IMED 81206 LIC Clinical Internal Medicine
The Internal Medicine Clerkship is designed to expose students to in-patient and ambulatory experiences that will serve as a foundation throughout their professional lives as physicians, by integrating Phase 1 basic and clinical science knowledge with direct patient care. It will introduce the student to the varied aspects of medical care for adults across the life-span with emphasis in enhancing the skills of taking a history, performing a physical examination, presenting these findings, developing a differential diagnosis for common clinical presentations and problems, and developing evidence-based plans. The skills of data analysis and critical thinking about diseases in patients are also a key component of this clerkship. Students will be exposed to patients with common chronic medical conditions, including diabetes mellitus, obstructive and restrictive pulmonary disease, common cardiac conditions, thyroid disease, and common chronic gastrointestinal, liver and biliary tract diseases, among others. The Internal Medicine clerkship will also encompass knowledge in several subspecialties.