Southeast Campus

Oncology and Hematology

MeritCare Medical Group

IMED 9211

Faculty Director: Preston D. Steen, M.D.

Participating Faculty:
Louis H. Geeraerts, M.D.
Gerald G. Gross, M.D.
John M. Leitch, M.D.
Ralph Levitt, M.D.
John M. Tate, M.D.
Howard L. Russell, M.D.

Offered: By prior arrangement and permission of faculty.
Positions: 1 per period

Objectives of the Elective:

  1. Recognition of common presenting clinical features of various neoplastic diseases.
  2. Become familiar with common paraneoplastic phenomena and syndromes.
  3. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with pleural effusion, superior vena cava syndrome, spinal cord compression, CNS metastasis, pancytopenia, anemia, and infection in the compromised host.
  4. Appreciation for the multidisciplinary approach utilizing surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy in the treatment and management of patients with malignant diseases.
  5. Approach to identifying etiologies responsible for anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia.
  6. Evaluation of hemostatic emergencies and coagulopathies.
  7. Knowledge of relative curability of tumor types and its relationship to state of disease.
  8. Pain management and palliative care.

Instructional Activities:

  1. Patient rounds.
  2. Inpatient consultations.
  3. Didactic lectures.
  4. Tumor conferences.
  5. Review of work-ups and presentations.
  6. Interpretation of bone marrow biopsies, peripheral blood smears, and coagulation data.

Standards of Performance (Outcomes) Indicating Attainment of Objectives:

  1. Appraisal of H & Ps and consults.
  2. Ability to clearly identify disease process and pathophysiology.
  3. Observation of patient care.

Criteria for Grading:

  1. Overall appraisal of work.
  2. Clarity of presentation.
  3. Quality of paper and textbook research.
  4. Patient care.