During the Internal
Medicine Clerkship, you should aim to learn the fundamentals of
Internal Medicine, that is, health care for adults, that all graduates
of this School of Medicine should know, regardless of their subsequent
careers. It may help you to think of this as being divided into
two main categories:
1. The knowledge of Internal Medicine, including
at least three categories:
a. The care
of healthy adults;
b. The evaluation
of patients’ presenting clinical problems; and
c. The diagnosis
and management of patients with acute and chronic diseases.
[Please see the section on ‘Academic Half Days’ for details
of topics under each specialty].
2. The methods of Internal Medicine, as they
contribute to your overall competence in doctoring, as measured
on the six core competencies [Please see section on Grading & Evaluation
for more details on this evaluation]. We will emphasize the
fundamentals, including skills in gathering clinical findings from
history and physical, interpreting findings and test results, robust
diagnostic reasoning, sensible therapeutic decision-making, effective
communication and relationships, effective clinical learning, and
genuine professionalism.
Although 12 weeks may seem long, the aggregate of all your clinical
and academic duties will mean that the days are very full, so that
this learning will occur under substantial time pressure. In this
section, please find some ‘Frequently Asked Question’ sheets about
how to learn effectively during the Clerkship, and how to organize
the knowledge you learn about diseases and clinical problems. As
the Clerkship unfolds, we will work with you to find ways to maximize
the yield of your learning efforts in fair, realistic and practical
ways. |
