T1 Electives - Department Of Medicine

Intro to pre-hospital emergency medicine, pt. assessment, and pre-hospital treatment of various trauma & medical related problems are taught. Upon completion, medical students are prepared to sit for national registry testing.

Dr. Peggy Chehardy, Course Director
Email Contact: Jimmy Stevens
Phone: (504) 988-2861
Fax: (504) 988-2860
Enrollment: Elective is open to T1s and T2s. 15-30 students.
Time of course: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:00pm-10:00pm.
Prerequisite: Healthcare provider CPR
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 (individual sessions or combination of sessions)

Geriatrics and Home Care

The purpose of this elective is to introduce students to the special needs of the frail older patient. The objectives are:

1. to enable the student to see patients in the home and nursing home setting, recognizing the unique strengths of care offered within different models of care for the older adult.   

2. to enable the student to appreciate how other health professionals (nurses, therapists, dietitians, and social workers) can contribute to the care of the frail older patient in an interdisciplinary setting;

3. to help the student appreciate how best to enable an older patient to recover from an acute illness and to manage multiple chronic illnesses within the psychosocial demands and individual expectations of the frail patient;

4. to enable the student to appreciate the importance of optimizing function in older patients, rather than just focusing on diseases and their treatment;

5. to introduce the student to some of the physiologic changes associated with aging, including the concepts of heterogeneity and loss of homeostatic reserve;

6. to introduce the student to some of the geriatric syndromes and conditions, such as dementia, polypharmacy, incontinence, delirium, fall, and altered disease presentation.

Students will visit in the home setting as well as see patients in the nursing home setting.  Preceptors for the course will include the faculty physicians of Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) and the geriatrics program. Students will be encouraged to follow patients as they transition from the inpatient to the home setting and /or nursing home setting as they recover from an acute illness. Student performance will be evaluated by rating of preceptors.

Dr. Lumie Kawasaki, Course Director
Email: lkawasa@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 988-7518
Fax: (504) 988-8252
Location: 1430 Tulane Avenue
Mailing Address: 1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 12, New Orleans, LA 70112
Enrollment: Elective is open to T1s and T2s. 1 student.
Time of course: Schedule will vary to accommodate the schedules of students as well as preceptors in the different settings.
Prerequisite: Permissions of the Instructor
Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 (individual sessions or combination of sessions)

Ambulatory Practice and Policy

Through this course, students will gain key insights into major issues facing ambulatory practice and primary care.

Drs. Elboni Price & Karen DeSalvo, Course Directors
Department Contact: Kashley Hampton
Phone: (504) 988-7518
Location: Tulane University Medical School, Room M012 and Covenant House Community Health Center
Mailing Address: Section of General Internal Medicine
1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 16, New Orleans, LA 70112
Grading Policy: Students will receive either pass of fail grades based on a brief literature review on a public health topic of interest to general internal medicine (40%) and presentation (60%). The literature review will culminate in a presentation of the findings to Clinical Staff.
Enrollment: 1 student, T1 or T2
Time of course: flexible
Sessions 1 and 2
Sessions 3 and 4
Both Sessions are identical in format and substance.
Prerequisite: None

Ambulatory General Internal Medicine

Not Offered for 2008-09

The purpose of this elective is to familiarize students with principles of the practice of General Internal Medicine with particular emphasis on the practice of General Internal Medicine and the broad range of clinical practice of Internists in the ambulatory setting. Students will receive guidance and instruction in cost-effective medicine, critical appraisal, medical decision making and screening and diagnostic clinical strategies. This monthly rotation includes up to five clinics in diagnostic clinical strategies. Instruction in cost effective medicine, critical appraisal, medical decision making and screening and diagnostic strategies. This is a monthly rotation including up to five clinics in General Internal Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, Medicine Pediatrics and/or Geriatrics at TMC, MCLNO and/or the VA. Evaluation will be from written notes and oral presentations.

Jan Cooper, MD, Course Director
Department Contact: Kashley Hampton
Phone: (504) 988-7518
Fax: (504) 988-8252
Mailing Address: Section of General Internal Medicine
1430 Tulane Avenue, SL 16, New Orleans, LA 70112
Enrollment: 1 student, T1 or T2
Time of course: Wednesdays-8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sessions 1 and 2 (Continuation of course material)

Emergency Medicine Introduction at Tulane University Hospital

Students will become familiar with the specialty of Emergency Medicine through observation and limited hands-on Emergency Department experience. Students are encouraged to participate in patient care in three ways: learning the basic approach to the emergency patient, refreshing the memories of the residents and staff with their knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology as appropriate to the first or second year level of medical school, and assisting in such procedures as starting IVs, drawing blood, etc. when appropriate. They will interact with emergency medicine faculty in the ED discussing patient care and emergency medicine principles.

The 20 students enrolled in this course will be required to work for 5 consecutive hours on 4 separate days (a total of 20 contact hours ), and these days will be scheduled by the student throughout Session 4 and into the summer if need be.

Students will have a sheet for the attendings to sign, and at the conclusion of the course students will be required to submit these to the T-1 and T-2 representative in the Office of Student Affairs and must submit a copy to Dr. Moises.

Students may feel free to come to the Emergency Department to discuss their experiences anytime during the rotation with the Emergency Department Staff. Students are invited to check the ER schedule to see when Dr. Moises is working and come to those shifts.

James Moises, MD, Course Director
Email: jmoises@tulane.edu
Phone: (504) 858-4815
Enrollment: IMPORTANT: Students will be assigned to this elective course by the Office of Student Affairs using the random selection method.
20 students; T-1, T-2.
Time of course: Time to be individually arranged. Sessions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Students' schedules for this course must not conflict with medical school core courses. May be scheduled around impending tests.
Grading policy: Pass or Fail, based upon attendance sheet. All students must attend 5 sessions.

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