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Musculoskeletal/Dermatology Clerkship. Mandatory 4 th Year Medical Student 4 week Clerkship. Summary of Clerkship. Integrated approach Rheumatology, orthopedics, sports medicine, physical therapy, dermatology, histopathology, radiology, self learning Enhance basic skills Physical diagnosis
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Musculoskeletal/Dermatology Clerkship Mandatory 4th Year Medical Student 4 week Clerkship
Summary of Clerkship • Integrated approach • Rheumatology, orthopedics, sports medicine, physical therapy, dermatology, histopathology, radiology, self learning • Enhance basic skills • Physical diagnosis • Treatment • Common musculoskeletal & dermatologic conditions
Musculoskeletal (MS) Goals • Conduct total body MS exam to detect overt abnormal findings • Articular process • Emergencies; injuries; inflammatory vs non-inflammatory • Periarticular process • Bursitis; tendonitis; etc • Systemic process • Osteoporosis; autoimmune; etc
MS Goals (cont) • Understand common MS terms and use appropriately • Recognize and understand the pathophysiology of major diagnoses • Acquire a general understanding of the diagnostic tests used in evaluating MS and rheumatic conditions • Become familiar with basic MS radiology
MS Goals (cont) • Become familiar with first line treatments of the major diagnoses • Recognize when referral for ortho/rheum/sports med/PT is appropriate
Dermatology Goals • Conduct a total body skin exam & detect abnormal/suspicious findings • Gain understanding of commonly used terms • Recognize most common neoplastic/inflammatory conditions • Become familiar with basic histopathology • Become familiar with first line procedures & treatments • Know when dermatology referral is indicated
Logistics • Active learning (70% of time) • USF PT, USF Sports Med, Ortho Clinics (FOI & Private), USF Rheum, USF Derm, MS Radiology, Histopathology • Didactics (10% of time) • USF PT (Dr. Quillen); USF Sports Med (Dr. Coris); USF Rheum Conference (weekly); USF Dermatology Conference (twice weekly) • Self-Learning (20% of time) • ACR slide collection, AAD website with slide collection, Pocket Guide to MS Assessment (with CD-ROM), Rheum & Derm Primers
Evaluations • Students • Computer-based, case-oriented, integrated exam • Honors/Pass/Fail • Top 10% get Honors • Too little personal contact for faculty to evaluate • Clerkship • Students evaluate at the end of every clerkship • Faculty evaluate at the end of academic year