CLE 715

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Credit: 4 hours.

The goal of this elective is to expand the student’s knowledge and understanding of intensive care issues affecting hospitalized patients, primarily focusing on appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and to provide the opportunity for the student to assume a more primary role in the responsibility of directing care of a patient in a team setting. Inherent in this experience is an opportunity for in-depth learning in the areas of professionalism and systems-based practice. The elective will encompass the learning of integrative skills, procedures and how to handle basic clinical scenarios including codes. The student will partner with their attending to develop the diagnostic and therapeutic plans for his or her patients, the student will engage in a formative experience designed to prepare him/her for the future care of patients in critical care.

No graduate credit. 4 professional hours. Approved for S/U grading only. Prerequisite: Internal Medicine Clerkship, General Surgery Clerkship, or Neurology Clerkship. Restricted to students enrolled in Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Students must be in Phase 2 or Phase 3 of the curriculum.

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