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Education Overview

Medical Student Education

Rotations

3rd Year Required Rotations: (UF students only)

  • Inpatient Internal Medicine – 8 weeks (4 weeks in Jacksonville)
  • Outpatient Internal Medicine – 2 weeks (2 weeks in Jacksonville)

4th Year Required and Elective Rotations

Req. General Medicine – Jacksonville (MED R 1J)

The sub-internship in Medicine emphasizes building on skills learned in the third year with an emphasis on management of patients, disease processes, and time. Cross cover and training in the management of common medical emergencies encountered during an internship are key experiences. Acting interns are given essentially the same responsibility as interns with additional oversight by a resident.

Cardiology Inpatient and Consultative Services – Jacksonville (MED E 1J)

This elective involves rounding on the inpatient Cardiology Consultative service with the house-staff assigned to that rotation. This will generally consist of an internal medicine resident, a cardiology fellow and the attending physician in charge. Pre-rounds usually occur prior to meeting with the attending physician who will determine the exact hour to officially go over consults that have been pre-evaluated by the team (student, resident, fellow). Usually consults that come overnight are seen early in the am – time, order and distribution of these patients is determined by the Cardiology fellow who leads this pre-rounding.

Coronary Care Unit – Jacksonville (MED E 9J)

This elective involves rounding on the Cardiology Coronary Care unit with the house-staff assigned to that service. This will generally consist of two teams each formed by two or three residents (IM or EM) and a Cardiology Fellow. One attending physician is typically in charge of both teams. Call usually alternates between the two teams. Pre-rounds usually occur prior to meeting with the attending physician who will determine the exact hour to officially round on patients admitted to the CCU. The attending physician usually rounds with the post-call team first in the AM so as to allow them to finish early and stay within regulations of duty hours. Cardiology fellows oversee the assignments of patients to house-staff and the overall operations of their teams. Medical students will be working directly under the supervision of the house-staff assigned to them.

Critical Care (MICU) – Jacksonville (MED E 4J)

This elective involves rounding in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) with the attending physician, pulmonary/critical care fellow, and house staff. During this course, you will gain experience in all aspects of caring for critically ill, adult patients, including patient assessment, medical knowledge and management, procedures, quality initiatives, and communication with families and medical staff. It is comprised of a mixture of hands on patient care, formal and informal lectures and teaching rounds.

Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism – Jacksonville (MED E 10J)

The Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Clerkship provides hands-on experience in the evaluation and treatment of patients with endocrine and metabolic diseases. History and physical examination are emphasized during this clerkship. Endocrinology faculty, fellows and core program residents on the Adult Endocrine consult and clinic services instruct and supervise clerks. The consultation service evaluates referrals from the UF Health Jacksonville medical center. Students are given the opportunity to evaluate patients in the endocrinology clinics. Students learn from a wide variety of patients presenting with diabetes mellitus, lipid disorders, pituitary pathology, thyroid disease and metabolic bone disease. Clerks are exposed to thyroid ultrasound and thyroid fine needle aspiration. Weekly clinical conferences include presentation of clinical cases and student presentations on clinically inspired topics. Additional conferences include endocrinology core lectures, journal clubs, multidisciplinary conferences that include surgeons, pathologists, radiologists and radiation therapists and Endocrine Grand Rounds. Opportunities to work in a basic science lab are also available.

Clinical Gastroenterology – Jacksonville (MED E 2J)

This course will provide an introduction to an understanding of common digestive and liver diseases including pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. The course will include inpatient consultation, allowing the student to observe GI consultations for patients on the medical and surgical services. Students will also observe outpatient clinics, to gain knowledge in the management of patients with usual and unusual non-acute gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary problems, and a specialty clinic for patients with issues related to hepatology. Students will attend all didactic lectures, including the GI Grand Rounds Series, presented by the GI fellows and faculty on various topics (i.e., GI bleeding, peptic ulcer, jaundice, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis, etc.). The student will also have the opportunity to observe endoscopies and view advanced endoscopic techniques, such as luminal stenting, endoscopic mucosal resection, radiofrequency ablation, ERCP, and EUS.

Clinical Hematology/Oncology – Jacksonville (MED E 46J)

Outpatient clinical rotation and inpatient consult rotation in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology. Students will work directly with faculty to learn how to properly diagnose and manage hematologic and oncologic conditions. Students will work in a tertiary referral center and be exposed to a diverse array of conditions in a predominantly underserved urban patient population.

Infectious Disease Consult Service – Jacksonville (MED E 7J)

The Infectious Diseases Consult Service provides students with an introduction to this challenging and expanding area of medicine. Direct clinical experience is provided in hospital inpatient consultation, outpatient consultation, care of patients with HIV and AIDS, and hospital epidemiology. Students function as members of the Consult Team, evaluating and participating in the care of patients on all adult services, including surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and critical care. The syndrome approach to the diagnosis of infectious diseases is emphasized, and students participate in didactic sessions which review common infectious disease syndromes and topics.

Nephrology Consult Service – Jacksonville (MED E 6J)

This course will provide an understanding of clinical nephrology at an introductory level, including acute and chronic hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation, hypertension, and all forms acid-base and electrolyte disorders. Students will also gain exposure to inpatient consultation of acute and chronic patients and observe outpatient clinics to gain an understanding of the diagnoses and treatment for a large variety of different renal diseases.

Pulmonary Medicine – Jacksonville (MED E 3J)

This elective involves rounding on the inpatient Pulmonary Medicine consult service with the attending physician and housestaff that are usually assigned to the service. It includes one half day in the outpatient clinic and one half day on the Consult Service. Usually, a broad array of both common and uncommon disease states are discussed.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology – Jacksonville (MED E 47J)

Rheumatology is a two- or four-week rotation where students will spend each morning and afternoon rotating through various outpatient clinics as well as attend inpatient hospital rounds. Inpatient Rounds is on Monday/ Wednesday and Friday mornings. Students will be given an opportunity to see a wide variety of disorders including but not limited to diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, gout etc. Students will also have the opportunity to observe musculoskeletal ultrasound. Students will observe and may assist in joint injections and aspirations under the supervision and guidance of fellows and attendings in rheumatology. They will attend educational conferences through the division of rheumatology. The rotation may be tailored to match any specific area of interest.

To apply, please visit the medical student – application process page.

Contact Us

For more information about our medical student programs, please contact our student liaisons below or visit Medical Student Education.

Lavetta Jones

Clerkship Administrator

(904) 244-8314
Lavetta.Jones@jax.ufl.edu

Kristyn L. Lewis, M.D.

Clerkship Director

Lauren N. Stemboroski, D.O.

Associate Clerkship Director

(904) 427-7275

Mailing Address

Department of Medicine
UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville
653-1 West 8th Street, L20
4th Floor, LRC
Jacksonville, FL 32209
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