MED305A

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: Exposes students to the conceptual basis of hematology, the factual information that is available, and the responses required for consultation and patient care in rapidly evolving and frequently complex clinical circumstances. Under the supervision of the resident, fellow, and faculty attending physician, students admit and follow patients on the very well balanced inpatient Hematology Service (Med VIII) and do consultations. Students also round with the Med VIII team in the morning and attend outpatient clinics in the afternoon. In addition, students participate in the bone marrow reading sessions two mornings a week. Students also learn the requirements for prospective clinical protocol research. There is a weekly research conference, a journal club and a patient-oriented post-clinic conference. PREREQUISITES: MED 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks, 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Michaela Liedtke, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Sherona D. Harris, sdharris@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: meet heme fellow and heme attending, F Ground, in basement of main hospital; Time: 7:45 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: B. Fakhri, J. Gotlib, M. Liedtke, G, Mannis, W. Shomali, T. Zhang. LOCATION: SUMC.