INPATIENT ACTING INTERNSHIP-INTERNAL MEDICINE
As an inpatient medicine acting intern (AI), you will have primary responsibility for patients actionable in four domains: 1. Management: As an AI, you will develop actionable management and treatment plans based on your history, physical exam and targeted data. 2. Communication: AIs will communicate with colleagues, primary care providers and consultants. AIs will demonstrate thorough patient hand-offs and write concise discharge summaries that will be integral to patient care. 3. Learning: Patient care issues will be the central guide for learning, directing reading, consultation and research. AIs will formulate questions based upon clinical dilemmas, research the appropriate literature and databases to find the answers, and apply findings to the care of individual patients. 4. Organization: As the primary inpatient provider for patients, AIs will develop efficiency in accomplishing the day to day tasks necessary for the coordination and management of patient care.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a hypothesis driven history Audience: Graduate 2. Complete a targeted exam Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis (EPA 2) Audience: Graduate 4. Using clinical evidence, select a working diagnosis (EPA 2) Audience: Graduate 5. Present diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 6. Interpret imaging and laboratory findings in the context of patient presentation Audience: Graduate 7. Write admitting and daily orders (EPA 4) Audience: Graduate 8. Justify orders based upon working diagnosis and cost-effectiveness (EPA 4) Audience: Graduate 9. Complete written patient evaluation using standard format Audience: Graduate 10. Write daily progress notes including assessments and plans using standard format Audience: Graduate 11. Present initial patient evaluation including assessments and plans Audience: Graduate 12. Based on case load, develop clinically relevant questions to further individual and team learning Audience: Graduate 13. Give and receive patient handovers (EPA 8) Audience: Graduate 14. Write transfer notes and/or discharge summaries (EPA 8) Audience: Graduate 15. Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members (EPA 9) Audience: Graduate 16. Collaborate with consultants and other providers to coordinate patient care (EPA 9) Audience: Graduate 17. Identify a critically ill patient and whom to notify to get help (EPA 10) Audience: Graduate 18. Discuss how to call a code and roles of the different code team members Audience: Graduate 19. Obtain informed consent for appropriate intern procedures (EPA 11) Audience: Graduate 20. Perform intern procedures with minimal supervision (EPA 12) Audience: Graduate 21. Summarize patient's hospital course during rounds and manage day to day care. Audience: Graduate 22. Present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a hypothesis driven history Audience: Graduate 2. Complete a targeted exam Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis (EPA 2) Audience: Graduate 4. Using clinical evidence, select a working diagnosis (EPA 2) Audience: Graduate 5. Present diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 6. Interpret imaging and laboratory findings in the context of patient presentation Audience: Graduate 7. Write admitting and daily orders (EPA 4) Audience: Graduate 8. Justify orders based upon working diagnosis and cost-effectiveness (EPA 4) Audience: Graduate 9. Complete written patient evaluation using standard format Audience: Graduate 10. Write daily progress notes including assessments and plans using standard format Audience: Graduate 11. Present initial patient evaluation including assessments and plans Audience: Graduate 12. Based on case load, develop clinically relevant questions to further individual and team learning Audience: Graduate 13. Give and receive patient handovers (EPA 8) Audience: Graduate 14. Write transfer notes and/or discharge summaries (EPA 8) Audience: Graduate 15. Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members (EPA 9) Audience: Graduate 16. Collaborate with consultants and other providers to coordinate patient care (EPA 9) Audience: Graduate 17. Identify a critically ill patient and whom to notify to get help (EPA 10) Audience: Graduate 18. Discuss how to call a code and roles of the different code team members Audience: Graduate 19. Obtain informed consent for appropriate intern procedures (EPA 11) Audience: Graduate 20. Perform intern procedures with minimal supervision (EPA 12) Audience: Graduate 21. Summarize patient's hospital course during rounds and manage day to day care. Audience: Graduate 22. Present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027