ADULT ORTHOPEDICS FOR THE NON-ORTHOPEDIST ELECTIVE

RHABMED 939

Direct patient care involving a spectrum of orthopedic conditions in inpatient and ambulatory settings, with supervision by orthopedic surgery senior residents, fellows, and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. As needed, engage in independent reading about patient conditions and prepare for direct patient. Present a case of interest the student was involved in and a brief literature review on the treatment or condition. Other patient care-related learning activities as assigned by instructors; these are dependent on the individual student, the patients under the student's care, and the location.

RHABMED 915

Provide direct care for hospitalized orthopedic patients on general surgery or surgical specialty services under the supervision of house staff and attending physicians. 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. Participate in scheduled orthopedic operative procedures.

RHABMED 938

This acting internship will provide medical students with an in-depth exposure to inpatient and operative management of complicated orthopedic surgical patients. The student will work under the direct supervision of a senior resident, fellows, and 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 surgical patients.

RHABMED 910

Independent research under the direct supervision of Surgery, Orthopedics, or Urology faculty. Projects are individualized to meet research goals within the context of faculty research needs.

RHABMED 920

Inpatient hospital setting and outpatient clinical setting. Direct supervision by attending physicians and residents. Inpatient activities include rounding on rehabilitation medicine service patients, observing patient therapy sessions, discussing patient cases. Outpatient activities includes seeing clinic patients, participating in procedures like joint injections and fluoroscopic-guided spinal injections, performing electromyography (EMG), discussing patient cases. Evaluate and manage a full spectrum of patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal issues. Exposure to multiple disciplines involved in the rehabilitation process. Inpatient diagnoses commonly encountered include stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic injuries, debility, amputations. Outpatient diagnoses commonly encountered include developmental disabilities, spine disorders, chronic pain, arthritis, myofascial pain and fibromyalgia, spasticity, and chronic conditions from prior neurologic injuries.