INPATIENT ACTING INTERNSHIP - ORTHOPEDICS

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: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform complete admission or pre-operative history and physicals, and document these in themedical chart. Audience: Graduate 2. Formulate a differential diagnosis and develop a diagnostic plan, including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze and interpret imaging and laboratory findings in context of patient presentation Audience: Graduate 4. Present patients to healthcare team in a well-organized manner that highlights pertinent positives and negatives, gives justification to diagnostic plan, and provides interpretation of results. Audience: Graduate 5. Write post-operative, admitting, and daily progress notes in the standard format on patients you are rounding on. Audience: Graduate 6. Write and justify orders based on working diagnosis and cost-effectivenes Audience: Graduate 7. Adjust home medications for preoperative and immediate post-operative situations. Audience: Graduate 8. Summarize patient’s hospital course during rounds and manage day-to-day care. Audience: Graduate 9. Research and present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate 10. Conduct a detailed preoperative assessment of assigned patients Audience: Graduate 11. Monitor and evaluate patients for common post-operative complications, develop treatment plansand present these to the team Audience: Graduate 12. Based on case load, develop clinically relevant questions to further your and your colleagues’ learning. Audience: Graduate 13. Give and receive patient handovers. Audience: Graduate 14. Write succinct yet thorough transfer notes and discharge summaries Audience: Graduate 15. Communicate effectively with inter-professional team members. Audience: Graduate 16. Request consultative services Audience: Graduate 17. Collaborate with consultants and other providers to coordinate patient care Audience: Graduate 18. Perform intern-level procedures with appropriate supervision. Audience: Graduate 19. Take ownership for assigned patients and thus be identified as a primary inpatient provider by team and family. Audience: Graduate 20. Demonstrate a comprehensive approach to the care of surgical patients beginning with their initialconsultation in clinic or admission to the hospital, and culminating with successful transfer of patient to next level of care or discharge Audience: Graduate 21. Demonstrate advancement in basic surgical skills, including, but not limited to, knot tying and simple suturing Audience: Graduate 22. Take call once weekly between 1800-2100. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform complete admission or pre-operative history and physicals, and document these in themedical chart. Audience: Graduate 2. Formulate a differential diagnosis and develop a diagnostic plan, including laboratory and imaging modalities Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze and interpret imaging and laboratory findings in context of patient presentation Audience: Graduate 4. Present patients to healthcare team in a well-organized manner that highlights pertinent positives and negatives, gives justification to diagnostic plan, and provides interpretation of results. Audience: Graduate 5. Write post-operative, admitting, and daily progress notes in the standard format on patients you are rounding on. Audience: Graduate 6. Write and justify orders based on working diagnosis and cost-effectivenes Audience: Graduate 7. Adjust home medications for preoperative and immediate post-operative situations. Audience: Graduate 8. Summarize patient’s hospital course during rounds and manage day-to-day care. Audience: Graduate 9. Research and present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate 10. Conduct a detailed preoperative assessment of assigned patients Audience: Graduate 11. Monitor and evaluate patients for common post-operative complications, develop treatment plansand present these to the team Audience: Graduate 12. Based on case load, develop clinically relevant questions to further your and your colleagues’ learning. Audience: Graduate 13. Give and receive patient handovers. Audience: Graduate 14. Write succinct yet thorough transfer notes and discharge summaries Audience: Graduate 15. Communicate effectively with inter-professional team members. Audience: Graduate 16. Request consultative services Audience: Graduate 17. Collaborate with consultants and other providers to coordinate patient care Audience: Graduate 18. Perform intern-level procedures with appropriate supervision. Audience: Graduate 19. Take ownership for assigned patients and thus be identified as a primary inpatient provider by team and family. Audience: Graduate 20. Demonstrate a comprehensive approach to the care of surgical patients beginning with their initialconsultation in clinic or admission to the hospital, and culminating with successful transfer of patient to next level of care or discharge Audience: Graduate 21. Demonstrate advancement in basic surgical skills, including, but not limited to, knot tying and simple suturing Audience: Graduate 22. Take call once weekly between 1800-2100. Audience: Graduate