Elective Years 3 and 4: General Internal Medicine Ward Consultation Service

Department: Medicine
Title:

General Internal Medicine Ward Consultation Service

Diversification = R1 Internal Medicine
Location: University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital
Duration: Minimum 2 weeks
Contact:

University of Alberta Students: Placement Contact for UAH Carrie Hlady carrie.hlady@ualberta.ca 

Placement Contact for RAH: Lori Hawrelak rahgimed@ualberta.ca

Visiting Canadian Medical Students: visitingelectives@ualberta.ca
Overview:

Consultations make up a major component of the clinical practice of all medical specialists including General Internists. General Internists routinely provide consultations for primary care physicians as well as for other specialists including consultations for per-operative care for surgical inpatients.

Students rotating through the GIM Ward Consult Service will be exposed to assessment of preoperative patients and a wide range of consultations involving inpatients from surgical services. Psychiatry and Family Medicine or other medical subspecialty services. They will also likely see patients in the General Internal Medicine Urgent Access Clinic.

The learners assigned to the GIM Ward Consultation Services are as follows:

GIM Faculty Member
GIM R4/R5 (if applicable)
Ward/UAC/PAC Senior Resident
Year 4 SI Selectives (if applicable)
Elective Residents/Students (if applicable)
Objectives:

To demonstrate familiarity with the consultational process through and by:

  1. Identification of specific reasons for referral.
  2. Obtaining pertinent patient history.
  3. Demonstration of physical examination skills to identify important related physical findings.
  4. Integration of findings in history, physical examination, results of laboratory investigation and generate a comprehensive problem list and differential diagnosis.
  5. Develop and outline effective plans for further investigations and management of the referred patient.

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To compose and write focused but complete data bases on referred patients, and document this information clearly and neatly in the medical record.

Can MEDS 2000 1,2,3,4,7

To provide clear verbal presentations of patient case summaries that integrate pertinent findings on histories, related physical and laboratory findings, and initial recommendations.

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Identify the important elements of pre-operative assessments, and the peri-operative management of medical problems on surgical services.

Can MEDS 2000 1,3,4,5,6,7

To demonstrate self directed learning abilities in response to medical questions or problems encountered on the service, by performing literature searches, critical appraisal and the integration of evidence into clinical practice.

Can MEDS 2000 1,2,6,7

To describe and explain the value of a team approach to patient care through consultations.

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To demonstrate professional attitudes and behaviors throughout the rotation, in all interactions with patients, their families, and other health care professionals.
Additional Notes:

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  1. Undergraduate medical students in Canadian institutions.
  2. Year 3 and Year 4 Medical Students MUST have completed their 6-8 week Internal Medicine rotation in order to be considered. Your request will be denied if you do not meet this prerequisite.

Priority Policy: In order to utilize all available elective times, priority will be given to earlier applications. Students are to apply as early as possible. When more than 1 student applies at the same time for the same elective period, medical students in the University of Alberta Medicine Program will be given priority over students applying from other centres in Canada.

Students completing elective rotations on the GIM Consultation service will be evaluated by the supervising staff consultants, based on direct observations of their performance, written data bases, progress notes and consultation reports, as well as input from the Senior Resident on the service and other health care professionals interacting with the service.

NetCare access required for this elective. Connect Care access is required for this elective.
Last Updated: December 5, 2022