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Introduction to Clinical Medicine

MD 306
306.08 Syllabus	MD306 History and Physical Examination – Fall MS2: The adult physical examination is practiced on standardized patients as well as the entire history/physical examinations.
306.08 Group A Assignment
306.08 Group B Assignment
306.08 History Exam Assignments	Course Director: Anita Lee, MD Director, Adult Component: Elizabeth Alpern, MD Director, Pediatric Component: Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
306.08 History & Physical Exam Assignments

MD 305 (HUP)
305.06 Group Assignments	MD305 Introduction to the Clinics – Fall MS2: Information-processing skills are taught, developed, and practiced.
305.06 Syllabus
	Course Director: Joan on Feldt, MD Lynn Seng, Standardized Patient Program Director for Introduction to Clinical Medicine Courses Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
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Clinical Clerkship in General Medicine

ME 200 (HUP, VAMC, PMC & PAH)
Team / Group Assigns Block 4	ME 200 - is a 8 week required clerkship in medicine. It is designed as a continuation of the introductory experience to clinical medicine with the emphasis shifted from the classroom and small group teaching to a more independent experience. Students learn the general principles of Internal Medicine including differential diagnosis and therapeutics through direct patient care experiences in the inpatient setting, didactic conferences, case studies, and independent learning.
Schedule Group 1
Schedule Group 2
Schedule Group 3

2008 Syllabus
2008 EKG Session Chapters
Radiology 1
Radiology 2
Radiology 3
Radiology 4
Radiology 5	Clerkship Director: Jennifer Kogan, MD. Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528





Recommended Reading - Group 1
Recommended Reading - Group 2
Recommended Reading - Group 3
Patient Encounter Log
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Junior Internship in Medicine

ME 400 (HUP, VAMC & PMC)
General Information	Students are assigned to a team, replace an intern and manage a full patient load. This is primarily a practical experience in the broad field of general inpatient medicine. It is intended to supplement the required Clinical Clerkship in Medicine (200) and to provide students with the experience necessary to be prepared for a medicine internship. This course is only available to Penn medical students.
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Team Assignments July Team Assignments.June Team Assignments April Team Assignments May Team Assignments August Team Assignments September Team Assignments October Syllabus

	Clerkship Director: Jennifer Kogan, MD. Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
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Externship in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

ME 410A (HUP)
	Students are assigned to a team as additional interns managing half the patients usually assigned to an intern. In addition to admitting and treating patients under close supervision, externs participate in all other patient care and educational activities of the Medical Intensive Care Unit. This course is only available to Penn medical students.
	Clerkship Director: Barry Fuchs, MD. Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
ME 410B (VAMC)
	Clerkship Director: Gregg Lipschik, MD. Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
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Externship in a Coronary Care Unit

ME 411A (HUP)
	Students are assigned to a team as additional interns managing half the patients usually assigned to an intern. In addition to admitting and treating patients under close supervision, externs participate in all other patient care and educational activities of the cardiac care unit and cardiac intermediate care unit. This course is only available to Penn medical students.
	Course Director: Daniel Kolansky, MD. Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
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Externship in Outpatient Medicine

ME 395
Hyperlipidemia
Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Ault Treatment Panel III Guidelines [Full Article]	The externship in outpatient internal medicine is a 4 week clinical elective that focuses on acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for managing common outpatient medical conditions. This course is designed to provide students with an experience that will prepare them for the practice of outpatient medicine similar to what they will experience as internal medicine residents. Students must have successfully completed the internal medicine core clerkship (ME200) as well as the Family Medicine core clerkship (FM200) prior to enrolling in this rotation. This course is only available to Penn medical students.
Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (adult Treatment Panel III) [Full Article]
Hypertension
The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure [Link to Article]
Chobanian et al. The JNC 7 Report [Link to Article]
Prevention
United States Preventative Services TaskForce
Diabetes
Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin
How to Select and Combine Oral Agents for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [Link to Article]
Making the Transition from Oral to Insulin Therapy [Link to Article]
Intensifying Insulin Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [Link to Article]	Course Director: Jennifer Kogan, MD Assistant Director: Ann Marie Hunt ann.marie.hunt@uphs.upenn.edu 215-662-2528
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Career Planning

Careers in Medicine

Helping Medical Students plan for the future

Association of American Medical Colleges

Internal Medicine Residency Information

Guide to the Internal Medicine Residency Application Process

General Information

Department Letter Appointments with Dr. Kogan

ACP-ASIM Residency Database

Provides information on all US Medicine Residency Programs

American College of Physicians
(American Society of Internal Medicine)

Medical Student Organization

William Pepper Medical Society

Medical Student Organization - whose mission is
to enhance the interest in the practice of internal medicine by fostering the educational and research opportunities for medical students through interactions with the department of medicine.

General Information