Intensive Care Medicine
ME 538M.1
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
The student will serve as a sub-intern in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at BIDMC, functioning as an integral part of the intensive care team with direct responsibility for patient care. The student will be involved in the primary evaluation and management of patients, and will be under the direct supervision of the medical resident, the critical care fellow, and the attending physician (one of the full-time staff physicians of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division). The student, as the primary physician, will admit up to one patient every other day, and will be expected to be on long call in the unit until 8pm two nights per week. The student will be responsible for the initial work-up and the management of the patient, including performing bedside procedure, and will manage the patient for the duration of the patient's ICU care. All patients will also be evaluated by the medical resident, and will be presented by the student to the attending physician. The student will participate in daily work rounds and attending rounds in the intensive care unit.
Class Notes
(Clinical Capstone)
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
