MEDICINE ELECTIVE IN ASIA

 

I.         Descriptive Information

 

Title:  MED 545-D  Medicine Elective in Asia

Department:  MEDICINE

Pre-requisite:  Credit for 3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship (Medicine 531/532 for JABSOM students) and credit for Advanced Medicine (Medicine 541 for JABSOM students)

Duration:  4 weeks minimum

Number of Students:  Dependent on elective site

Location(s): Various elective sites in Asia

(See Institutions with Memorandum of Agreements with JABSOM)

            Program Director:  Laurie Tam, M.D.

 

II.        Objectives

  1. To increase students’ knowledge of diseases affecting adults in Asia

  2. To expose students to the practice of internal medicine or its subspecialties in Asia and to compare this to the practice in the U.S and in Hawaii

  3. To expose students to the care of adult patients in Asia and to compare this to the care of adult patients in the U.S and in Hawaii

 

III.      Methods (see Information and Instructions for Students)

  1. Students will choose an elective site with the assistance of Dr. Satoru Isuzu

  2. Students will submit an Education Plan, including specific Learning Objectives and Learning Strategies, which must be approved by UH Department of Medicine and by the elective site.

  3. The student will complete the elective as outlined by the approved Education Plan.

IV.      Evaluation

  1. Before the end of the elective, the supervising elective preceptor(s) will complete a Student  Evaluation Form.

  2. Within 2 weeks after the elective ends, the student will complete a Student Evaluation of Elective Form.

  3. Within 4 weeks after the elective ends, the student will complete a written report.

  4. There is no formal examination.

V.        Only University of Hawaii medical students are accepted for this elective.