MED 1801 INTERNAL MEDICINE CORE CLKSHIP
The internal medicine clerkship consists of eight weeks of general medicine inpatient medicine. Each student spends four weeks at Parkland Memorial Hospital and four weeks at an affiliate institution. The student is assigned patients under the supervision of house staff and attending physicians and, if assigned to a teaching team, also house staff. The clinical clerk is responsible for written admission work-ups, progress notes and oral presentations, as well as participation in the ongoing care of patients. The objectives of the clerkship are to develop proficiency in approaching the diagnosis and therapy of serious medical illness, to foster an appreciation of disease as the expression of deranged physiology, to inculcate habits of critical inquiry and self-education, and to enhance an appreciation of the physician’s responsibility to the patient. Teaching is carried out on rounds with your assigned team. Each student must undertake a systematic program of daily reading in standard texts and journals. Attendance at departmental events such as Grand Rounds, Clinical-Pathological Conference, the case presentations at noontime Potpourri and Residents’ Conference completes this educational experience.