Students may be asked to prepare a talk on an assigned topic while on this rotation. The student will be evaluated by the community preceptor using the Internal Medicine Department Standard Student Elective Evaluation Form. This form will be submitted to the Internal Medicine Education Office. The final grade will be issued by the Internal Medicine Department M-4 Curriculum Director based on the preceptor's evaluation. Absences beyond this must be made up in a manner arranged with the attending, i.e., taking extra call, working weekends, writing a paper, or making an extra oral presentation, etc.
All absences are to be approved by the attending in advance except for illness.
The student is to call the attending if ill, car troubles, etc. The department used the excused absence form supplied by the Dean's office. The Department of Internal Medicine incorporates official School of Medicine holidays into the schedule. The Coronary Intensive Care rotation allows the student to evaluate and treat these patients in close conjunction with medical residents, cardiology fellows and cardiology faculty. The objectives will be met by student's functioning as a junior intern with responsibility for performing history, and physical examinations, and making daily assessments of patients in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiology Ward.