CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE ELECTIVE
Perform direct patient care in the ICU with appropriate supervision from residents, fellows, and attendings. Independent and guided evaluation of patient will occur daily; the ability to synthesize, distill and present large amounts of information are a key skill practiced during this course. Furthermore, critical care medicine involves many medical professions; effective inter-professional teamwork is emphasized. Independent reading is expected; didactic conferences are site-specific. Topics commonly addressed in critical care medicine include pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology and pathology, ventilator support, nutritional support, renal failure, fluids and electrolytes in critical illness, and hemodynamic monitoring.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing 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. Improved knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to critically-ill patients with respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, multi-organ failure and/or other life-threatening medical conditions. Audience: Graduate 2. Perform a hypothesis driven history. Audience: Graduate 3. Complete a targeted exam. Audience: Graduate 4. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 5. Using clinical evidence, select a working diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 6. Present diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities. Audience: Graduate 7. Interpret imaging and laboratory findings in the context of patient presentation. Audience: Graduate 8. Write admitting and daily orders. Audience: Graduate 9. Write daily progress notes including assessments and plans using standard format. Audience: Graduate 10. Present initial patient evaluation including assessments and plans. Audience: Graduate 11. Summarize patient’s hospital course during rounds and manage day to day care. Audience: Graduate 12. Give and receive patient handovers. Audience: Graduate 13. Write transfer notes and/or discharge summaries. Audience: Graduate 14. Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members. Audience: Graduate 15. Discuss how to call a code and roles of the different code team members. Audience: Graduate 16. Obtain informed consent for appropriate intern procedures. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Improved knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to critically-ill patients with respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, multi-organ failure and/or other life-threatening medical conditions. Audience: Graduate 2. Perform a hypothesis driven history. Audience: Graduate 3. Complete a targeted exam. Audience: Graduate 4. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 5. Using clinical evidence, select a working diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 6. Present diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities. Audience: Graduate 7. Interpret imaging and laboratory findings in the context of patient presentation. Audience: Graduate 8. Write admitting and daily orders. Audience: Graduate 9. Write daily progress notes including assessments and plans using standard format. Audience: Graduate 10. Present initial patient evaluation including assessments and plans. Audience: Graduate 11. Summarize patient’s hospital course during rounds and manage day to day care. Audience: Graduate 12. Give and receive patient handovers. Audience: Graduate 13. Write transfer notes and/or discharge summaries. Audience: Graduate 14. Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members. Audience: Graduate 15. Discuss how to call a code and roles of the different code team members. Audience: Graduate 16. Obtain informed consent for appropriate intern procedures. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027