General Information | Selectives | Electives | Sub-Internship/Lectures
- Is a required rotation for all senior students and offered at three different hospital
sites (VAMC/JCMC/HVMC).
Senior Students Academic Half Day: During the Sub-Internship, students are required to attend the M4 academic half day
(AHD) regardless of students primary assignment venue The AHD is a new mandatory educational
activity held weekly on Thursday afternoons during blocks where Sub-Internship is
offered. It is from 1-5pm in Building 1 VA campus in the Medicine or Pathology Conference
room. Standardized curriculum for the Medicine Sub-internship includes a combination
of core conferences on Cardinal Manifestations of Disease (common patient complaints
faced by interns regardless of specialty), and case-based discussions reinforcing
the core conferences. A live group feedback session will also be held each block,
along with a core session on systems-based practice and a career planning session.
Lectures are presented by teaching staff, fellows and chief residents. Lectures will
be recorded and will be available on this website for students scheduled for Sub-Internship
during blocks where no selectives are offered and so no live AHD is available.
AHD usual schedule and speakers:
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Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
Recorded Lecture |
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WEEK ONE |
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2 PM |
System Based Practice |
Jeffrey Summers, MD |
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3 PM |
Fever |
Lamis Ibrahim, MD |
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4 PM |
Chest X-Ray |
Mudher Al Shathir, MD |
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WEEK TWO |
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1PM |
Alt Mental Status |
Parveen Gaba, MD |
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2 PM |
Alt Mental Status |
Parveen Gaba, MD |
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3 PM |
Abdominal Pain |
Larry Schmidt, MD |
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4 PM |
Abdominal Pain |
Dhara Chaudhari, MD |
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WEEK THREE |
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1 PM |
Dyspnea |
Jason Green, MD |
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2 PM |
Dyspnea |
Jason Green, MD |
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3 PM |
Headache |
Ashok Gaba, MD |
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4 PM |
Headache |
Ashok Gaba, MD |
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WEEK FOUR |
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1PM |
Chest Pain |
Vastal Ladia, MD |
Chest Pain |
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2 PM |
Chest Pain |
Vastal Ladia, MD |
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3 PM |
Feedback Session |
Lamis Ibrahim, MD |
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A live group feedback session will also be held each block, along with a core session on systems-based practice and a career planning session. Lectures presented by teaching staff, fellows and chief residents.
Evaluation
Students performance will be observed and informally evaluated at all times by the
attending physicians of clinical rotations. Standardized evaluation forms will be
used at the end of rotations. The attending physicians will be notified electronically
through New Innovations to complete the evaluations. After the evaluation is completed
the clerkship secretary retrieves it and notates it on the Banner System and forwards
it to Student Affairs. Registrars office record evaluation grade. It is pass/fail
grading.
Absences
Due to the short length of each Senior Internal Medicine Selective/electives, 100%
attendance will be expected. Excused absence should be approved by the course director.
Please also refer to the QCOM Fourth Year Attendance Policy QCOM New Innovations website.
CONTACT NUMBERS FOR HOSPITALS
In the event of a needle stick, splattered blood, etc., the student should immediately
contact the following people so the necessary paperwork and testing may be started.
Hospital Medical Education Contacts:
JCMCH | Tawanna Holland | 423-431-6431
VAMC | Lisa Myers or Stephen Culbertson | 423-926-1171
Wellmont HVMCH | Rita Forrester | 423-224-5075
