Clerkships and Rotations: Medical Students
Overview
Provides students with an introduction to clinical nephrology, including diseases of the kidney and disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance. The clerkship is available at SUMC. Students evaluate inpatients as members of the nephrology consulting team and see outpatients in the nephrology clinic once a week. They are taught to evaluate and manage a wide variety of acute and chronic disturbances of renal function, as well as hypertension, and fluid and electrolyte disorders. They also participate in the management of patients with end-stage renal disease. There is a weekly schedule of grand rounds, journal club, and a monthly renal biopsy conference. Students learn a systematic approach to patients with fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base abnormalities.
Prerequisites
Medicine 300A, Surgery 300A or Pediatrics 300A are preferred but not required.
Periods Available
1-12, full-time for four weeks. 2 students per period. Open to visiting students.
Reporting Instructions
Where: 777 Welch Road Suite DE Palo Alto, CA 94304; Time: 8:30 am. Please email Lani Demchak or Shuchi Anand the week before you start.
Units: 6 Drop Code: T Call Code: 0