UC DAVIS GENERAL CATALOG--Programs and Courses

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Internal Medicine--General Medicine (GMD)

Professional Courses

*Course not offered this academic year.

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Upper Division Course

192. Internship in General Medicine (1-12) I, II, III, IV. J. Robbins and staff

Internship--3-36 hours; final report. Prerequisite: upper division standing; approval of project by preceptor prior to internship. Supervised work experience in general medicine. May be repeated for credit up to 12 units. (P/NP grading only.)

Professional Courses

460. General Medicine Consults (1-18) I, II, III, IV. The Staff (Division Chief in charge)

Clinical activity (inpatient-outpatient service)--40 hours. Prerequisite: fourth-year medical students with consent of instructor; a general medicine clerkship. Supervised opportunity to see entire spectrum of medical problems encountered by a general internist. Student spends time in General Medicine Clinic and on the General Medicine Consult Service. Consultation Service is particularly concerned with medical evaluation of surgical patients. Limited enrollment.

470. Health Care Ethics (3-9) I, II, III, IV.

Discussion and conference--full time (2-6 weeks). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Guided independent study of issues in biomedical ethics, with discussion of readings that are based on student interests and needs. Student participation in ethics rounds. (S/U grading only.)

480. Insights in General Medicine (1-3) I, II, III, IV. Robbins

Clinical activity--one to nine 4-hour sessions; rounds--one to nine 2- to 4-hour sessions. Prerequisite: student in good academic standing and consent of instructor. Student will observe work-up, diagnostic evaluation and management of common general internal medicine problems in ambulatory and inpatient settings; be supevised by attending physician while attending General Medicine Clinic and/or Consult Rounds; and make brief presentations to consult service. (S/U grading only.)

485. Introduction to Health Care Ethics (1) I. Loewy

Lecture--10 weeks. Prerequisite: medical student in good standing. Introduction to concepts and methods of healthcare ethics. Emphasis on problems and methods. (S/U grading only.)

499. General Medicine Research (1-18) I, II, III, IV. The Staff

Discussion--3 hours; clinical research--8-40 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Student will be involved in a clinical research problem within the areas, interest and expertise of members of Division of General Internal Medicine. Alternatively, the research effort will be directed toward investigation of a clinical problem of general medical interest. May be repeated for credit.


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UC Davis 1998-99 Online General Catalog. Posted July 31, 1998.
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