Medicine (MED)

During Internal Medicine clerkship, students will acquire knowledge and skills required to care for adult patients in the hospital environment. This is an eight-week experience; students spend four weeks at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and four weeks at one of our academic affiliates, allowing for exposure to a diverse group of patients. Clinical experiences and didactics focus on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of disease processes commonly seen in internal medicine and requiring hospitalization. Additional projects will help hone procedural skills, focus on evidence-based and cost-conscious care, and apply literature review to patient care. Students partake in team based care of patients, and will learn the roles and responsibilities. of various healthcare professionals. Offered at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and affiliate locations (8 weeks total, two 4-week rotations).

Departmental research is scheduled after consultation with the department and approval of a research project. Students may complete up to 12 credits (or 8 weeks) of research in Phase 3. Students wishing to count their research project towards the SI requirement in Phase 3, must receive permission from the SI Director and complete a capstone project.

Students will participate in the inpatient care of patients with the Farber Hospitalist group at both TJUH and JHN. One student will be assigned to each location. They will see patients with the Farber Hospitalist group 5 days/week for two weeks. They will work closely with the Gibbon Farber Consult attending and the JHN Farber attendings to see a variety of surgical patients and provide consultative/perioperative care. Students will learn and become familiar with performing preoperative assessments including cardiac risk stratification prior to surgical procedures, optimizing medical comorbidities preoperatively, appropriately modifying a patient’s medication regimen perioperatively, and managing postoperative complications including but not limited to postoperative fever, anemia, pain, electrolyte disorders, hypotension, venous thromboembolism, ileus, encephalopathy etc.