MED 3111 Allergy Selective
Clinical Hands-On/Direct
Through direct observation and participation, primarily in the outpatient setting, students will develop skills in history-taking and interpreting laboratory results in patients with allergic disorders in order to establish a rationale to approach patients with a wide variety of immunologic and allergic diseases. Goals: At the end of this selective, students will be able to create differential diagnoses of common allergic signs and symptoms, interpret common immunologic testing in adults and children, develop initial management plans for common problems in their assigned patients, and ultimately develop a rational approach to caring for similar patients in the future (prior to referring patients to an internist or allergist). Unique Objectives: Correctly interpret diagnostic laboratory and other tests on assigned patients. Acquire an appreciation of the basic mechanisms of allergic disorders and asthma. Attain a fund of knowledge and skills to enable the students to initiate a diagnostic work-up and management for patients who present with suspected immunodeficiency, apparent drug allergy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
Offered
Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg (WAMC) - NC