M4 Clinical Electives

• MED MD 587: Infectious Diseases
  The student will join the inpatient infectious disease consultation team at Boston Medical Center. The team will include an infectious disease fellow and be supervised by an infectious disease attending physician. The student will evaluate patients under the direction of the fellow, present cases at daily rounds to the attending physician, prepare a thorough written summary of the consultation, and review the medical literature relevant to the patient's care. Case discussions are oriented around a history and physical examination that incorporates specific information relevant to an infectious disease work-up, and the diagnosis and management appropriate to the patient. The attending physician will review the student's written presentations, and the student will be given the opportunity to present information gleaned from the medical literature. Students will learn about community and hospital-acquired infections, infections in immunocompromised hosts, including those with HIV infection, and the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents. Students are expected to participate in all service activities Monday through Friday. Patient care and teaching rounds take place daily for 2-3 hours. No weekend responsibilities or evening call is required.
• MED MD 589: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Kaiser
  Students will obtain a broad exposure to the disorders that are treated by PM&R and will learn how to do a functional exam that includes neurologic and musculoskeletal assessment. It will be an introduction to electro-diagnostic medicine and interventional spine procedures and also have an exposure to inpatient rehabilitation care. The student will become familiar with a variety of functionally limiting medical disorders and physiatric approach to evaluation and management. The student will learn to do a physical assessment with an emphasis on function. He/she will work with other specialists and ancillary healthcare workers in a comprehensive team based approach toward care. The elective will take place at the outpatient clinic, interventional suite, along with the hospital at Kaiser Permanente, San Jose Medical Center. If possible during the selected block, students may have the opportunity to rotate at the Kaiser Permanente Vallejo's comprehensive rehabilitation facility, but students should expect that they will rotate primarily at the San Jose location.
• MED MD 594: Global Health Elective
  This is a clinical clerkship or research opportunity for medical students interested in the field of Global Health (GH). BUSM has a few established affiliations with hospitals and medical schools overseas, but students may seek alternative sites for their electives. They must be conversant with the language spoken in the host country for maximal learning benefit unless there is a provision for translators as part of the elective.
• MED MD 596: Global Health Elective - Hadassah Medical School
  
• MED MD 650: Advanced Acute Care and Trauma Surgery
  The Advanced Trauma and Acute Care surgery elective at Boston Medical Center is a clinical program with a strong focus on management of acute general surgical disease and the multimodal and multidisciplinary management of traumatic injury. The elective is four weeks in duration and is designed to further develop the complex peri-, intra-, and post-operative decision making and basic open and laparoscopic surgical skills of the medical student who might be interested in a future career in trauma surgery. This is an Advanced Course that can only be taken following completion of the Acute Care and Trauma Surgery Sub-internship. The BU medical student will be able to expand their responsibilities under direct supervision and develop their own learning objectives to focus their interests throughout the rotation.