Family Medicine - FAPH 548
Prerequisites:
Students must have completed all of the seven (7) required Junior Clerkships.
Location:
Family Medicine In-Patient Service
University of Maryland Hospital
Description and Goals:
The Family Medicine Inpatient Service is an active service that admits patients from the Family Health Center as well as unassigned patients from the Emergency Room. There are usually at least 10 patients on the service at any one time. Patients on our service have a wide variety of medical problems and range in age from newborn to elderly, and include OB and post-partum patients. Patients are also followed in telemetry beds. The staff includes an attending physician from the Family Medicine faculty, one first, one second, and one third year resident, and one or two fourth year medical students. There are many educational opportunities that focus on patient care, including formal attending rounds every day, daily morning report, weekly Grand Rounds and behavioral rounds.
Our goals are:
- To function as a teaching model for residents and medical students in the care of inpatients using the Family Medicine approach (holistic care, continuity of care, patient education, interdisciplinary team approach, family needs).
- To provide continuity of care for Family Medicine patients.
- To augment student's skills and knowledge in caring for hospitalized patients.
Responsibilities:
The senior resident who is in charge of the service will assign patients to the interns and student(s). Students act as sub-interns and manage their patients completely from admission history and physical to discharge. Any procedures that need to be done are the student's responsibility. Close supervision is always available.
Number of Students:
2
Time of Year Available:
Academic weeks 1-44
Hours:
Monday through Friday - Yes
Shiftwork - No
Evenings - No
Weekends - Yes
Call - Yes
Faculty Responsible:
Latrina Lemon, M.D.
Administrative Contact:
Mozella Williams, M.D.
(410) 328-8792
FAX (410) 328-8726
Additional Information:
Student(s) accepted for this sub-internship will need to find an acceptable replacement should he/she decide to drop the sub-internship.
Maximum number of days allowed to be missed due to Residency Interviews is two.
Last Revision: November 21, 2011