MEDICAL CONSULTATION
Duration: 1 Block (4 weeks)
Description: Under the guidance of hospitalists, residents have the opportunity
to provide effective medical opinions on diagnosis or management of patients
on the surgical, obstetric and psychiatric services. Residents are also
expected to gain thorough knowledge in preoperative risk assessment and
be able to provide differential diagnosis and management of postoperative problems.
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT – NON-CALL
Duration: 1 Block (4 weeks)
Description: In this rotation, residents gain experience in running a medical
intensive care unit, under the guidance of a critical care intensivist.
He or she supervises 1 PGY-2 resident, 2 PGY-1 residents, and 1-2 medical
students. He or she will also run various hospital codes (Code Stroke,
Code STEMI, Code SMART for sepsis) and protocol-driven approaches to common
intensive care unit admissions.
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT – DAY / NIGHT
Duration: 1 Block (2 weeks ICU-Days/2 weeks ICU-Nights)
Description: Each rotation consists of 2 weeks of ICU day rotations and
2 weeks of ICU night float rotations. Residents gain experience in the
emergent management of critically-ill patients while supervising 2 PGY-1
residents. Attending intensivists are available 24/7 to supervise the
ICU learning experience.
GENERAL MEDICINE FACULTY SERVICE
Duration: 1 Block (4 weeks/block)
Description: General medicine inpatient rotations directly under the faculty
of the Department of Medicine. With the guidance of a teaching internist,
PGY-3 residents gain experience in running a general medicine inpatient
service and supervising 2 PGY-1 residents and 1-2 medical students.
PRIMARY CARE
Duration: 1 Block (4 weeks)
Description: Residents work one-on-one with a private primary care physician
in his or her private medical office. Residents are expected to gain experience
in outpatient management of common medical outpatient complaints.
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