M4 Internship Prep Courses

• MED MD 425: Family Medicine Internship Prep
  The Family Medicine Internship Prep Course is an opportunity for fourth year students to directly prepare for their transition from medical school to an internship in Family Medicine. Faculty and residents will lead small-group activities and simulations to review core procedural skills. These sessions will focus on key categories of Family Medicine training, including outpatient care, inpatient adult and pediatric care, and inpatient obstetric care. The expected hours will be from 9 am to 5 pm on Monday through Friday. There will be no weekend activities. The course will be taught in Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (for case-based learning) and in the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Simulation Center (for procedural sessions). There will be no direct patient contact.
• MED MD 444: Internal Medicine Internship Prep Course
  This elective will prepare students who are planning to enter an Internal Medicine Residency. It is designed to build specific skills and knowledge to facilitate the transition from medical student to intern. Students will participate in small group activities and didactic learning. These will take place in the Boston Medical Center Simulation Center (for procedural/simulation sessions) and the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (for classroom learning sessions). BUSM IV students will be oriented to the elective on the first day of the rotation during a formal orientation session with the course directors. The sessions will include a mixture of case-based, small-group classroom learning, as well as hands-on simulation and procedural sessions led by content-expert faculty members and procedurists. There will be no direct patient contact. By the end of the two week Internal Medicine Internship Prep Course students will be able to: 1. Identify, evaluate, and manage acute medical situations including hypoxia, altered mental status, hypertensive emergency, shock, and chest pain as observed by faculty in simulated medical scenarios. 2. Interpret common diagnostic tests, such as EKGs and chest X-rays, during simulated medical scenarios. 3. Describe and demonstrate the steps for performing common medical procedures, including central line placement, intravenous line placement, and arterial puncture as observed by faculty in simulated procedures. 4. Discuss how to effectively and respectfully communicate with patients from different cultural backgrounds about end of life issues, decision making capacity, and bad news during small group discussions. 5. Demonstrate techniques to communicate effectively and respectfully with a medical team from different cultural backgrounds when presenting a new patient, responding to pages, calling consults, handing off or discharging patients as observed during small group discussions and during simulated pages. 6. Discuss strategies to balance responsibilities and wellness as interns through effective learning, time management, and organization during small group discussions.
• MED MD 475: Obstetrics and Gynecology Internship Prep Course
  The intern readiness course allows students apply into OBGYN to refresh their knowledge and skills prior to starting residency. This is an invaluable opportunity to review the basics and start the process of preparing for their new role as interns. Students will have access to faculty members of many subspecialities and have the opportunity through these interactions to learn more about what residency will be like and how they will manage it. This elective is held at Boston Medical Center and BUCASM. Simulation sessions will include hands on simulation in the Solomont Simulation center or the Department of OBGYN. Didactic sessions will be held in the Solomont Simulation center or the Department of OBGYN. One course is held in the anatomy lab at BUCASM. Individual self- study time that will be done independently. Students are also invited to our departmental Grand Rounds and M&M on Wednesday mornings at 7:30 am that are held remotely via Teams. The students will receive an email introducing the course and a welcome/orientation session by the course director at the start of the elective. The course will occur daily from 9 am to 4 pm with a lunch break. An OBGYN Department or BUCASM Faculty member will facilitate each session. Students will complete the APGO prep for residency assessment at the start of the elective. They are assigned pre reading for many of the sessions and other activities including practice dictation that they will submit to their course facilitator. Simulations include but are not limited to cesarean section, Bartholin’s gland I&D, ovarian cystectomy, hysteroscopy, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), circumcision, ultrasound, labor skills, IUD insertion, D&C, vaginal laceration repair, and tubal ligation. Students will also gain insight into different career pathways in OBGYN including contact with faculty in subspecialities including Addiction Medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Minimally Invasive Gyn surgery, Complex Family Planning, Gyn Oncology. The OBGYN Chair and OBYN Residency Program Director also participate to allow students time to ask questions about training and a career in OBGYN.
• MED MD 508: Pediatric Internship Prep Course
  This elective will prepare students who are planning to enter a Pediatric Residency. It is designed to build specific skills and knowledge to facilitate the transition from medical student to intern. Students will participate in small group activities and didactic learning (see the Curriculum section for specifics). These will take place in the Boston Medical Center Simulation Center (for procedural/simulation sessions) and the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (for classroom learning sessions). BUSM IV students will be oriented to the elective on the first day of the rotation during a formal orientation session with the course directors. The expected teaching contact hours will be approximately 9a-5p on weekdays. There will be no weekend activities. The sessions will include a mixture of case-based, small-group classroom learning, as well as hands-on simulation and procedural sessions led by content-expert faculty members and procedurists. There will be no direct patient contact.
• MED MD 547: Surgery Internship Prep Course
  In this elective, 4th year medical students are given the opportunity to delve deeper into the surgical management of patients. This rotation is for individuals who are going into general surgery or a surgical subspecialty, and is designed to prepare them for their internship. This rotation will expose students to crucial concrete knowledge and technical skills important for a surgical internship as well as for a surgical career. It includes focused didactic lectures, hands-on skills laboratory, a mock pager experience, and focused rotations; these activities are all designed to augment a student's exposure to real-life scenarios one would expect in a surgical internship and beyond.