STUDENT ELECTIVES MED 545-K Hematology I. Descriptive Information
Pre-requisite: Credit for Medicine 531/532
Duration: 4 weeks (available all blocks)
Number of Students: Minimum - 1; Maximum - 4
Locations: Straub Clinic and Hospital - Dr. Galen Choy Queen's POB II - Drs. William Loui, Melvin Palalay
Program director or Coordinator: Laurie Tam, M.D. II. Objectives The
student will learn to diagnose and manage patients with hematologic
disorders. III. Method Straub
Clinic & Hospital - Student will initiate workup and evaluation of
selected hematologic consultations and hematologic admissions to Straub Hospital (average 1 hour per
day). Daily rounds on all patients in hospital on hematologic service
(1 hour/day). Initiate workup and evaluation of selected outpatient
consultations in hematologists office (1 hour per day). Perform and
interpret all bone marrow examinations on hematologic service (1 hour per
day) with hematopathologist. Attend weekly tumor conference and
hematology-oncology conferences (2 hours per week). Prepare 1
conference to staff. Clinical investigation of one minor topic. IV. Evaluation 1.
Ongoing evaluation by the supervising physician will be used to assess the
student's acquisition of knowledge and application of this to patient care.
2. To obtain credit for this elective, all students must complete and
return the elective evaluation form to the Department of Medicine. Revised January 2007 MED 545-K |