Demonstrate proficiency in assisting in the performance of specialized procedures. Demonstrate counseling skills in care conferences with parents regarding their critically-ill newborn. Discuss ethical issues that arise in the care of the critically-ill newborn. Demonstrate team skills in the neonatal intensive care unit. Acting Internship Acting Internship in Psychiatry Clerkship Director: Martin Klapheke, M.D. MDI 8840 3 Full-time (4 weeks) (VA) Grading Basis: ABCF Primary Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Karl Isaacs Contact person: Dr. Silvana Montautti, (407) 599-1599 x 7402; ; & Andrea Gelber Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block First Day: Report to Lake Baldwin VA Triage on the 4th floor @ 8:00 a.m. Students should email Andrea Gelber get computer access codes. Increased level of responsibility for clinical assessment and treatment planning in Walk-In/Triage Clinic at V.A. Additional responsibilities for teaching 3rd year medical students. Objectives: Perform and document a complete psychiatric diagnostic evaluation in a patient population with a high level of acuity of treatment needs, identifying psychopathology, and developing appropriate biopsychosocial evaluation (laboratory, radiologic, and psychological testing) and treatment plans. Appropriately utilize the indications for psychiatric hospitalization, considering presenting problem and its acuity, risk of danger to patient or others, community resources, and family support; when necessary, help implement the process of involuntary hospitalization. Demonstrate the ability to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, utilizing relevant databases of psychiatric medicine, to improve patient care and teach 3rd year medical students rotating in Psychiatry. Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, families, and other health professionals and students. Acting Internship Acting Internship in Psychiatry V.A. Residential Care at Domiciliary Clerkship Director: Martin Klapheke, M.D.
2. Learn pediatric orthopedic common diagnoses and their management. 3. Read for the operative cases and be prepared for the operating room. 4. Understand the pathology of pediatric orthopedic disease. 5. Understand diagnostic tests commonly used in pediatric orthopedic patients. 6. Practice evidence-based medicine in reviewing the literature. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: 1. Utilize a pediatric orthopedic surgery textbook and journal articles to study pediatric orthopedic diseases. Acting Internship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery continued 2. Document patient care activities in the medical chart in a timely fashion. 3. Utilize electronic educational resources. Interprofessional and Communication Skills: 1. Learn to communicate well with families and children. 2. Learn to interact with surgical team. 3. Work well with other members of the health care team. Professionalism: 1. Continue life-long learning. 2. Maintaining confidentiality of patient information. 3. Maintain sensitivity to others’ cultures, age, gender, and disabilities. 4. Maintain accountability for personal actions and decisions. Systems-Based Practice: 1. Learn to communicate appropriately with families under the direction of Faculty. 2. Learn to communicate with the health care team members about the surgical patients. Learning Activities: The medical student will present in the weekly pediatric orthopedic surgery education conference. He/She will present in daily inpatient rounds, attend pediatric surgery clinic, and participate in the surgeries. He/She will also practice evidence-based medicine by performing literature searches on the pediatric orthopedic surgery diseases of their patients.
