Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Pulmonary Medicine Elective
MED 614

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 pulmonary disorders.
• Understand laboratory, procedural and diagnostic data as it relates to pulmonary diseases.

Students are assigned to a pulmonary service and participate in daily rounds with pulmonologists. Students participate in the management of acute respiratory failure with a significant emphasis on ventilatory management. Treatment of acute pulmonary infection and care of the critical care patient with multiple medical problems are covered. Students also assist in procedures such as Swan-Ganz catheterization, chest tube insertion, central line insertion and endotracheal intubation as opportunities arise.

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