INPATIENT ACTING INTERNSHIP-SURGERY

MEDICINE 938

As an inpatient medicine acting intern (AI), you will have primary responsibility for patients actionable in four domains: 1. Management: As an AI, you will develop actionable management and treatment plans based on your history, physical exam and targeted data. 2. Communication: AIs will communicate with colleagues, primary care providers and consultants. AIs will demonstrate thorough patient hand-offs and write concise discharge summaries that will be integral to patient care. 3. Learning: Patient care issues will be the central guide for learning, directing reading, consultation and research. AIs will formulate questions based upon clinical dilemmas, research the appropriate literature and databases to find the answers, and apply findings to the care of individual patients. 4. Organization: As the primary inpatient provider for patients, AIs will develop efficiency in accomplishing the day to day tasks necessary for the coordination and management of patient care.

PEDIAT 938

Pediatric acting interns will serve as the primary provider for pediatric patients in one of the offered inpatient settings. This includes responsibility for diagnosis and management; communication with patients, families, and other interdisciplinary care providers; and self-directed learning and application of evidence-based medicine. The student will work under the direct supervision of a senior resident, fellows and the pediatric faculty. This rotation will provide the student with the opportunity to function at the intern level and play an active role in inpatient management of inpatient pediatric patients.

OBS&GYN 938

Provides an in-depth exposure to inpatient and operative management of complicated obstetric and gynecologic patients. Work under the direct supervision of a senior resident, fellows and the obstetrician-gynecology faculty. Provides an opportunity to function at the intern level and play an active role in inpatient management of obstetric and gynecologic patients.

UROLOGY 938

An in-depth exposure to inpatient and operative management of complicated urologic patients, under the direct supervision of a senior resident, fellows, and faculty. Function at the intern level and have an active role in inpatient management of urologic patients.

SURGERY 919

Care for hospitalized patients on general surgery or surgical specialty 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 patient with both common inpatient conditions and medically complex patients requiring collaboration with consulting specialties. Direct supervision by house staff and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all of the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Complete independent activities including some or all of the following: reading about patient conditions and preparing for direct patient care as needed. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors.