Yale School of Medicine

Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Internal Medicine
333 Cedar Street
Room LMP-1072
P.O. Box 208056
New Haven, CT 06520-8056

Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship, students should be able to demonstrate competency of the following attitudes, skills, and knowledge:

Objective Taught By Evaluated By
I. Attitudes
  1. Demonstrate effective communication skills and professional behavior with patients, families, and other health care providers

Resident + Attending

Resident + Attending
II. Skills
  1. Obtain and record, in verbal and written format, a comprehensive history, physical examination and a problem focused assessment and plan for newly hospitalized patients. Students will be expected to evaluate 2-3 such patients per week.

Resident + Attending

Resident + Attending
  1. Obtain and record, in verbal and written format, a comprehensive history, physical examination and a problem focused assessment and plan for newly hospitalized patients. Students will be expected to evaluate 2-3 such patients per week.

Resident + Attending

Resident + Attending
  1. Ability to know the indications, hazards, and practical performance of common bedside procedures (including venipuncture, blood cultures, lumbar puncture, NG tube).

Resident + Attending

Resident + Attending
  1. Ability to recognize pathological physical findings of the heart, lung, and abdomen for patients with common medical problems requiring hospitalization.

Resident, Attending + Chief Resident

Resident, Attending + Chief Resident
  1. Render a concise presentation and comprehensive discussion of a patient

McArdle et al.

McArdle et al.
III. Knowledge
  1. Understanding of the clinical features, differential diagnosis, evaluation, and management of common medical illnesses requiring hospitalization

McArdle, Elias, + teaching Attending at Affiliated Hospitals + Resident / Attending

McArdle, Elias, + yeaching Attending at Affiliated Hospitals + Resident / Attending

These illnesses include

  • ischemic heart disease
  • anemia
  • congestive heart failure
  • community acquired pneumonia
  • syncope
  • pulmonary embolism
  • acute delerium in an elderly patient
  • ascites
  • acute pancreatitis
  • a mixed acid-base disorder
  • acute gastrointestinal bleed
  • diabetic ketoacidosis
  • community acquired meningitis
  • acute renal failure in a hospitalized patient
  • spinal cord compression and hypercalcemia in a patient with cancer
  1. Understand the basic approach to interpretation of EKG

Lampert and others
 
  1. Understand the basic principles and approach to interpreting diagnostic imaging procedures in radiology

Abrahan and others
 
  1. Understand the practical indications and interpretation of basic laboratory medicine tests and procedures

Landry and others
 
  1. Understand basic principles of clinical ethics, including medial professionalism and issues at the end of life

Duffy