links to EPOs:
- Interview and examine patients with the most common pulmonary and critical care diseases. (EPOs: PC-1)
- Recognize the symptoms and signs of common pulmonary diseases. (EPOs: MK-4)
- Describe the indications and establish the diagnostic significance of tests used in the recognition and management of pulmonary diseases. (EPOs: PC-6)
- Synthesize the clinical and laboratory information and create a pertinent problem list. (EPOs: PC-6, PC-7)
- Analyze the clinical and laboratory data and arrive at a reasonable diagnostic hypothesis. (EPOs: PC-6, PC-7)
- Outline plans for the management and treatment of the most common pulmonary and critical care diseases. (EPOs: PC-7)
Professionalism: 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 skills
- Interpretation of lab data
- Diagnostic tests - use/interpretation
- Lecture/media
- Independent study
- Inpatient rounds
Evaluation Methods:
- Attendance
- Case presentation
- Case write-up
- Faculty/resident observation
- Narrative
Prerequisites: Successful completion of required Internal Medicine Clerkship
Clerkship Director: Mani Askari, M.D.
Clerkship Coordinator: Dawn Jagodzinski; Mackenzie McNair
Phone Number: 419-383-5022
Email: Dawn.jagodzinski@utoledo.edu
Special Requirements: None
ECC Approved
June 2023