MS4 Catalog

Consulting Service in Medicine

LOCATION: Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia
PRECEPTOR: General Internal Medicine Faculty
DURATION: 2 weeks minimum
OFFERED: Continuously
MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT: 1 student
STATUS: Elective

Objectives

  1. To gain appreciation of the role of the internist as a consultant.
  2. To become familiar with pre-operative evaluations.
  3. To perform focused medical assessments and manage medical problems in patients who are on services other than internal medicine.
  4. To be better prepared for the role of consultant resident.

Methods to Achieve Objectives

The student will be part of a consultation team and will evaluate requests for general internal medicine consults with the resident. Cases will be discussed with an attending physician. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating patient's complaints using history and physical examination. The indications for diagnostic tests will be discussed. The student will also learn important criteria in the preoperative evaluation of patients and medical preparation for surgery. There will be an opportunity to follow patients perioperatively. Valuable experience will be gained by dealing with the postoperative care of complicated patients. A cost-effective, evidence-based approach to perioperative issues will be emphasized.

Examination Procedures and Evaluation Criteria

Daily observation.

Pre-Rotation Instructions

Contact: Dr. Lindsay Sunzeri

Where to show up 

8SE Hospitalist workroom

  • Take the Southeast elevators to the 8SE wing of RMH
  • Hospitalist workroom is located just to the right as you step out of the elevators

Who to contact

  • You will be working with the residents and Hospitalist staff during this rotation
  • To find out which residents are working with you on day 1 of your rotation, you can use the online call schedule if you have access to this prior to your rotation. If you do not, please email at least 1 week before your rotation, and Dr. Sunzeri can inform you.
  • The hospitalist staff changes from week to week, so you may be working with several different attendings during your rotation.

When to show up

  • The residents start their day at 7am, please meet them at 7am in the hospitalist workroom and they will give you a patient assignment.