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Title: Cardiology
Preceptor:
Norma Keller, M.D.
Prerequisites: Medicine Clerkship
Course Code: 04-05
Coordinator/Contact: Grace Ramirez-Maldonado
Telephone #: 263-6554
Description:
The standard elective in cardiology is carefully planned and centered at Bellevue Hospital. The students work with the Fellow on the busy Consultation Service. Formal discussions are held daily with Attending Physicians assigned to the CCU or Consult Service to discuss specific clinical problems in depth. The students attend the weekly Cardiology Clinic in the OPD and participate in all of the many teaching conferences of the Section.
Selected areasof concentration may be chosen by the student during the standard elective. These can be echocardiography, exercise testing, EKG review and Holter monitoring, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology. The student may arrange special electives limited to any of these areas with specific faculty members with the approval by Dr. Keller or coordinator.
Objectives of the Elective:
This elective is designed to expand the knowledge of the student in the diagnosis, pathophysiology and clinical management of cardiac disease. We show the student how cardiologists function as consultants to other internists and as primary physicians. We teach the students how to reach accurate diagnoses by correlating clinical data with information obtained by the many specialized techniques unique to cardiology.
Key Responsibilities of the Student While On Elective:
The students will be assigned to the Cardiology Consult Service at Bellevue, working closely with the Fellow assigned to consult, and presenting cases to the attending cardiologist daily. Students will become fully aware of the patients problems and will participate in their daily management. The students will be responsible for presenting patient problems to the Attending Physician in a precise, candid format. They will become familiar with the principal journals and textbooks used by cardiologists and will accompany their patients to diagnostic testing via cardiac catheterization, echocardiography and exercise stress testing with nuclear imaging.
These Students Aso Attend
Monday, combined Cardiac Catheterization/ Cardiovascular Surgery Conference at 8:45 AM
Monday and Tuesday Cardiology Core Curriculum Sessions/Luncheons
Wednesday Cardiac Clinic at 1-4:00 p.m.
Thursday Cardiology Grand Rounds 4:30-5:30pm
Friday Cardiology Journal Club/Luncheon
Friday Cardiology Journal Club/Luncheon
Didactic Program:
Daily attending conferences
are directed to the Fellows and students.
Method of Evaluation:
The fellows and/or Attendings who worked most closely with the students are asked to provide their evaluation of their performance.
Scheduling Information:
Months Offered: September-June
Report To: Registrar's office for clearance and ID at 9:00 AM, then at 9:30 AM at BH 17S5 for orientation
Students Per Period: 3
Duration: Four Weeks
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Title: Clinical Electrocardiography
Preceptor:
Steven Sedlis, M.D.
Course Code: 04-06
Telephone #:686-7500 X3935
Prerequisites: Medicine Clerkship
Description:
Under supervision, the student
participates in all activities of the Cardiology Section including electrocardiography,
bedside cardiology, exercise stress testing, cardiac catheterization, echocardiography,
rounds and conferences. Each group of students researches a topic in cardiology
and presents the topic to the Cardiology Section.
For satisfactory completion of this elective the student is required to be
present on at least three quarters of the teaching days. Students who schedule
large numbers of internship interviews are advised not to take this elective
during those months.
Objectives of the Elective:
The principal objective
is to expose the student to all aspects of the practice of clinical cardiology,
both diagnostic and therapeutic in an inpatient and an ambulatory setting.
The student should learn how the cardiologist solves clinical problems.
Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective:
- Each morning students will participate in electrocardiographic interpretation
under the direction of an attending cardiologist.
- Students will be assigned patients to examine and report on at afternoon
attending rounds.
- Each student is expected to witness at least one, but preferably more,
cardiac catheterization, an exercise stress test and an echocardiogram.
- Students will participate in interpreting cardiac nuclear scans.
- Students will attend the weekly cardiology conference and at the last conference
of the elective students will report on a topic of their choice.
- Each student will be assigned to a Cardiology Fellow for the weekly Cardiology
Outpatient Clinic.
Didactic Program:
Wednesday morning students
will attend one session each in Stress Testing, Cardiac Pacemakers and Nutrition
in Cardiology. Wednesday at noon there is a luncheon conference which includes
journal club, case discussions and didactic teaching. Each attending cardiologist
has one or more didactic topics which is presented to the students during the
elective.
At the end of the elective students will attend the Cardiology-Cardiovascular
Surgery Conference.
