Intensive Care Unit Medicine
ME 538M.3
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Description
The rotation takes place in a very busy 18 bed intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital. The student will be exposed to critically ill patients with a broad range of medical illnesses including sepsis, respiratory failure, and heart failure. In addition there is some exposure to critically ill surgical trauma, and neurology patients. The student will be a working member of the intensive care unit. He/she will be teamed up with a second year resident, and take call with the resident every fourth night. The student will admit 1 patient each call night, participate in all procedures where appropriate, and present their patients on daily rounds (7 days a week, 3 hrs a day). The student will be expected to attend the morning critical care lecture series, which covers important aspects of critical care medicine and evidence-based best practice. This series is updated and repeated monthly. The student is also expected to engage in tutorial work and literature reviews with the residents, fellows and attending intensivists.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to International Visiting Students
