Overview

Overview

Location
Akron General

Duration
4 Weeks

Teaching faculty

  • Shivnaveen Bains, MD.
  • Silpa Balachandran, MD.
  • Dr. Rebecca Cirino, DO.
  • Michel Farivar, MD.
  • Jaykumar Grandhi, MD.
Description

Description

Objectives

  • Students will gain exposure to a wide variety of patients who are hospitalized during a life crisis. Under direct supervision of attending faculty, students will be invited to broaden and deepen their understanding of these patients by actively participating in their daily care, including medication management.
  • Students will be challenged to sharpen and improve their skills in eliciting patients’ stories, formulating diagnoses, interpreting nonverbal communication, and in creating intentionally therapeutic dialogue. These enhanced skills will become vital to the practice of any medical specialty.

Description
Students will be assigned to faculty at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. Supervisors include Dr. Farivar, Dr. Marciano, and Dr. Grandhi (inpatient) and Dr. Balachandran and Dr. Bains (outpatient).

Night call/special requirements 

  • None.