Medicine Elective Course Description
| Course Name: | Critical Care Medicine |
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| Course Number: | ME-409 |
| Elective Type: | A |
| Coordinator(s): |
Contact: Madelyn Amoroso |
| Department: | Medicine |
| Sites Available: | St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center |
| Months Offered: | M5-M10 |
| Number of Students / Month: | 1 |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of 3rd year |
| Elective Description: To learn the: 1) Pathophysiology of failing vital organ systems; 2) Modes of invasive and non-invasive monitoring techniques; 3) Management of acute life-threatening complications of disease; 4) Principles of mechanical ventilation; 5) Interpretation of derived hemodynamic data. The student will have extensive exposure to diverse pathophysiology, extensive bedside and didactic teaching in the very busy critical care units of SVH (>2000 admissions /year). Although most of the elective is spent in the MICU, students who request to receive experience and exposure to the surgical /trauma population may spend some time in the SICU as well. |
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| Note: NA | |
| Location: St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, 123 Summer Street, Worcester, MA 01608 www.mapquest.com | |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/medicine/ | |