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Endocrinology
ME 508M.3A

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Description

Students will be active in all functions of the integrated endocrine program of the medical service, evaluating new consultations under the supervision of clinical fellows and staff members as well as attending clinic sessions and conferences.  Students will take a comprehensive history, perform a physicial examination and review all laboratory tests.  They will learn key history and physical examination features important in the diagnosis of endocrine disorders.

They will learn how to order appropriate endocrine tests and learn how in interpret these tests in the context of diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms. In-patient consultation rounds will be held four mornings per week, and patients will be seen in the out-patient setting in clinics devoted to general endocrinology as well as in the areas of diabetes, neuroendocrine, thyroid, metabolism, reproductive endocrinology, and mineral ion/bone disorders. Diabetes/Neuroendocrine/Thyroid/Metabolism conference, Reproductive Endocrine Conference, Calcium Rounds and Endocrine Grand Rounds are held weekly.

School Harvard Medical School
Credits 4
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Course Component Advanced Elective
Instruction Mode In Person
Subject Medicine
Grading Basis HMS Clinical Grading
Course Requirements Open only to HMS MD students
Curriculum Phase Post-PCE
Visiting Clerks Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Course Type Advanced Clinical Electives