Pulmonary Medicine

ELEC625 / PMDN 615

Department
Internal Medicine

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
Yes

Prerequisites
Completion of Phase 2 Internal Medicine Clerkship

Goal
The student will work closely with the pulmonary medicine internist and, when available, the resident on the pulmonary service. The student will take an active role in the evaluation and management of patients with a wide variety of pulmonary diseases. The student will obtain proficiency in a pulmonary history and physical examination and be able to formulate a diagnostic and therapeutic plan. Ventilator management and care of intensive care unit patients will be stressed. Basic pulmonary physiology, arterial blood gas analysis, respiratory therapy modalities and pulmonary function testing will be taught.

Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Obtain a pulmonary disease history and perform a pulmonary evaluation.
  2. Demonstrate ventilator management and hemodynamic monitoring.
  3. Recognize pulmonary physiology and arterial blood gas analysis.
  4. Identify the various modalities of respiratory therapy.

Method of Assessment

  • Standard Clinical 4wk Elective Evaluation - Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail

Additional Methods
Review of histories and physical examinations done by the student; Daily contact with the pulmonary physician

Course Director
OSF: Deepak Taneja, MD / Carle-Methodist: Aiyub Patel, MD

Course Coordinator
Ashley Finney
afinney@uic.edu
309-840-7268

Location
SFMC or Carle-Methodist

Setting
Outpatient
Inpatient

Night Call
No

Laboratory
No

Weekends
No

House Staff
Yes

Number of Learners per Block
2

Duration
4 weeks

Who is this elective available to
M4s (in Phase 3)

Blocks Available
All except fall and winter break.