In addition, the student is expected to attend all lectures and activities scheduled by the Department of Medicine. Students in the emergency room rotation will be given a written test at the end of the rotation. The senior podiatric medical students is introduced to a multi-disciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of diabetic patients with pedal pathology. Training includes exposure to the various sub-specialty areas important to the management of diabetics for a well rounded training experience that includes management of chronic pain syndromes produced by neuropathy and evaluation for orthopedic management and surgical remedies. This program of study, given in the junior year, addresses the radiological assessment of the podiatric patient and includes radiographs, evaluation of traumatic, metabolic, degenerative and neoplastic disorders.
Seniors rotate through the internal medicine departments of affiliated hospitals.
During their rotation month at these institutions, seniors are integrated into the internal medicine residency-training program and receive practical clinical training under the supervision of the attending staff. Student performance is evaluated by the attending staff and must be satisfactory in order to successfuly complete this rotation. This four-week, two hour rotation consists of reading radiographs of tumors, infection trauma and other pathology as well as CT and MRI review. The purpose is to refine the interpretative skills of the senior student in diagnostic imaging. This course provides the student with a basic working knowledge of general radiology to assist the student m assimilating into the hospital environment.