Medicine Pathway
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Medicine Pathway |
Pathway Director and Site Coordinator:
Drexel University College of Medicine
Amy Fuchs, M.D.
Hahnemann University Hospital
Broad & Vine, Mail Stop 427
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
(215) 762-7296 Phone
(215) 762-3869Fax
Amy.Fuchs@drexelmed.edu
Coordinator: Kate Lewyckyj
(215) 762-7296 Phone
(215) 762-3869 Fax
Klewycky@drexelmed.edu
Associate Pathway Directors, Site Coordinators and
Teaching Sites: Site Associate Director Site Coordinator HUH Howard Miller, M.D. Kate Lewyckyj AGH Jennifer Lewis, M.D. Mamie Staudenmaier
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Drexel University College of Medicine
Broad & Vine, Mail Stop 427
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192
(215) 762-2514 Phone
hmiller@drexelmed.edu
(215) 762-7296 Phone
(215) 762-3869 Fax
Klewycky@drexelmed.edu
Allegheny General Hospital
Department of Medicine
320 East North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 359-8811 Phone
(412) 359-8811 Phone
(412) 359-8152 Fax
The major goal of the Department of Medicine's Senior Year Discipline-based Pathway is to assist students in structuring their senior year to prepare them for residency training in internal medicine. The pathway includes rotations in the ambulatory setting, as well as in inpatient and critical care areas. Students also are guided to selection of electives in various medicine and non-medicine disciplines, and should use these menus to increase their knowledge bases in areas where they feel deficient and broaden their exposure to areas that complement the practice of internal medicine.
Click here for a summary table of the Medicine Pathway.
Six elective course selections are offered in the Pathway. These electives may be served at either "home" or "away" sites. Students are only permitted to take a maximum of 5 courses (20 weeks) in medicine, including the medicine subinternship.
Subinternship in Medicine
See the description of
the Subinternship in Medicine included in the required coursework
for all pathways.
Neurology Course
See the description of the Neurology Course included
in the required coursework for all pathways.
Subinternship in MICU, CCU or Emergency Medicine
Students will choose a second subinternship in either the Medical Intensive
Care Unit, the Cardiac Care Unit or the Emergency Department. This will enable
to students to gain experience with more critically ill medical patients.
Ambulatory Care in General Internal Medicine
Ambulatory experience in General Internal Medicine is considered an
essential component of medical training for the future. The overwhelming number
of medical problems seen in clinical practice are encountered in the ambulatory
environment of the clinic or office. The student may select a general Ambulatory
Internal Medicine experience or an Ambulatory experience in a Medicine Subspecialty,
such as HIV Medicine or Ambulatory Hematology and Oncology. "Away"
sites for Ambulatory Care may be selected from any of the approved LCME-accredited
Schools of Medicine and ACGME-approved residencies in Internal Medicine. The
ambulatory rotation is strongly recommended for students in the Medicine Pathway.
Department Of Medicine - Medicine Subspecialty Electives
It is recommended that the student choose two Elective Courses from
the standard list of Medicine subspecialties. These subspecialty experiences
may be from the DUCOM "home" clinical sites or an "away"
clinical site of an LCME-approved medical school or ACGME-approved residency
affiliated program. These experiences will broaden students’ exposure
to subspecialty medicine in consultative care and/or primary care settings.
Two Medicine Subspecialty rotations are strongly recommended for students in
the Medicine Pathway.
Department of Medicine Subspecialty Menu
Non-Medicine Elective
The student will benefit from experience in a non-medicine discipline.
This can be done at either a "home" or "away" site. It is
recommended that an experience in Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry,
Pediatrics, etc, be chosen to broaden the senior student educational process
that would be complementary to the Medicine discipline experience.
Non-Medicine Electives Menu
Free Electives
Two free electives can be chosen by the student. These may be at either
a "home" or an "away" clinical site. The student may choose
from any major discipline, including subspecialties in Medicine. The broadening
of the student's experience in a number of non-Medicine clinical experiences
will certainly allow for a sound preparation for graduate medical education,
as well as future practice knowledge base. These free elective courses should
provide for a multidisciplinary flavor of the senior student's curriculum.
The standard textbooks of Medicine are recommended as references including: Harrison's and Cecil. The Washington Manual is recommended as a quick reference while working on the wards.
The student's clinical performance while on elective course assignments will be evaluated by both the supervising attending physician, and resident when appropriate, using the standard DUCOM clinical evaluation form. This completed form should be forwarded as soon as possible to the office of the Department of Medicine senior student Pathway Course Director for assessment and data entry. Students not receiving a grade of satisfactory or higher will be counseled and provided with remediation.