The course is organized to provide a comprehensive experience of the support of the seriously ill patient; to provide knowledge of support of pulmonary, cardiac, hepatic, and renal function by the use of current instrumentation, techniques, and treatment algorithms. The student will have a first-hand experience in using advanced metabolic, pharmacological and nutritional support in a group of complex, tertiary surgical ICU patients. Emphasis will include the practical\u2026\n
The course is organized to provide a comprehensive experience of the support of the seriously ill patient; to provide knowledge of support of pulmonary, cardiac, hepatic, and renal function by the use of current instrumentation, techniques, and treatment algorithms. The student will have a first-hand experience in using advanced metabolic, pharmacological and nutritional support in a group of complex, tertiary surgical ICU patients. Emphasis will include the practical\u2026\n
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians provide care for people with a range of conditions associated with disability. This four-week introductory clerkship provides exposure to the breadth of PM&R, highlighting PM&R's patient-centered approach, focus on optimizing function and quality of life, and interprofessional collaborative practice. Students may work with patients with spinal cord injury/disease, brain injury, stroke, amputation, burns, musculoskeletal\u2026\n
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians provide care for people with a range of conditions associated with disability. This four-week introductory clerkship provides exposure to the breadth of PM&R, highlighting PM&R's patient-centered approach, focus on optimizing function and quality of life, and interprofessional collaborative practice. Students may work with patients with spinal cord injury/disease, brain injury, stroke, amputation, burns, musculoskeletal\u2026\n
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians provide care for people with a range of conditions associated with disability. This four-week introductory clerkship provides exposure to the breadth of PM&R, highlighting PM&R's patient-centered approach, focus on optimizing function and quality of life, and interprofessional collaborative practice. Students may work with patients with spinal cord injury/disease, brain injury, stroke, amputation, burns, musculoskeletal\u2026\n
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians provide care for people with a range of conditions associated with disability. This four-week introductory clerkship provides exposure to the breadth of PM&R, highlighting PM&R's patient-centered approach, focus on optimizing function and quality of life, and interprofessional collaborative practice. Students may work with patients with spinal cord injury/disease, brain injury, stroke, amputation, burns, musculoskeletal\u2026\n
The course offers a clinical overview, using the clerkship technique, of problems of somatic growth, development, chronic illness, and endocrine/metabolic dysfunction. This course will enable the student to recognize causes of disturbances in growth and development, design and carry out critical diagnostic evaluations, provide rational therapy, evaluate effectiveness, and communicate relevant information to the child, parents, and referring physician. Emphasis will be on utilizing\u2026\n
The course offers a clinical overview, using the clerkship technique, of problems of somatic growth, development, chronic illness, and endocrine/metabolic dysfunction. This course will enable the student to recognize causes of disturbances in growth and development, design and carry out critical diagnostic evaluations, provide rational therapy, evaluate effectiveness, and communicate relevant information to the child, parents, and referring physician. Emphasis will be on utilizing\u2026\n
This course allows students to join a Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary/Pancreas, Colorectal, Gen/GI, Endocrine, Minimally Invasive, or Trauma/Emergency Surgical Service. The student is expected to function closer to the level of an intern. Each team is composed of 1-5 attendings, 1 Senior, and 1 junior resident/intern and a variable number of nurse practitioners. The student is expected to take responsibility for the patients on his/her team. This is meant to prepare the student for a\u2026\n
This course allows students to join a Surgical Oncology, Hepatobiliary/Pancreas, Colorectal, Gen/GI, Endocrine, Minimally Invasive, or Trauma/Emergency Surgical Service. The student is expected to function closer to the level of an intern. Each team is composed of 1-5 attendings, 1 Senior, and 1 junior resident/intern and a variable number of nurse practitioners. The student is expected to take responsibility for the patients on his/her team. This is meant to prepare the student for a\u2026\n
Students may add themselves to the waiting list to this course during add/drop periods but not during lottery periods. Please contact the elective director, Dr. Juan Carlos Urizar jurizar@bwh.harvard.edu, for approval to enroll.This elective is designed to increase student's knowledge and recognition of brain-behavior relationships in a clinical setting in both adults and older adults. Students will increase their skills in the assessment and treatment of behavioral and cognitive\u2026\n
Prior approval required, please email Dr. Klepeis; vklepeis@mgh.harvard.edu. Pathology Informatics uses data management, imaging and information theory to facilitate the diagnostic, research, and patient care missions of Pathology. This course will introduce students to the challenges and accomplishments in Pathology Informatics, while simultaneously providing integrated exposure to several subspecialty areas within the pathology department (i.e. surgical pathology, molecular pathology,\u2026\n
Prior approval required, please email Dr. Klepeis; vklepeis@mgh.harvard.edu. Pathology Informatics uses data management, imaging and information theory to facilitate the diagnostic, research, and patient care missions of Pathology. This course will introduce students to the challenges and accomplishments in Pathology Informatics, while simultaneously providing integrated exposure to several subspecialty areas within the pathology department (i.e. surgical pathology, molecular pathology,\u2026\n
Introduction to Pediatric Critical Care is a course offered to 4th year and qualified 3rd year medical students interested in the evaluation, stabilization, and management of critically ill children. The course encompasses 4 weeks, during which time the student rotates through both units of the Medicine Critical Care Program. During their time in rotation, the student should maintain a case load of 1-2 patients.The medical student participant will round with the Unit team and\u2026\n
Integrated Human Pathophysiology I focuses on key concepts that underlie the normal physiology and the pathophysiology of common gastrointestinal and hematologic disorders. The course addresses illustrative principles that form the basis for the understanding of related conditions that are less prevalent. The central theme is homeostasis and how derangements in one system can affect other systems, including digestion and organs of the digestive system, and the role of the components of blood.\u2026\n