Method of Evaluation:
Personal observation
of the students by Fellows and Attending Cardiologists during the elective
including proficiency in electrocardiographic interpretation; adequacy of case
workup, clarity of presentation and clinical reasoning during attending rounds
and grasp of the subject matter at the time of the student presentations of
a topic in cardiology.
Scheduling Information:
Months Offered: All
Year
Report To: 8 AM, VA Medical Center, 11N room 11155N
Students Per Period: 3
Duration: Four Weeks
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Title: Clinical
Gastroenterology
Preceptors: Edmund Bini, M.D., David Diehl, M.D., Fritz Francois, M.D., Zoi Gamagaris, M.D., Norman Javitt, M.D., Gerald Villanueva, M.D., Elizabeth Weinshel, M.D.
Course Code: 04-12
Prerequisites: Any One Core Clerkship
Telephone #: (212) 562-3778
Description:
An elective in clinical Gastroenterology
is offered to fourth year students. Each student will rotate through Bellevue
hospital and the Manhattan VA. They will work directly with a Gastroenterology
fellow. Experience will be directed towards the following: (1) consultations,
(2) rounding with Gastroenterology attendings, (3) attendance at endoscopy
sessions, (4) weekly conferences, and (5) participation in G.I. Clinic.
Objectives of the Elective:
To gain an overview
of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the liver, including pathophysiology,
diagnosis, and management. Students will also become familiar with endoscopy
and its indications as a major diagnostic and therapeutic modality in the field
of medicine.
Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective:
- Students will work directly with the fellows, seeing patients and writing
consultations.
- Observe daily scheduled and emergency endoscopies, ERCPs, and liver biopsies.
- Present cases on rounds.
- Participate in conferences.
Didactic Program:
There are no conferences
directed at students, but students are included in all activities
of the GI section. Students participate in inpatient consultations,
weekly GI clinics, attending rounds, pathology and daily GI conferences.
Method of Evaluation:
The fellows
and the attendings on service, with comments, evaluate students.
Grading is Pass/Fail Scheduling Information:
Months Offered: All year
Report To: 8 AM, 17North BH/GI Suite 11th fl. VA
Contact: Zoi Gamagaris, MD tel: 562-3778
Students Per Period: 3 at Bellevue 3 at the VA
Duration: Four Weeks
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Title:
Clinical Hematology
Preceptor(s):Simon Karpatkin, M.D.,
Kenneth Hymes, M.D.
Course Code: 04-15
Telephone #:263-5466
Prerequisites: Any One Core Clerkship
Description:
On this elective, the
student works at Bellevue, Tisch and New York VA Hospitals in the
evaluation of clinical hematologic problems. Teaching events include
a weekly minicourse, management conference, research seminar, hematology
grand rounds, hematology clinic and journal club. The student works
closely with Fellows and Attendings and will examine bone marrow
smears and learn how to interpret them. A rotation through the Coagulation
Laboratory of Blood Bank can be arranged.
Objectives of the Elective:
The elective
in clinical hematology will give the forth year student exposure
to the diagnosis and management of hematologic diseases in the inpatient
and outpatient settings. The student will become familiar with the
clinical evaluation of cytopenias, and the staging and treatment
of hematologic malignancies, the principles of the treatment of
neoplastic diseases and the effective use of the clinical laboratory
in managing hematologic disorders. Students should be able to identify
normal and abnormal peripheral blood and bone marrow cell morphology.
They will be encouraged to perform bone marrow aspirations and biopsies
and gain experience in the preparation of these specimens. In addition,
through journal club and seminars the students will be introduced
to new developments in basic sciences as they relate to hematology.
Key Responsibilities of the student while on Elective:
- Daily inpatient rounds with the hematology fellow.
- New Patient consultations.
- Attending rounds.
- Outpatient Clinics at the Bellevue and Veterans Administration Hospitals.
- Conferences
Monday A.M. - Review of Topics in Hematology
Tuesday P.M.- Hematology Journal Club
Thursday A.M.-Patient Management Conference
Friday P.M. - Research and Clinical Conferences
Didactic Program:
The didactic program for
the students includes the conferences as well as patient oriented discussions
and presentations on teaching rounds with the attending physicians. The Monday
A.M. lecture series is a basic review of important clinical topics in hematology
at a level appropriate for medical students.
Method of Evaluation:
The performance of the
students will be assessed based upon their participation in rounds and conferences,
preparation of short oral presentations for attending rounds, procedural skills,
and consultations.
Scheduling Information:
Months Offered: All
Year
Report To: 9 AM, Tisch Hospital RM 334
Students Per Period: 2
Duration: Four Weeks
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