The nurse performs a medication-monitoring role by scheduling and reviewing patient's blood tests, necessary for drug therapy monitoring. A MMC medical student is in the early stages of training to become a physician. He or she may obtain a history and perform a physical exam as part of training, but all care provided by the medical student will be repeated by the staff consultant who is supervising the medical student. An Internal Medicine resident is a physician who has completed medical school and is continuing his or her medical education in the specialty of Internal Medicine. Residents are licensed physicians after one year of residency.
All care provided by a resident is supervised by a staff consultant.
A Rheumatology fellow is a physician who has completed 3 years of Internal Medicine training and has chosen to pursue additional training in the field of Rheumatology. Typically, a Rheumatology fellowship lasts 3 years. Rheumatology fellows may manage your care while at Mayo, under supervision of a staff consultant. A Rheumatology consultant is a Mayo Medical Center staff physician hired by Mayo Clinic who is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. Consultants are involved at various levels in patient care, research, education, and administration.