The Dental Medicine

General Practice Residency Program

 

Medical Oncology Rotation Objectives

 

Service:  Internal Medicine

Length of rotation: 4 weeks
Number of hours per week:  40-50

The intended objectives of this rotation or experience are:

• The resident will be able to work up specifically assigned patients on the medical service.

• The resident will be able to describe and perform the fundamental elements of history taking, physical examination and the problem oriented medical record format.

• The resident will be able to develop clinical judgment in relating medical abnormalities to proposed dental treatment.

• The resident will be able perform the mechanics of chart documentation and medical record protocol.

• The resident will have achieved enhanced skills in physical diagnosis / medical risk assessment.

• The resident will understand the relationship between system and oral diseases and correlate the pathophysiological mechanisms.

• The resident will become familiar with a wide range of symptomatic diseases and the drugs used in their treatment and management.

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