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Internal Medicine Clerkship Everything you need to know will be covered during orientation (the first day) and/or

included in the orientation packet/syllabus. This document is meant only to highlight particular information I. Dress Code & Equipment a. Please come prepared Everyone is expected to be in professional dress with a clean white coat. More specifically, women need nylons or socks on at all times, even in dress pants. Men should wear ties. b. Call days on the floor you can wear scrubs and comfortable shoes c. You are asked to bring ALL your equipment, but you can get away with bringing your stethoscope, reflex hammer, pen light, Maxwells book, and vibratory hammer. Schedule a. Mrs. Smith will provide a schedule the first day of rotation. The clerkship is divided into four, 3-week mini-rotations: VA-floor, Metro-floor, Neurology (VA or Metro), and out-patient. Scheduling is based on alphabetical order, NOT requests. b. While on the floor (VA or Metro) you will be placed with a team. Team takes call every 3rd day. For you, this entails spending the night in the hospital admitting new patients, writing H&Ps, etc. The post-call morning you will complete morning rounds with your team (be ready to present any patient that you did an H&P on) and tie up any lose ends your team has asked of you before you can leave. Do not leave until you have the approval of your attending! c. In the unfortunate circumstance that you become ill, have car trouble, etc PLEASE call Mrs. Smith, let the other students in your group know, AND call/text your resident. Textbooks a. You will need: MKSAP 5, Step-up to medicine, First Aid Step II CS (for OSCE) b. Recommended: Any ECG textbook (I used the orange book Rapid Interpretation) c. Case Files Internal Medicine (if you chose to use it) is located on Meharrys Digital Library Subject Board a. Many students used World, Kaplan Qbook, and MKSAP for the exam b. Use your time efficiently!!!!!! OSCE a. The 8 cases come from Step 2 CS book; practice them throughout the rotation b. Cases include: hypertensive follow-up, diabetes follow-up, migraine, jaundice, dizziness, bloody stool, mono, Call a. Pack food, bring your study materials (there is a lot down time), bring blanket/pillow (the hospital provides them, but they arent very comfortable) b. Practice reading ECGs with your team c. Email your H&Ps to yourself! You have to turn in 6 by the end of the semester. i. Dr. Bennerman will give you a sample H&P, use this to create a template for yourself that way when you encounter a new patient, all you have to do is fill in the blanks Cases a. Throughout the week you will go through cases with several attendings. Log on to www.med-u.org and register your Meharry email address to access the cases. Exams a. There will be 5 exams accounting for 10% of your grade. 4 of the exams the questions come from MKSAP 5. The questions are supposed to be coordinated with previous lectures but this usually isnt the case. For example if Dr. Knight lectures on pneumonia; before the exam do all the pulmonary

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questions, it is all fair game. The last exam is supposed to be based on the med-u cases (the first group didnt have to take this exam because it wasnt ready yet). b. Mrs. Smith will give you a practice exam the week of the exam; it is graded for completion only. These questions come from www.exammaster2.com i. Register your Meharry email address at exam master, for additional practice questions And Lastly a. Stay on Bennermans good side; a majority of your grade is subjective so your impression upon others and particularly Dr. Bennerman, will be reflected in your grade. b. Work together! Have each others numbers; stay connected and work hard!

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