INDIVIDUALIZED PHASE 3 CLINICAL ELECTIVE IN ORTHOPEDICS

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.

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 940

Direct patient care involving a spectrum of orthopedic conditions in an ambulatory setting with appropriate supervision by community orthopedic senior residents, fellows, 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. Assess patients and generate weighted differential diagnoses, initial work-ups, and management plans. Independently read about patient conditions and prepare for direct patient care, as needed. Attend conferences associated with the assigned orthopedic surgery service. Complete 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.

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.

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.