AI: Medicine, VU

School of Medicine

A student may serve as an acting intern on the Vanderbilt general medicine service, with direct supervision by an attending and upper level resident. Acting interns may carry up to 6 patients and may perform up to 3 admissions and 2 ICU transfers daily. Patients assigned will be selected for their teaching value, and the student will be expected to function as a member of the team at a supervised intern level for patient management and communication with other healthcare providers. This will include preparing the admission history and physical examination, entering orders, writing daily progress notes, presenting patients on daily work rounds, caring for a near intern-level patient census and coordinating discharge planning. This format provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate and manage patients with a wide variety of interesting disease processes and allows the acting intern to take more responsibility in the care of his/her patients in preparation for intern year.