Objective/Means of Implementation: This four-week course is designed to develop fundamental skills in evaluation and management of critically ill patients. The student will make daily rounds with interns, residents, fellows and attending staff in the MICU. The student will be instructed in chest radiograph interpretation, ventilator management, hemodynamic management, and pulmonary artery catheter interpretation. A variety of critical care conditions will be discussed during daily, patient-based, teaching rounds with the Critical Care attending, fellow and residents. The student may participate in supervised procedures including central line placement, arterial cannulation, thoracentesis, percutaneous tracheostomy, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Weekly teaching conferences in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine include Conference, Journal Club, and Pulmonary Core Curriculum lectures. Night call every third day is mandatory and allows the student to assume substantial direct patient care responsibility. The attending staff on the team will complete a final evaluation through New Evaluation: Innovations. MED 420 Nephrology Available Sites: New Orleans (UMCNO, OMCK); Baton Rouge (OLOL); Lafayette (UHC) Duration: 4 weeks Objective/Means of Implementation: A course designed to acquaint the student with nephrology in the academic and clinical selling. The student will be responsible for the work-up of at least one patient per week, and will attend all rounds and conferences of the subspecialty and weekly medical staff clinic. The student will learn the techniques of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The student will also observe and work on the transplantation service. There will be participation in the evaluation and care of private nephrology patients one or more days a week. New Orleans students will be able to participate in the clinical of patients enrolled in the protocols of our Research Hypertension Clinic/Section of Nephrology (Room A323). This will involve the performance for physical examinations, renal function studies and the use of new techniques such as the 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor. The attending staff on the team will complete a final evaluation through New Evaluation: Innovations. MED 420 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Available Sites: New Orleans (VA); Baton Rouge (OLOL); Lafayette (UHC) Duration: 4
Objective/Means of Implementation: This four-week course is designed to develop fundamental skills in evaluation and management of critically ill patients. The student will make daily rounds with interns, residents, fellows and attending staff in the MICU. The student will be instructed in chest radiograph interpretation, ventilator management, hemodynamic management, and pulmonary artery catheter interpretation. A variety of critical care conditions will be discussed during daily, patient-based, teaching rounds with the Critical Care attending, fellow and residents. The student may participate in supervised procedures including central line placement, arterial cannulation, thoracentesis, percutaneous tracheostomy, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Weekly teaching conferences in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine include Conference, Journal Club, and Pulmonary Core Curriculum lectures. Night call every third day is mandatory and allows the student to assume substantial direct patient care responsibility. Evaluation: The attending staff on the team will complete a final evaluation through New Innovations. MED 420 Nephrology Available Sites: New Orleans (UMCNO, OMCK); Baton Rouge (OLOL); Lafayette (UHC) Duration: 4 weeks Objective/Means of Implementation: A course designed to acquaint the student with nephrology in the academic and clinical selling. The student will be responsible for the work-up of at least one patient per week, and will attend all rounds and conferences of the subspecialty and weekly medical staff clinic. The student will learn the techniques of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The student will also observe and work on the transplantation service. There will be participation in the evaluation and care of private nephrology patients one or more days a week. New Orleans students will be able to participate in the clinical of patients enrolled in the protocols of our Research Hypertension Clinic/Section of Nephrology (Room A323). This will involve the performance for physical examinations, renal function studies and the use of new techniques such as the 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor. Evaluation: The attending staff on the team will complete a final evaluation through New Innovations. MED 420 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Available Sites: New Orleans (VA); Baton Rouge (OLOL); Lafayette (UHC) Duration: 4
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