HEPATOLOGY ELECTIVE

MEDICINE 943

Opportunities to learn the process involving the evaluation and management of a full spectrum of acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases, as well as preoperative consultation for hospitalized adult patients. Become familiar with the principles of effective consultation and how to operationalize this role, through evaluating patients, presenting relevant data, providing effective cardiac consultation as an integral member of a fast-paced inpatient team. Essential skills are taught, including: interpreting 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and cardiac rhythm data from telemetry with assistance, observing select cardiac diagnostic tests and reading studies with faculty or fellows. Attendance at weekly Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds is required.

MEDICINE 970

Inpatient consultative gastroenterology emphasize outpatient evaluation care of pts with gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, providing knowledge that nearly any clinical field can use. Develop the necessary problem solving skills and knowledge to efficiently safely evaluate manage common GI disorders other diseases which may also occur in pts with chronic intestinal diseases. Be able to recall the characteristic sign/symptoms test finding in the common GI syndromes. These disorders include: neoplasms of colon, stomach and esophagus; infectious diarrhea; malabsorption syndromes; viral drug-induced hepatitis; other primary secondary gastrointestinal diseases. Evaluation of inpts admissions, ambulatory outpts consults EM consults of the Sect. of GI. These include consultations in general GI hepatology, assisting in the endoscopic procedures on pts to provide a correlation between symptoms/signs endoscopic findings understanding the appropriate use of endoscopy.

MEDICINE 907

Involves patient care in the hospital, working in the role of a consultant. Improve knowledge and inpatient care management skills of common endocrine conditions, diabetes and thyroid disorders. Discusses other, less common, endocrinopathies as they present, including pituitary, adrenal and thyroid disorders.

MEDICINE 965

Observe routine and advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures in the Ambulatory Procedure Center and potentially in the Intensive Care Unit. Participate in the outpatient gastrointestinal (GI) clinics approximately one half day a week, which will include exposure to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, functional GI disorders, hereditary GI cancers, esophageal disorders, and pancreas and biliary disorders.

MEDICINE 919

Care for hospitalized patients on general medicine or hospital medicine services. Admit new patients, round on previously admitted patients, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, and work to transition patients to the next level of care. Evaluate and manage both patients with common inpatient conditions and medically complex patients requiring collaboration with consulting specialties. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors (e.g., literature reviews, presentations on specific topics); these are dependent on the individual student, attending physician, and clinical site.