Adult Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Clinical Elective)

2 units

Students will participate in the outpatient Allergy Clinics located in Highlands Medical Building, Barnes-Jewish West County, and the Center for Advanced Medicine South County. Students will participate in allergy skin testing, pulmonary function testing, and drug challenges. They will have the opportunity to see patients with allergic rhinitis, asthma, hives, food allergy, immunodeficiency, eosinophilic esophagitis, hereditary angioedema, mastocytosis, contact allergic dermatitis, eczema, and more. They can attend allergy conferences on Thursday morning. Students have the option to follow a fellow and see inpatient consults at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.