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Loyola Student Clerk ResponsibilitiesStudents are expected to participate in the orientation on the first day of the clerkship. This includes both didactic and hands on training vital to your clerkship experience. Attendance is mandatory for the orientation. Loyola Medical Center Students: Students at Loyola will participate on three, two week service rotations. All students on gynecology services (Oncology, Gynecology, Urogynecology) should report to the back of the main hospital cafeteria at 6:30 am for Gynecology Morning Rounds. Labor and Delivery day students should report to L+D at 6:00 am for service. See below for night float. The MFM student should report to Women’s Health, Loyola Outpatient Center, at 8:30 am. Service Expectation at Loyola: Ambulatory Experience: Students rotating on the Gynecology service will participate in faculty clinics. The general schedule will be as follows: Monday AM LOC: Graziano
8-12p The residents on the service will coordinate the daily activities between the operating room, procedure clinics and faculty clinics. Some students may be assigned to a resident continuity clinic that will meet weekly over the six weeks. Students assigned should coordinate their schedule with their resident. Oncology, Urogynecology, Gynecology: Students should not arrive prior to 5am for service responsibilities. At a minimum, each student is expected to evaluate at least one patient to present each day. As the rotation progresses, students will be expected to see multiple patients for rounds, with the help of the residents. Students WILL NOT be expected to cover all of the patients on the service. Labor and Delivery: Students should not arrive prior to 5am for service responsibilities. At a minimum, each student is expected to evaluate at least one patient to present each day. Students should focus on evaluating ante-partum (pregnant) patients. As the rotation progresses, students will be expected to see multiple patients for rounds, with the help of the residents. Students WILL NOT be expected to cover all of the patients on the service. End of Rotation change-over: At the end of each two week block, it is expected that students coming off the service communicate with the on-coming students. Basic information, such as meeting times, sign out of existing patients, cases for the following week should be discussed. It is expected that students starting the service will be prepared for the service’s workload. Student Sign-out: At the end of each work day, it is expected that the students from each service will sign out to the night coverage team student. L+D students should sign out any active patients, including unstable ante-partum patients and laboring patients expected to deliver. Oncology, Urogynecology and Gynecology students should sign out any post operative checks or unstable patients on the service. In the morning, the night team students will be responsible for updating the services with any laboratory update, exam findings and admission. Before sign out, students should review patients with the residents on service for accuracy. Alexian Brothers Students: Students assigned will be split between two services: Labor and Delivery and Gynecology. You will work with Dr. Steven Binette, the clerkship director for the site. Ambulatory experience will come from participation in faculty clinics at Alexian Brothers Medical Center. Students should report to the Continuing Medical Education office at 7:30 am on the second day of the clerkship. Directions located on website.Loyola (Medical Center and Gottlieb) Night Float: The clerkship utilizes a night float system. One of the two weeks spent on labor and delivery will be a night float week, where the student will work a 12-hour shift over the evening. Students will report to the Chief Resident on Night Float at 5:00 p.m. in Labor and Delivery for sign out rounds. Clinical duties for the student on Night Float will end at 6:00 a.m. the following day. Tuesday Night Float ends at 10 pm, so the student can come back Wednesday morning for Patent Care Conference. Night Float students will participate in floor calls, emergency room evaluations, admissions to Labor and Delivery and participate in deliveries and any surgeries. Loyola (Medical Center and Gottlieb) Weekend Call: Students are expected to devise an equitable Week-End Call schedule for 24 hour coverage every Saturday and Sunday of the clerkship. You will be responsible for making up your own Week-End Call Schedule.
Alexian Brothers Call Schedule: The site coordinator determines the call schedule at this site. All call schedules will be consistent with the Stritch School of Medicine policy regarding duty hours. Any concerns or questions should be directed to the education coordinator or the clerkship director. All Students: A number of different department conferences take place each week. All students should return to the Loyola Medical Center campus each Wednesday. Your attendance is expected at all of the following: Patient Care Conference Grand Rounds/Division
M&Ms/Education Problem Based Learning
Series After the Problem Based Learning Cases, all students are to return to their primary sites and services. Loyola (Medical Center and Gottlieb) Students: There are two additional conferences that students will attend (schedules and times posted on website). Dr. Gianopoulos Chairman rounds: You will be expected to attend teaching rounds with the Chairman. These will be held on selected Mondays at 7:30am, posted on the website. All conferences will be held in his conference room, Room 1018. Alexian Brothers Students: You will meet with Dr. Binette at Alexian Brothers Medical Center. He will give you a list of topics that will be discussed and presented. You will also receive a schedule with topics and dates. |
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