STUDENT ELECTIVES

MED 545F Endocrinology

Pre-requisite:  Credit in Medicine 531/532

Duration:  4 weeks

Number of Students:  Minimum - 1; Maximum - 2

Location(s):

Tripler Army Medical Center, Endocrine Clinic- Drs. Judith Dickert, Thomas Francis

UCERA: Endocrine Service (Dr. Richard Arakaki), 677 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 1024, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813  

Program Coordinator:  Laurie Tam, M.D.           

I.     Objectives

            1. Provide the students with the opportunity to examine and evaluate patients with endocrine and metabolic disorders. 

            2. Provide the students with experience in the diagnosis and management of endocrine and metabolic disorders in the ambulatory care setting

            3. Provide the students with experience in the acute care management of endocrine and metabolic disorders.

            Major emphasis:

a. Evaluation and management of the disorders of glucose metabolism

b. Pathophysiology of endocrine disease; thyroid, pituitary, parathyroid, and adrenal diseases.

        c. Diagnosis and treatment of lipid disorders.

II. Method

UCERA: Endocrine Service

Students will participate in primarily outpatient service, and evaluate an occasional inpatient at Hawaii Medical Center-East or Queen's Medical Center as part of the acute care activities.

Tripler Service:

The major objective of this rotation will be to review endocrine pathophysiology in a clinical setting with particular emphasis on assessment and treatment plans. This will be accomplished through: 1) daily mornign endocrine clinics in which the student will initially evaluate a patient and will present the patient to a staff and will discuss the patient assessment and plans; 2) bi-weekly Nuclear Medicine conferences; and 3) weekly teaching rounds. The program is further supplemented by the availability of a Pediatric endocrinologist, GYN endocrinologist and Neurosurgery Service.

III.       Evaluation

1. The student's performance during the Elective will be evaluated by the supervising faculty members (Inpatient and Outpatient), and residents.

2. To obtain credit, all students must complete and return an Elective evaluation form to the Department of Medicine

IV. Non-University of Hawaii medical students will be considered on a space-available basis.

Revised February 2007   MED 545-F