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Physician ID:

209

Hours:

Hours: Monday - Friday 5:45 AM to 2-4 PM

Hours have been provided by the preceptor. Hours are subject to change at the preceptor’s discretion, but the minimum total hours will remain approximately the same.

Location: Trenton (NJ)

This inpatient US clinical experience will take place outside Trenton, New Jersey (approximately 10 miles from downtown).

Inpatient Rotation in Internal Medicine in Trenton (NJ)

Specialties: Internal Medicine

Location: Trenton (NJ)

Price: $3,795

Hospital Letterhead: Yes

Faculty Appointment: Yes

Information about this clinical experience:

You will be under the supervision of a physician who is board certified in internal medicine, and work alongside interns and residents in a teaching program, along with a few different rotating attendings.

The typical day will begin at approximately 5:45 AM when you will meet the residents on your team at the hospital for patient handover from the night team. At this point, the patients will be divided among the residents on the team. Following this handover and assignment of patients, you will preround with the residents. The focus of prerounds will be to gather relevant information to assess patients and formulate the assessment and the day's plan. This information will be communicated to the team during teaching rounds and documented in the EMR.

Prerounds will last until approximately 8 AM at which point there will be a one-hour morning report. At morning report, the residents will convene to discuss interesting cases as "unknowns." Typically, cases are presented by PGY-1 residents and attendees work through the case to determine the diagnosis under the guidance of an attending physician.

At approximately 9 AM, teaching rounds will begin during which patients on the service will be presented. The day's plan for the patients will be finalized during these rounds. Your interaction with the attending will take place during attending or teaching rounds. This is typically 1 hour in duration. Students interested in presenting cases to the attending should indicate that interest to the residents.

Following teaching rounds, the team will work to implement the diagnostic and treatment plans. This may include completing notes, ordering labs, and arranging for patient discharge among other tasks.

At Noon, there will be a one-hour conference. This will be an educational session covering topics essential to the practice of internal medicine.

In the afternoons, you will work with residents to work up patients and complete patient care related tasks. This may include visits to the Emergency Department to evaluate patients who are newly admitted.

Please note that this experience requires a criminal background check or police report from your native country within the past three months.

Who should consider this rotation:

International medical graduates (IMGs) and students seeking US clinical experience in internal medicine.

How to obtain a letter of recommendation:

The rotator should ask the preceptor for a LOR near the conclusion of the rotation. Dr. Desai has provided the physician with guidelines about best practices in letter writing that meet residency program requirements. In some cases, the preceptor may ask the rotator to write a letter of recommendation draft.

During the rotation:

Our team will be checking in periodically with you to ensure that you are having an optimal experience. We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions during the rotation.

Testimonials

Dr. X has many qualities as a preceptor and is an outstanding mentor. I felt really lucky to complete this rotation, and to spend so many hours alongside the doctor in the ICU. First, Dr. X is an excellent teacher. I could feel that teaching comes naturally to Dr. X and the doctor really spent so much time explaining concepts to me, then later coming back to check if I had assimilated. The doctor has a structured teaching process, which makes learning easier, efficient, and fun. Dr. X left a beginner's ICU book with me during the rotation, and advised me to read a chapter each day. On the following day, we would use the discussions to develop that particular topic, as well as other topics that would come up - always smartly taking advantage of teaching opportunities that would come our way. Honestly, I cannot think of another time when I learned
so much from a single mentor, in person, since I started medical school.