Full-time (4 weeks) (HF) MIMA Grading Basis: Pass/Fail Primary Faculty Supervisor: TBD Contact person: Amy Ettaro, (321) 725-4500 x7195; mima.com Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block First Day: Report to 1223 Gateway Drive, Melbourne, Fl 32901, 2nd floor Administration @ 9:00 a.m. Goals are advanced training and responsibility in the care of nephrology patients. The student will assume intern level responsibility for his/her patients and will be expected to see/provide care for approximately eight or more patients daily. Objectives: Demonstrate ability to assess and care for adult patients in the outpatient setting, initially and in an ongoing fashion. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills, with colleagues (oral and written presentations), patients and families. Demonstrate professional behavior at all times. ELECTIVES Internal Medicine Nephrology, Inpatient/Outpatient Clerkship Director: Sergio Salazar, M.D. MDE 8350 2 Must be scheduled through VSAS Full-time (4 weeks) Grading Basis: Pass/Fail (OH) Orlando Health Primary Faculty Supervisors: TBD Contact person: Sandra Ingram, GME Coordinator, (321) 841-3715; Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block First Day: Report to OH GME, 86 W. Underwood St., 1st floor lobby, Orlando, Fl @ 10:00 am where you will meet with Sandra Ingram and Alexander Arismendi. You should expect to receive a reminder email from Mr. Arismendi before the start of the rotation MDE 8350 Part-time (2 weeks) Grading Basis: Pass/Fail (FLG) Flagler Hospital Primary Faculty Supervisors: Dr. Amir Malik Contact person: Jennings, (904) 829-8300; ; Kari Bates, (904)819-4578; Maximum Enrollment: 1-2 each block First Day: Report to Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, Fl, 6th floor Medical Library @ 8:00 am This course provides an in-depth exposure to the diagnosis and treatment of renal disease in the hospital and outpatient setting through bedside teaching, didactic lectures, conferences and Grand
Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block Grading Basis: Pass/Fail Primary Faculty Supervisor: TBD Contact person: Sandra Ingram, GME Coordinator, (321) 841-3715; Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block Pediatric hematology and oncology including bone marrow transplant. On this rotation the student will be exposed to a wide spectrum of pediatric hematology and oncology diseases. Patient care and consultation experience will be provided primarily in the pediatric hematology/oncology clinic, as well as through inpatient consults, and inpatient experience can be obtained if desired. The student will observe lumbar puncture and bone marrow examination procedures. Students will spend approximately one day with the hematopathologist examining normal and abnormal peripheral blood smears and bone marrow slides. Objectives: Learn low to diagnose and treat hematologic problems in children. Understand mechanisms of immune manipulation in pediatric BMT. See and understand common childhood malignancies. Electives Ophthalmology/Pediatrics Genetics and Dysmorphology Clerkship Director: Colleen Moran-Bano, M.D. MDE 8438 7 Full-time (4 weeks) (NCH) Grading Basis: Pass/Fail Primary Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Wheeler Contact person: Tiffany Oreste, (407) 567-3224; Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block First Day: Report to Nemours Children’s Hospital lobby @ 8:30 am Students will become familiar with the systematic approach to evaluating a patient with a known or suspected genetic, cytogenetic, metabolic or dysmorphic order. Objectives: Students will be able to perform a physical examination with emphasis on identifying and describing congenital anomalies and dysmorphic features. Students will be able to elicit and construct three generation pedigree (family tree). Students will become familiar with how genetic counselors and geneticists approach counseling for conditions with Mendelian inheritance patterns (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked) and non-Mendelian inheritance patterns (mitochondrial, inheritance, multifactorial conditions and chromosomal abnormalities). Students will become familiar with on-line resources that are available for physicians caring for patients with genetic disorders.
Grading Basis: Pass/Fail Primary Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Julia Hegert Contact Person: Sandra Ingram, GME Coordinator, (321) 841-3715; Maximum Enrollment: 1 per (except July, August, & December) meet with Sandra Ingram and Alexander Arismendi. You should expect to receive a reminder email from Mr. Arismendi before the start of the rotation The course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity for in-depth study and performance of complete autopsies. Emphasis is placed on gross anatomy and gross and microscopic pathology as it is reflected in the living patient. The student will review the clinical charts and gather the adequate clinical information needed for the clinicopathological correlation of the disease process. Objectives: Upon complete the student will be able to abstract the clinical chart, perform an autopsy, describe gross specimens, prepare sections, interpret microscopic findings and present a summary of those cases for which he/she is responsible. Electives Surgery Surgical Pathology Clerkship Director: Orlando Gonzalez, M.D. MDE 8534 2 Full-time (4 weeks) (OH) Grading Basis: Pass/Fail Primary Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Orlando Gonzalez Contact Person: Sandra Ingram, GME Coordinator, (321) 841-3715; Maximum Enrollment: 1 each block (except July, August, & December) First Day: Report to OH GME, 86 W. Underwood St., 1st floor lobby, Orlando, Fl @ 10:00 am where you will meet with Sandra Ingram and Alexander Arismendi. You should expect to receive a reminder email from Mr. Arismendi before the start of the rotation The course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity for surgical specimen preparation and interpretation. Emphasis is placed on normal and histologic findings, gross and microscopic pathology and clinicopathologic correlation of the patient’s disease process. Objectives: At completion of the course, the student will be able to describe gross surgical specimens, prepare sections, interpret microscopic findings and make the necessary clinicopathological correlations.