Clinical Education Program In-Patient Services

The educational goals and objectives for rotations through the general in-patient services at Tisch and Bellevue hospitals over three years include:

• The acquisition of knowledge of cellular and molecular pathobiology
• The pathophysiology of disorders of the major organ-systems
• Understanding of aberrant developmental and regulatory process resulting in single or multiple organ-system anomalies, malignancy, or major psychiatric disorders

Cognitive competencies to be acquired during in-patient rotations over three years include:

• The recognition and differential diagnosis of organ-system dysfunction
• The restoration and maintenance of general physiologic and metabolic homeostasis
• The pharmacotherapy of specific disorders including malignancies
• Enteral and parenteral nutrition
• The pre- and post-operative management of pediatric surgical patients, including the ethical issue of informed consent

Technical competencies include:

• venipuncture
• arterial puncture
• bladder catheterization
• nasogastric tube placement
• lumbar puncture
• broviac catheter management
• conscious sedation
• parenteral hyperalimentation