Internal Medicine

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and solidify their skills in providing direct patient care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems; developing patient care plans; patient monitoring, including physical and laboratory assessment; and follow-up evaluation and documentation. Students will closely interact with members of health care teams, by providing information about patients’ pharmacotherapeutic agents, dosing regimens, dosage forms, routes of administration, delivery systems, etc. Placements will be in internal medicine/general medicine units where patients are managed using a team-based approach. Team members may include pharmacists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Students will also participate in rounding with healthcare teams, obtain patient histories, identify problems requiring therapeutic interventions, solve problems, consult with physicians, monitor patient outcomes, and provide educational sessions for professional staff.