MED 7501: Medicine Externship II

REQUIRED COURSE

Course Availability:   2007-2008   2008-2009   2009-2010

Length 6 weeks
Periods Offered All periods
Sites HC, RH, UM(FU), VA
Limit 29
Prerequisites MED 7500
Course Director Dr. James Nixon
(612) 626-5230
Contact Alison Chandler, (612) 625-9975

Report First Day:

Please call your assigned site regarding call schedule.

VA: Vetrans Drive, Mpls - 1st day, 8:30 a.m. 3rd Fl. Conf. Rm 3B-108 (612) 725-2085
(The Social Security numbers of students choosing to rotate at the VA will be provided to the VA medicine student coordinator for security reasons and for access to their patient records. If you choose the VA site and do not want your SSN provided, you must notify the Year 3/4 Student Program Coodinator on the cancel/add deadline prior of the period you are taking MED II.)

RH: 640 Jackson St. St. Paul - 1st day, 8:00 a.m. Main Bldg, Rm 7035 (651) 254-1886

UM(FU): 420 Delaware St, SE, Mpls - 1st day, 8:15 a.m. 14-136 PWB (612) 625-9975

HC: 701 Park Ave., Mpls - 1st day, 8:30 a.m. Med Ed., Red Building, 7th Floor, Rm #515 (612) 873-8723

Welcome letters will be sent out via email prior to your rotation start date.  Other information including recommended text books, course objectives, parking, orientation information, testing times and etc., can be found on www.imclerkship.com.  Email addresses are provided by the medical school.  Please make sure to update your contact information 6 weeks prior to the rotation start date.  Your University email address is the official means of communication at the medical school and you are responsible for any information sent to you via email.

Course Web Site

www.imclerkship.com

Description

This course is designed to complete the required 12 weeks of experience in internal medicine begun in Medicine 7-500. Medicine 7-501 is a "sub-intership" in which students take direct responsibility for patient care. Therapeutic decision making and care planning are emphasized. Students will be part of a patient care team and assume responsibility for the evaluation and care of three new patients per week. Acute care tutorials with learning objectives and suggested readings are an important part of the course. Self-directed learning tools are available

Goals and Objectives

This course provides further opportunity for the student to expand on the skills and knowledge learned in the general medical setting of Med 7-500. It provides the opportunity for the student to participate in ongoing management of patients. The student will improve skills to:

  • communicate with patients, families and health care personnel;
  • perform medical histories and physical exams;
  • identify and prioritize patient problems;
  • develop a reasoned differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic management plan using principles of evidence-based medicine;
  • present the patient's case story; and
  • monitor and report on the patient's progress.

See Medicine's website for a more detailed description of objectives:  www.dom.umn.edu

View UofM MedSchool Educational Program Objectives

Evaluation

At mid-rotation, formal feedback sessions with the resident and attending are expected following student self-assessment. At the course end, attending physicians and residents will provide written assessments of student performance. A written and clinical examination will be given during the final week of each period. This is a minimum-competency examination which must be passed in order to successfully complete the course. Students who fail this examination will be offered a make-up examination. The medicine clerkship committee is responsible for the final grade. Grading is O-H-S-N. Any student receiving an end-of-course evaluation which indicates a below expectations rating for any aspect of performance is at risk of receiving a grade of "N."

What Constitutes a Failing Grade?

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Patient/Clinical Procedures

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View Competencies Required for Graduation

Special Instructions

Students MUST register for a different site than they did for Medicine Externship I.

 

The content editor for this page is Genne Fritts, mcand003@umn.edu, (612) 625-4692