3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship

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Department	Medicine
Course Number	MED 305-BA
Course Title	3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship
Course Director	Ravitej Khunkhun, MD
Length (Weeks)	8
When Offered	Per cohort
Prerequisites	None
Availability Notes	This is a required clerkship for 3rd year students. See syllabus for additional details.
Contact Name	Amber Williams
Contact Phone
Contact Fax
Contact Email	amanuel2@lifebridgehealth.org
Other Contacts	Dr. Khunkhun (rkhunkhu@lifebridgehealth.org)
Location	Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
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Report
Evaluation	Honors/High Pass/Pass/Conditional/Fail. See syllabus for additional details.
Description	The purpose of the medicine clerkship is to facilitate the development of the clinical skills, knowledge, and professional behaviors that students need to evaluate and provide supervised care for adult hospitalized patients. Focus is on the inpatient history and physical examinations, clinical reasoning, and comprehensive study during rounds, consultations, conferences, standardized patient exercises, and seminars. This is a required 8-week clerkship for third year medical students. See syllabus for additional details.
Additional Notes	Clerkship Learning Objectives: At the end of this clerkship, the student should be able to: Perform a comprehensive medical history and physical. Apply diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in life-threatening situations. Apply the basics of medical knowledge to the appropriate clinical setting and clinical care. Demonstrate the ability to develop an appropriate differential diagnosis. Interpret common specific diagnostic tests and procedures that are ordered to evaluate patients who present with common symptoms and diagnoses. Demonstrate appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making skills that incorporate pathophysiologic reasoning, probability-based thinking, and evidence-based knowledge. Demonstrate effective case presentation skills, including written and oral, new patient and follow-up presentations. Demonstrate proficiency in communication and interpersonal skills with patients, families and colleagues. Demonstrate the attitudes and behaviors necessary to provide excellent patient evaluation and care (professionalism). Illustrate how features of the health care system can impact patient care. See syllabus for additional details.