1-2 weeks | Selective
Students will have inpatient or outpatient experience seeing patients with acute and chronic kidney disease, hypertension, kidney stones, and kidney transplants.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Students attend rounds with their supervising consultant and residents and perform histories and physical examinations on new admissions and consultations. Opportunities are available to perform neurological procedures, such as lumbar puncture. Students will have the opportunity to see neurological emergencies such as status epilepticus and acute stroke.
3-8 weeks | Selective
The student will participate in inpatient, outpatient care, and/or hospice inpatient unit with the Palliative Medicine team.
3-8 weeks | Selective
This selective is primarily a hospital-based experience. In the morning, students attend daily teaching rounds with the hospital staff consultant. In the afternoon, students see hospital consultations in conjunction with the hospital staff person. Opportunities are provided for students to see the consultation and formulate their impressions and plan prior to the hospital staff consultation.
1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective
Students participate in the initial evaluation, treatment planning, management and follow-up care of patients. Students can participate in multidisciplinary cancer conferences as well as radiation oncology specific conferences. Exposure to special procedures, such as radioactive implants (brachytherapy), intraoperative electron beam radiation, gamma knife radiosurgery and whole-body irradiation (marrow transplant) also may be possible.
1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective
Vascular pathology ranges from life threatening emergencies to cosmetic procedures. The vascular surgery division aims to expose students to the wide range of vascular pathology and gain experience in evaluation of vascular pathology. With this experience students will be able to better triage vascular emergencies, urgencies and elective situations and scenarios.
3-8 weeks | Selective
Providing students with exposure to the field of aerospace medicine including clinical care, research, and education for pilots and aviation personnel. Field experiences at Cape Canaveral, FL will be offered pending availability.
1-2 weeks | Selective
High altitude is a common exposure for humans during recreational and professional activities. In this selective, students learn about maladaptive responses to high altitude including acute mountain sickness (AMS), High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) or High altitude cerebral edema (HACE).
1-2 weeks | Selective
Spaceflight and high-performance aircraft environments are now increasingly open to the general public. In this selective, students will learn how the environment of high-performance flight challenges human physiology, as well as how to counsel individuals who desire to engage in such activities.
1-2 weeks, 3-8 weeks | Selective
Students see patients with staff consultants. The clinical work will be in the outpatient department. Students who rotate for two or more weeks may have the opportunity to write a publication-quality paper on a topic of their choice within the specialty. Students spending a week on rotation may be asked to present one of the cases evaluated or a review of a focused question in a small group format.
