3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship

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Department	Medicine
Course Number	MED 305
Course Title	3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship
Course Director	Anne Lesburg, MD
Length (Weeks)	8
When Offered	Per cohort
Prerequisites	None
Availability Notes	This is a required clerkship for 3rd year students. See syllabus for additional details.
Contact Name	Dana Brent
Contact Phone	202-741-2187
Contact Fax	202-741-2791
Contact Email	dbrent@mfa.gwu.edu
Other Contacts	Dr. Lesburg (alesburg@mfa.gwu.edu)
Location
Limit
Report	Course coordinator will contact registered students.
Evaluation	Honors/High Pass/Pass/Conditional/Fail. See syllabus for additional details.
Description	The purpose of the medicine clerkship is to facilitate the development of the clinical skills, knowledge, and professional behaviors that students need to evaluate and provide supervised care for adult hospitalized patients. Focus is on the inpatient history and physical examinations, clinical reasoning, and comprehensive study during rounds, consultations, conferences, standardized patient exercises, and seminars. This is a required 8-week clerkship for third year medical students. Possible sites for each 4-week block are The George Washington University Hospital, the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, and Anne Arundel Medical Center. All students spend at least 4 weeks at The George Washington University Hospital or the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. See syllabus for additional details.
Additional Notes	Clerkship Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, the student should be able to: Perform a comprehensive medical history and physical. Apply diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in life-threatening situations. Apply the basics of medical knowledge to the appropriate clinical setting and clinical care. Demonstrate the ability to develop an appropriate differential diagnosis. Interpret common specific diagnostic tests and procedures that are ordered to evaluate patients who present with common symptoms and diagnoses. Demonstrate appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making skills that incorporate pathophysiologic reasoning, probability-based thinking, and evidence-based knowledge. Demonstrate effective case presentation skills, including written and oral, new patient and follow-up presentations. Demonstrate proficiency in communication and interpersonal skills with patients, families and colleagues. Demonstrate the attitudes and behaviors necessary to provide excellent patient evaluation and care (professionalism). Illustrate how features of the health care system can impact patient care. See syllabus for additional details.