The Internal Medicine Rotation is two-week rotation on the inpatient Medicine service at the BWH Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. There is a shuttle bus that runs between BWH and the BWH Faulkner Hospital. Dental residents participate as members of the medical team in the clinical management of patients under the supervision of medical residents and attending physicians. Dental residents also attend all teaching sessions, inpatient rounds, and conferences.
OBJECTIVES:
- To gain experience in history taking, physical diagnosis, and appropriate laboratory testing.
- To learn to assess medical problems requiring an inpatient admission
- To learn risk assessment and medical management of systemic illness.