Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Nephrology Elective
MED 612

Prerequisite: Fourth year medical students who have successfully completed their Internal Medicine clerkship. Availability is limited.

Objectives:

• Become proficient in the comprehensive evaluation/physical exam skills for new patients with renal disorders.
• Be familiar with the interpretation of laboratory, procedural and diagnostic data as it relates to renal diseases.

This clerkship offers students the opportunity to evaluate and manage patients with common renal problems, including acute and chronic renal failure, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, hypertension, hemodialysis and transplantation. Students round daily with a nephrologist.

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