VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

• (MED 8080) Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology: 4 credit hours The Obstetrics and Gynecology rotation provides a variety of experiences including the female outpatient examination, management of gynecologic and breast disorders seen in the ambulatory setting, exposure to obstetrical deliveries, management of the OB patient in the hospital, and the management of patients with surgical gynecologic conditions including exposure to gynecologic surgery. All experiences, regardless of setting have the goal of introducing the most common conditions seen in female patients cared for by their obstetrician and gynecologist. To avoid redundancy, topics are removed where they are also covered in surgery or Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. In this setting students learn to diagnosis and manage common acute medical and surgical conditions and preventive health care in the female population. Students receive exposure to prenatal and obstetrical standards of care. Students must also learn to discriminate emergent conditions from non-emergent ones in women and during pregnancy. Students should begin to acquire the essential knowledge to practice cost effective health care and standards of care. • (MED 8085) Obstetrics and Gynecology Modules: 1 credit hour The student must complete a minimum of 20 Ob/Gyn assignments and clinical modules that will cover those items most often seen by the Obstetrician and Gynecologist (both inpatient and outpatient). Each module should take approximately one to two hours to complete. • (MED 8090) Clinical Psychiatry: 4 credit hours The Psychiatry rotation is done in a variety of settings including hospital or ambulatory psychiatric facility settings. All experiences, regardless of setting have the goal of introducing the most common patients cared for by the primary care physician, often in consult or co-management with a psychiatrist. To avoid redundancy, topics are removed where they are also covered in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. In this setting students learn to diagnose and manage common acute and chronic psychiatric conditions that are present in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Students must also learn to discriminate emergent conditions from non-emergent ones. Students should begin to acquire the essential knowledge to practice cost effective health care and standards of care. • (MED 8095) Psychiatry Modules: 1 credit hour The student must complete a minimum of 20 psychiatry assignments and/or modules that will cover those items most often seen in the psychiatric setting (both inpatient and outpatient). Each module should take approximately one to two hours to complete. • (MED 8100) Clinical Surgery: 4 credit hours The Surgery rotation is primarily done in the hospital setting with mixed ambulatory pre-surgical and post surgical experiences. All experiences, regardless of setting have the goal of representing the most common surgical conditions that patients are cared for by the primary care physician in conjunction with a surgeon. To avoid redundancy, topics are removed where they are also covered in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. Students must also learn to discriminate emergent surgical conditions from non emergent ones. • (MED 8115) Surgery Modules: 1 credit hour The student must complete a minimum of 20 surgery assignments or modules that cover those items most often seen in the surgical setting (both inpatient and outpatient). Each module should take approximately one to two hours to complete. • (MED 8123/8124) Clinically Integrated Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: 2 credit hours The OMM curriculum is integrated into the OMS-3-year core rotations to ensure that students continue to learn and practice Osteopathic Principles as well as to demonstrate how to incorporate these principles into the appropriate care of patients in the clinical setting. Osteopathic manipulative medicine skills are integrated within the various clinical rotations and OMM skills are utilized in some of the clinical experiences, taught through clinically integrated case-based studies, and taught through workshops in the third year.

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