The rotation offers good patient material and complicated cases. The Infectious Disease Service at Madigan Army Medical Center provides an inpatient consultation service and oversees an active outpatient clinic. A medical student rotating on the service will have the opportunity to be involved in both areas by working closely with residents and staff. The goal of the rotation is to provide the student with a firm foundation in basic infectious disease knowledge and practice. Lectures on various topics in infectious diseases are given three to five times per week.
Students have patient responsibilities, write orders and are on -call.
This clerkship makes use of a number of teaching sites in Seattle, including the University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, and the VA Medical Center. Students will see inpatient consults with an Endocrine Attending and Fellow, and attend a variety of outpatient clinics. The outpatient experience includes subspecialty clinics in metabolic bone disease, intensive diabetes management, atherosclerosis prevention. Students will also spend several half days per week in the office of an endocrinologist in private practice. Finally, each student will select a topic for a reading project in endocrinology.