Internal Medicine

Courses

IMEDG 1701: General Internal Medicine Rotation I

Credits 6.0

General Internal Medicine Rotation I includes hospital residency-based training. Reading assignments, learning objectives, small group sessions, and lectures will supplement the clinical experience. There is a national standardized postrotation examination at the conclusion of this rotation.

IMEDG 1702: General Internal Medicine Rotation II

Credits 6.0

General Internal Medicine Rotation II includes hospital department-based training or ambulatory internal medicine. Reading assignments, learning objectives, small group sessions, and lectures will supplement the clinical experience. There is a national standardized post-rotation examination at the conclusion of this rotation.

IMEDG 1803: Subspecialty Internal Medicine Rotation

Credits 6.0

During the fourth year, each student will participate in at least one 4-week medical sub-specialty rotation in a discipline of the students choice. Appropriate sub specialties include, but are not limited to Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Oncology, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Allergy/Immunology, and Endocrinology. Rotation specific reading objectives supplement the clinical experience for each specialty.

IMEDG 1804: Critical Care Rotation

Credits 6.0

Each fourth year student will participate in a four-week Critical Care rotation. The objectives for this rotation include examining, studying and participating in the management of patients in the hospital critical care setting. The student will become familiar with many common and some uncommon presentations encountered by the critical care physician, and will observe and perform procedures indicated for each patient. Rotation experiences include reading, lectures, patient care management, and a post-rotation examination.

IMEDG 1804S: Surgical Intensive Care Unit Rotation (alt. choice)

Credits 6.0

In fourth year, students may request a four-week Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) rotation that satisfies their Critical Care core rotation. The SICU rotation enables the student to experience a surgeon-led ICU with post-op surgery and trauma patients. The SICU experience allows the student to learn about critically ill surgery and trauma patients; examination, presentations, procedures and surgery. The student is responsible for all required Critical Care core and SICU material. The student must pass the Critical Care core examination with an additional 15 SICU-related questions.