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Pulmonary Medicine - ALGH

  PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN THE CURRICULUM: Successful completion of the Internal Medicine Core Clerkship.
                                     
  PURPOSE: The student will improve skills in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease and in the interpretation of pulmonary function tests.
 
  COMPETENCIES:
 
  INSTRUCTIONAL including interpretation of chest x-rays, fiberoptic bronchoscopy
 
  FEATURES: Students will participate in inpatient pulmonary consultation, management of mechanical ventilation, and diagnostic techniques and thoracentesis. Outpatient Pulmonary Medicine Clinic will meet twice a week. A brief didactic seminar on a pulmonary topic of interest will be completed. The stud ent will be supervised by at least 3 pulmonary physicians and will see approximately 8-10 patients weekly.
 
  SUGGESTED TEXT: General Medicine Textbooks (Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, etc.)
 
  ASSESSMENT: Students will receive feedback during this elective one-on-one every two weeks, as well as formal evaluation at the end of the rotation. Information for the final evaluation will be based on the information requested by the student’s school evaluation sheet.
 
  ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
  Program Number ELEC 625              
  Location ALGH                                   
  Program Director A. Stone, M .D.,   Kriaras (Coordinator) Nicoletta.Kriaras@advocatehealth.com
  Telephone847/723-6464
  Duration 4 Weeks                                          
  Lectures/Conferences/Faculty contact 11
  Night Call No                                                  
  Labboratory 0
  Weekends No                                                  
  Outpatient 4
  Students accepted Min. 1 Max 1                                             
  Inpatient 15
  Housestaff used as Faculty? No                     
  Total hours/week 40
 
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  Note: Clinical electives at Advocate hospitals (ACMC, AIMMC, ALGH) are only available to students from LCME and AOA accredited institutions.