Spring 2027

Advanced Inpatient General Medicine Elective

Advanced inpatient general medicine elective providing direct patient care for acute conditions on hospital units under resident and attending supervision.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sarah Ahrens

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.87 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Spring 2015: 3.78 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Fall 2015: 3.75 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=75 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Improve acute inpatient care skills for taking care of adult patients on hospital units.

  • Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis

  • Review, interpret clinical evidence, and justify the working diagnosis

  • Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner

  • Demonstrate techniques of shared decision making with patients about acute medical problems and underlying chronic medical conditions, including possible lifestyle changes to promote improved health.

  • Learn the principles of transitions of care to safely return patients to nursing home or outpatient clinics.

  • Develop clinically relevant questions to advance learning

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

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Professors

Spring 2027
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SARAH AHRENS is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.87 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Spring 2015: 3.78 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Fall 2015: 3.75 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=75 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Acute medical conditions on inpatient hospital units.
  • Current literature pertinent to patient care in primary care settings.
  • Transitions of care to nursing homes or outpatient clinics.

Skills

  • Generating weighted differential diagnoses, initial work-ups, and management plans for acute medical conditions.
  • Reviewing, interpreting, and presenting current literature pertinent to patient care.
  • Shared decision-making with patients regarding acute and chronic medical conditions and lifestyle changes.
  • Principles of transitions of care for safe return to nursing homes or outpatient clinics.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2015— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Through Fall 2015

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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MEDICINE 920 · Spring 2027

Advanced Inpatient General Medicine Elective

Recorded 2026-10-14
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