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GMED 5010
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
Supervised by attending physicians, students will participate in primarily outpatient
consultations, participate in teaching conferences, gain experience in pertinent diagnostic
procedures, evaluate and follow patients in the faculty practices, and learn pathophysiology,
differential diagnosis, clinical manifestations, management, and therapy of rheumatology.
GMED 5012
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This elective is designed to provide the basics in clinical hematology and medical
oncology. In depth study of blood and marrow morphology is emphasized. An approach
to diagnosis and management as well as general principles of cancer chemotherapy will
be stressed. The importance of interdisciplinary cancer decision-making (internist,
surgeon, radiation therapist) will be emphasized. Two half-day clinics each week are
arranged to emphasize the diagnosis and therapy of common hematologic and oncologic
disorders.
GMED 5013
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This elective is designed to provide the basics in nephrology. Students will gain
inpatient experience in managing patients with renal disease including hemo and peritoneal
dialysis, nephritic syndrome and uremic complications. Procedural opportunities may
include dialysis catheter insertion.
GMED 5014
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
Objectives of the elective will be to learn general principles of rehabilitation medicine
in the hospital setting, in addition to participation in a multidisciplinary approach
to treatment of patients undergoing rehabilitation. The student will have some clinical
responsibility for patients admitted to the hospital and follow them through their
rehabilitation. Specialty programs for Brain Injury, Pediatric Rehab. Spinal Cord
Injury, Stroke Rehab.
GMED 5016
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Clerkship +
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This elective is designed to enable the student to gain experience in clinical nephrology
through participation in inpatient consultations, teaching conferences, and once weekly
general nephrology outpatient clinic. Students will be a part of an active consultation
service following patients with complex problems in the ICU and on the inpatient wards.
They will also learn the skills needed to perform a urinalysis.
GMED 5017
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Clerkship +
Months Offered: all
Course Description
The elective is an integrated rotation between the cardiology consult service and
the special procedure labs. Student’s time will be divided between the consult service
and the labs. On the consult service the student will be exposed to various cardiovascular
diseases in medical and pre and post-operative surgical in-patients. Each week the
student will spend one day in one of the special procedures laboratories (cardiac
catheterization lab, ECHO lab, electrophysiology labs and Nuclear/stress testing lab.)
GMED 5021
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Clerkship +
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This course is designed to provide an understanding of clinical aspects of diseases
of the digestive system, pancreas and liver, including endoscopy, interpretation of
gastrointestinal x-rays, biopsies and laboratory results. The course occurs in a variety
of practice settings including hospital consults, outpatient clinics and endoscopy.
Supervision is provided by Gastroenterologists as well as house staff in some locations.
GMED 5023
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This elective is designed to provide experience in consultative pulmonary medicine.
Emphasis is placed upon the clinical evaluation of patients with altered lung function,
and the appropriate use of both invasive and noninvasive pulmonary diagnostic procedures.
The student will gain experience in interpretation of chest roentgenograms, pulmonary
function tests, and arterial blood gases. Selected pulmonary topics are covered in
the weekly pulmonary conference.
GMED 5025
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This clinical consultation service provides experience in the diagnosis and management
of patients with infections, interpretation of stained specimen cultures and sensitivity
data, serology and the appropriate use of antimicrobial and antiviral agents. The
elective consists of inpatient consultative rounds as well as the opportunity for
exposure to infectious disease outpatient clinics and conferences. On call availability
is needed.
GMED 5027
Category: Clinical
Classification: Off-Campus
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment only
Months Offered: all
This course requires application using VSAS or other arrangements made by the student. Off-Campus Add Form Required
Course Description
This course is designed to give students a chance to rotate in an Internal Medicine
or subspecialty program at another hospital or location.
GMED 5039
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
During this rotation, thyroid, adrenal, parathyroid, pituitary and gonadal diseases
as well as diabetes, developmental problems, virilization and electrolyte disorders
will be discussed. There will be opportunities for didactic presentations and students
will be expected to read relevant clinical literature. Student responsibilities will
include participation in inpatient consultation and clinic activities, as well as
the weekly clinical conference.
GMED 5040
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator
Eligible: Clerkship +
Months Offered: This Elective is Currently not Offered
Course Description
Students will have exposure to clinical cardiology both in the hospital and the office
through involvement in the evaluation of new patients and routine follow-up of established
patients. They will become familiar with Treadmill Exercise Testing, both in the office
as well as hospital setting. The student will be exposed to both M mode echocardiography
as well as two dimensional sector scanning, Doppler Echo and transesophageal echo.
The students will also have exposure to cardiac catheterization and pacemaker insertion.
Students interested in cardiology or internal medicine are preferred.
GMED 5056
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Course Description
This elective is designed to introduce the student to applied epidemiology, preventive
medicine, and public health as practiced at CDC. Students have the opportunity to
actively assist in epidemiologic investigations of infectious diseases and in studies
of a wide variety of public health problems such as chronic, environmental, and occupational
diseases, injuries, and reproductive health. Students work under the supervision of
CDC epidemiologists and work on specific projects. Students are also exposed to day-to-day
operations and a broad range of activities at CDC. Familiarity with computers and
data analysis is helpful but not essential. Students are responsible for providing
their own living and travel expenses.
Special Circumstances
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GMED 5067
Category: Clinical
Classification: 2 weeks
Contact: Athens Regional Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: all
Note: this course is currently offered only on the Athens campus.
Course Description
Quality care of geriatric patients requires a knowledge base and skill set which are
acquired throughout medical training. The goals of this 2-week rotation are as follows:
1. To expose medical students to a varied population of older adults in settings ranging
from ambulatory care, to home care, to assisted living, to Palliative and Hospice
care. 2. To further learning of skills needed to care for older patients in a variety
of settings. 3. To further the development of a working biopsychosocial knowledge
of the issues involved in caring for the elderly frail population.
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All Months
Months Offered: All
Course Description
This rotation is designed primarily for 3rd year students as an introduction to musculoskeletal
disorders and systemic inflammatory disease states in an ambulatory setting. Supervised
by attending physicians, students will participate in primarily outpatient consultations,
participate in teaching conferences, gain experience in pertinent diagnostic procedures,
evaluate and follow patients in the faculty and fellow practices, and learn pathophysiology,
differential diagnosis, clinical manifestations, management, and therapy of rheumatic
diseases.
GMED 5095
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All
Months Offered: All
Course Description
Students will see patients in a hospice setting in the office as well as hospital
consultations. Student will be able to participate in interdisciplinary team discussions
about patient care.
GMED 5096
Category: Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks/2 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All
Months Offered: All
Course Description
This rotation is designed to provide medical students with patient based, clinically
oriented exposure to outpatient Internal Medicine. Interactions and learning opportunities
will be conducted in the outpatient clinic setting primarily in the General Internal
Medicine clinic with some exposure to other subspecialties.
GMED 6599
Category: Internship/Practicum
Classification: 4 Weeks
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator
Eligible: Enrichment Only
Months Offered: All
Course Description
This elective is designed to allow fourth year students an opportunity to practice
their leadership skills as they serve as a peer role model to third year students
on the Medicine clerkship rotation. Students must receive site director's approval
through the Medicine clerkship office.