ELECT EFAMC - Acting Internship: Family Medicine Ward Team

NOTE: THIS ELECTIVE MAY NOT BE DROPPED WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF THE STARTING DATE. OBJECTIVES AND/OR GOALS

Goals:

•  Familiarity with scope of in-patient medicine commonly managed by family medicine faculty and house officers at

LSU Hospital.

•  Added knowledge and competence with respect to patients managed by the family medicine ward team.

•  Familiarity with inpatient and outpatient procedures done in family medicine.

•  Sense of having been part of the family medicine house officer corps.

Objectives: TSW

•  describe types of patients/diseases managed by in-patient service.

•  directly manage assigned patients’ care under supervision of faculty and house staff.

•  Observe a beginning house officer of the family medicine service and discuss officer duties with regard to assigned patients/diseases.

•  present assigned patients’ history, physical examination, assessment, and plan of management to the attending physician.

•  Develop and demonstrate a plan to the attending physician a basic level pathophysiology and natural history of assigned patients’ diseases.

SPECIFIC DUTIES OF SENIOR STUDENTS

•  Assisting family medicine ward team in the care of assigned patients.

•  Accompanying members of the ward team as they evaluate patients in clinics and emergency rooms.

•  Completing a study of the diseases of assigned patients.

•  Attending conferences, journal club, and social get-togethers.

READING ASSIGNMENTS - These will be identified as an integral part of patient management.

Visiting Students: Only visiting students from U.S., Canadian, and Caribbean universities will be considered. Students must present a CA along with documentation of passing scores of 80 or above on initial attempts of Step 1 and Step 2 CK/CS to be considered. Students must submit all documentation with the application.

 

Blocks 2-11

Pass/Fail