Northwest Campus

Nephrology/Metabolic Disorders

IMED 9411

Location:    Trinity Health Center-East

Participating Faculty:  Nassar Saffarian, M.D.

Offered: All periods
Positions: One per period

Objectives of the Elective:

1. Renal physiology review.
2. Acute renal failure: diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management.
3. Chronic renal failure: management of the disease progression and its complications.
4. Dialysis--indications.
5. Hypertension: clinical assessment, diagnostic investigation, and management.
6. Fluid/electrolyte acid-base metabolism.
7. Renal calculi: assessment and management.
8. Diabetes mellitus: assessment, management, and treatment of complications.

Instructional Activities:

1. Work-up/evaluations of hospitalized patients.
2. Evaluation of certain clinic patients.
3. Preparation of assigned topics and selected readings.
4. Active participation in the activities of an outpatient diabetic center.

Standards of Performance Indicating Attainment of Objectives:

1. Quality of dictations and daily progress notes, which will be reviewed.
2. Tutorials.
3. Improvements shown by students in clinical skills and understanding of pathophysiological concepts.

Criteria for Grading:

1. Student must be capable of satisfactory case presentations, both written and oral.
2. Student must be capable of competent physician/patient and physician/hospital staff relationships.
3. Student must demonstrate an improvement in knowledge base.