Education

The Internal Medicine rotation is two weeks long.

The number of hours per week is 40 to 50. The intended objectives of this rotation are as follows:

• 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.