Program Coordinator: Anas Hadeh, MD
Duration: 4 weeks
Availability: Year round
No. of Students: 1
Prerequisite
Completion of all core clerkships. Open to senior medical students.
Objectives
To improve the student’s skills in history, physical exam, chest x-ray, and CAT chest scan interpretation, as well as pulmonary function test interpretation.
Description
The student will be working with a staff pulmonologist. The student will be exposed to various pulmonary problems presenting in the outpatient and inpatient setting. Emphasis will be placed on history, physical exam and arriving at differential diagnoses. Basic skills in interpretation of a standard chest x-ray, CAT scan of the chest as well as pulmonary function tests will be stressed throughout the rotation.
The student will see patients in the inpatient hospital setting and in the outpatient clinic. There will be no night call or weekend work expected.
Evaluation
Evaluations will be distributed by the UME department to the preceptor at the end of the rotation.
