Hospital Medicine

2 credits · School of Medicine

The student on the Hospital Medicine elective will help manage acutely ill patients as a member of the Hospital Medicine Service. Through a variety of shifts, the following major learning areas may be emphasized: 1) Management of inpatients on the hospital medicine service. 2) Admitting patients from the emergency room, transferred from outside hospitals, or as direct admissions from clinic. 3) Overnight patient care including patient admissions, cross cover emergencies, and transitions of care. 4) Procedures including line placement, thoracentesis, paracentesis, and lumbar puncture through participation and direct observation. This course is a two-week course. When contacting the course director with interest, please indicate if you prefer the first or second two weeks of the four-week block. Prerequisite: Permission of course director is required. Contact talia.bernal@duke.edu for permission to enroll. Enrollment Max.: 2. Credit: 2. Talia Bernal, MD