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Spring 2027
Critical Care Medicine Elective
Critical Care Medicine Elective involves performing direct patient care in the ICU under supervision, focusing on evaluating critically ill patients and managing conditions like respiratory failure and shock.
offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Paul Bergl
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Improved knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to critically-ill patients with respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, multi-organ failure and/or other life-threatening medical conditions.
Perform a hypothesis driven history.
Complete a targeted exam.
Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis.
Using clinical evidence, select a working diagnosis.
Present diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities.
Interpret imaging and laboratory findings in the context of patient presentation.
Write admitting and daily orders.
Write daily progress notes including assessments and plans using standard format.
Present initial patient evaluation including assessments and plans.
Summarize patient’s hospital course during rounds and manage day to day care.
Give and receive patient handovers.
Write transfer notes and/or discharge summaries.
Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members.
Discuss how to call a code and roles of the different code team members.
Obtain informed consent for appropriate intern procedures.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
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Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
PAUL BERGL is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLD 009 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 003 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 005 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 007 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 10 | 0 |
| FLD 004 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 006 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 008 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 100 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 002 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 010 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 011 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 012 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Perform direct patient care in the ICU with appropriate supervision from residents, fellows, and attendings. Independent and guided evaluation of patient will occur daily; the ability to synthesize, distill and present large amounts of information are a key skill practiced during this course. Furthermore, critical care medicine involves many medical professions; effective inter-professional teamwork is emphasized. Independent reading is expected; didactic conferences are site-specific. Topics commonly addressed in critical care medicine include pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology and pathology, ventilator support, nutritional support, renal failure, fluids and electrolytes in critical illness, and hemodynamic monitoring.
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Topics
- Pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology, ventilator support, renal failure, and hemodynamic monitoring
- Respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, and multi-organ failure
- Inter-professional teamwork
Skills
- Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to critically-ill patients
- Interprofessional communication
- Writing admitting and daily orders
- Interpreting imaging and laboratory findings
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UW–Madison
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Critical Care Medicine Elective
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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