Clinical Clerkship in Medical Respiratory Diseases
ME 520M.23A
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Description
During this clerkship, the medical student will be exposed to several aspects of consultative pulmonary medicine including both inpatient and outpatient experiences. Central to the rotation, the student will be an active member of the inpatient consult team composed of a PCCM attending and fellow as well as occasional Internal Medicine residents. This team is responsible for providing diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations for patients with a variety of respiratory issues as well as assisting in ventilator management of patients in non-medical intensive care units.
The medical student will evaluate patients alone and then with the team, allowing for instruction on history taking and physical diagnosis. Subsequently, the student will be involved in formulating a series of recommendations for the consulting team. Through this experience, the student will be exposed to a wide variety of inpatient respiratory issues and become familiar with the role of the consultant. The daily experience includes morning rounds including didactic teaching from both the attending and fellow, regularly scheduled bronchoscopies, and consultation on new patients. Afternoons afford time for the student to participate in pulmonary clinic with particular emphasis on urgent outpatient consultation. In addition to these experiences, the student will gain great familiarity with the interpretation of chest radiographs, chest CT scans and pulmonary function tests.
Students will have the opportunity to attend a variety of conferences through the PCCM division at Brigham and Women's Hospital. These include weekly Pulmonary Grand Rounds and Radiology/Pathology Case Conferences. In addition, there are many research as well as sub-specialty conferences (e.g. lung transplant rounds) which the student may attend if interested.
There is no call on this rotation.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
