We offer many elective courses during the senior year to best serve each student’s individual needs and goals. Students with well-defined career goals and those who are still in the process of choosing a specific area to focus on have a wide assortment of electives to choose from. Most courses are two or four weeks in duration.
Students are also encouraged to approach faculty members for the development of unique courses.
| Department: | Medicine |
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| Course Number: | MEDRHE-4022 |
| Course Name: | Rheumatology |
| Instructors: | Dr. Michael Allen |
| Course Description: | Prerequisite: Successful completion of 3rd year. Course Description: The goals of the elective are to provide the student with instruction and a broad experience in rheumatology. The student will attend all teaching conferences and their focus will be on the history and physical examination skills particularly pertaining to rheumatological diseases. The student will participate in the inpatient and outpatient setting and be supervised by fellows in rheumatology and a supervising attending physician. |
| Educational Objectives: | The student will: 1. Demonstrate the ability to perform a thorough and comprehensive rheumatological exam with particular attention to the musculoskeletal exam. 2. Under appropriate supervision, identify and correctly treat common rheumatological disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies (psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, enteropathy-related arthropathy), fibromyalgia, gout, crystal-induced arthritis, lupus, Sjogren's Syndrome, Raynaud's phenomenon, idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, osteoarthritis and vasculitides. 3. Demonstrate the ability to correctly interpret X-rays and lab data pertaining to connective tissue diseases, spondyloarthropathies, vasculitis and crystal-induced arthropathies. 4. Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems. 5. Demonstrate a commitment to accountability, excellence in practice, adherence to ethical principles, humanism, altruism, and sensitivity to diversity. |
| Types of Patients: | Students will have direct supervised care of a broad diversity of patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting. |
| Teaching Sessions /Conferences: | Grand Rounds: Second and Fourth Thursday of the month from 8:30-9:30 in ME100. |
| Resources /Readings: | Defined and provided upon enrollment. Suggested readings: Approach to the Patient with a Musculoskeletal Disorder. Warren Blackburn, MD, Ed. 1999 or newer editions; The Washington Manual of Rheumatology Subspecialty Consult. Leslie Kahl, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. June 2012; Brigham and Women's Experts' Approach to Rheumatology, Jonathan Coblyn, Michael Weinblatt, Simon Helfgott, Bonnie Bermas Jones & Bartlett Learning, Oct 22, 2010. |
| Evaluation Method(s): | Direct Observation, Conference Participation |
| Contact Information: | Course Coordinator: Emma Fellows, [email protected] |
| Period(s) Available: | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 |
| Available Length: | 2 weeks 4 weeks |
| Max Students: | 1 |
| Visiting Students: | Yes |