Rheumatology
Rheumatology Consult Elective: REUM-500
Department: Medicine
Instructors: Virginia Steen, MD
Contact: Meskerem Lloyd
Number: (202) 687-4470
Location: MGUH and Veterans Affairs Hospital
Reporting Time and Place: Reporting instructions will be emailed to each student by chief Rheum fellow and/or Mesky Lloyd
Duration: Four Week Elective
Max Students: One student/ block
Description: The student will be exposed to the full spectrum of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases in children and adults. Our division sees a full spectrum of patients of all ages. Objectives for this elective include the following: To become proficient in performing a rheumatologic examination; To have reviewed the clinical manifestations, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of the major rheumatological disorders; To have observed and performed joint aspiration and soft tissues injections; To become knowledgeable about synovial crystal analysis; To become familiar with normal and basic radiological manifestations of rheumatic disease and; To develop skills in performing a rheumatologic consultation. Student should clarify with the fellow exactly what days they have clinic or when they will not be there. Additional patients are often added depending on how many residents are available at any time. Student will perform consults or initial evaluations of rheumatology patients, prepare the write up and present to the attending and fellows. They will do follow up evaluations on their patients before the time for attending rounds. Notes should be focused on rheumatologic information and not general medicine issues. Students will be expected to present a 15 minute informal talk about a specific topic in a patient or just something they are interested in. They will be presented in the later 2 weeks. There will be weekly conferences including literature reviews, case managements and presentations, and visiting lectures. Two conferences each month will focus on case presentations from the consult service. Didactic conferences will be held as well; fellows direct this conference and give students lectures on joint exam, injection techniques, laboratory tests, and review of the pre and post tests.
Rheumatology at Washington Hospital Center: REUM-503
Department: Medicine
Instructors: Drs. Florina Constantinescu, Arthur Weinstein, Christopher Collins, Raj Nair, Brian Walitt
Contact: Gaitri Tiwari
Phone: (202) 877-8278
Location: MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Duration: 4 weeks
Max Students: One student/block
Description: The Rheumatology Section at Washington Hospital Center is an academic unit with busy clinical, educational and research programs. For medical students, we offer daily exposure to inpatients and outpatients with common and unusual rheumatic diseases including osteoarthritis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE (there is a Lupus Clinic), and other connective tissue diseases and vasculitis. There is plentiful opportunity for joint aspiration/injection and synovial fluid analysis (on the consult service as well as in the Joint Injection Clinic). In addition, students will learn of the use of approved and investigational biological agents in the treatment of rheumatic diseases in a rheumatology supervised infusion center and the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the Joint Injection Clinic. The academic program involves 4 fellows and rotating residents and includes didactic seminars, journal clubs, research conferences, clinical and x-ray conferences. Some conferences are held jointly with the rheumatology division at Georgetown. Students will be mentored in their activities by both faculty and fellows.