ME650 Internal Medicine

The Internal Medicine supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) allows students to apply fundamental medical knowledge developed during the didactic year and advance their clinical skills in primary and specialty care areas of medicine. During this five-week course, the student will have the opportunity to: 1) build and increase the ability to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while seeing patients within the internal medicine setting, 2) assess commonly encountered medical problems, 3) order and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies, 4) manage common medical problems, 5) practice medicine as part of a healthcare team, and 6) observe, assist, or perform common internal medicine procedures under the supervision of a clinical preceptor. This course may include extended clinical care hours, inpatient services, emergency department, hospital calls, and community responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the supervising preceptor.