hyloran
09-14-2006, 04:16 PM
I'm finishing up my IM rotation here in a couple of weeks. As far as my experience goes, I think this is one of the best rotations that MUA offers in terms of the amount of teaching that they give you. It's definitely not for the light-hearted because from day 1, they treat you almost like an intern and you are expected to quickly fill in the gaps in your knowledge. However, the residents are very friendly with the students and they treat you as one of their own as well.
You get to rotate through different settings here; the regular medical floors, ICU and Telemetry. Usually it's 4 weeks in each setting, but I wanted more floor exposure, so I did 6 wks on the floor and only 2 in Telemetry. The ICU part of the rotation here is what really makes this IM rotation shine; Dr. P who is the head of critical care is really smart and a really nice guy as well. And his teaching style is very laidback and systematic (the man loves lists). That said, the floors are great as well; because you can typically pick up anywhere from 1-2 patients and basically 'manage' them as your own with your intern and resident helping you along the way.
On the floors, you work in a team; you are assigned to one upper-year resident and one intern. You follow the same call schedule as your team, but you can leave by 10 (or earlier if your resident lets u go). Weekends are optional. This is similar to Telemetry, except there are no calls for Telemetry. While on the floors, there is a mandatory teaching session in the morning every day, followed by morning report, followed by noon conference. Telemetry has its own teaching session every morning as well as noon conference.
In the ICU, you typically aren't 'assigned' to anyone; you work with whichever intern is responsible for the patient you are following. In the ICU, we have morning and afternoon rounds, which is where most teaching occurs. There is also an afternoon teaching session as well as the regular noon conference.
So that's pretty much all I can think of. If anybody has questions about the place, go ahead and post them and I will try to answer as best as I can.
Good luck,
HL
You get to rotate through different settings here; the regular medical floors, ICU and Telemetry. Usually it's 4 weeks in each setting, but I wanted more floor exposure, so I did 6 wks on the floor and only 2 in Telemetry. The ICU part of the rotation here is what really makes this IM rotation shine; Dr. P who is the head of critical care is really smart and a really nice guy as well. And his teaching style is very laidback and systematic (the man loves lists). That said, the floors are great as well; because you can typically pick up anywhere from 1-2 patients and basically 'manage' them as your own with your intern and resident helping you along the way.
On the floors, you work in a team; you are assigned to one upper-year resident and one intern. You follow the same call schedule as your team, but you can leave by 10 (or earlier if your resident lets u go). Weekends are optional. This is similar to Telemetry, except there are no calls for Telemetry. While on the floors, there is a mandatory teaching session in the morning every day, followed by morning report, followed by noon conference. Telemetry has its own teaching session every morning as well as noon conference.
In the ICU, you typically aren't 'assigned' to anyone; you work with whichever intern is responsible for the patient you are following. In the ICU, we have morning and afternoon rounds, which is where most teaching occurs. There is also an afternoon teaching session as well as the regular noon conference.
So that's pretty much all I can think of. If anybody has questions about the place, go ahead and post them and I will try to answer as best as I can.
Good luck,
HL