Hospital Medicine Elective

(2 Credits)

This 2-week elective will introduce the student to the field of Hospital Medicine. The core clinical learning experience of this elective is the Medicine Consult Service at Tisch Hospital (and in some blocks the medicine consult service and/or procedure and POCUS consult team at Bellevue Hospital), where the student will round daily with a medicine consult attending, evaluating patients across surgical and other non-medicine services who require internal medicine expertise. Students will also be able to assist with bedside procedures as opportunities arise. This vantage point offers unusually broad exposure to hospital medicine: perioperative risk assessment and medical optimization, management of acute medical issues in hospitalized patients, and collaboration across specialties. The primary clinical site is Tisch Hospital. Additional experiences at Bellevue Hospital may be offered depending on faculty availability.