4th year ELECTIVES

Fourth year electives are strongly encouraged.  Application forms can be found here.

Visiting 4th Year Student Rotations include:

Medicine Subspecialties (LSU-EKL, Baton Rouge) *
Course number:	MEDC 423i
Faculty:	Dr. George H. Karam and faculty of the LSU Internal Medicine Dept. in Baton Rouge
Duration:	4 weeks
Availability:	All blocks
Number of students:	4 per block
Objectives and Means of Implementation:	The major objective of this rotation is to give exposure to the various subspecialties in Internal Medicine.  A major focus of the rotation will be to provide one-on-one teaching using patients with diseases that are the most representative and important in that subspecialty.  Students will be expected to attend morning report.  Neither night call nor weekend clinical responsibilities will be required of the student during this rotation.

Acting Internship - Internal Medicine (LSU-EKL, BR) *
Course number:	MEDC 431i
Faculty:	Faculty of the LSU Internal Medicine Department in Baton Rouge
Duration:	4 weeks
Availability:	Senior acting internships may be taken as an elective if spots are available after assignment of acting internships to students at the EKL Hospital
Number of students:	Maximum of 8 students
Objectives and Means of Implementation:	To allow the senior student to function as an integral member of a team responsible for the inpatient care of ill patients in a setting which will closely simulate their expected experience as house officers. This experience will be under the supervision of house officers and faculty at each affiliated hospital. The participating hospital will establish criteria for student supervision recognizing that there may be minor variations in the level of clinical responsibility permitted to the student. In general, students will be regarded as interns with the limitation that their patient care activities are under the continuous supervision of responsible and qualified physicians.

Critical Care Medicine (LSU-EKL) *
Course number:	MEDC 475i
Faculty:	Dr. Paul Failla; Dr. Kevin Reed; Dr. Stephen Brierre; Dr. Lisa Gamble; Dr. Roy Culotta; Dr. Tonya Jagneaux; Dr. John Godke
Duration:	4 weeks
Performance Site:	LSUHSC at EKL Intensive Care Unit; Baton Rouge General (Bluebonnet and Mid City Campuses)
Availability:	All blocks and summer
Number of students:	Maximum of 2 students
Objectives and Means of Implementation:	This four-week course is designed to develop fundamental skills in the evaluation and management of critically ill patients.  The student will make daily rounds with interns, residents, and attending staff in the ICU. The student will be instructed in chest radiograph interpretation, ventilator management, hemodynamic management, and pulmonary artery catheter interpretation. The student may participate in the performance of supervised procedures that are needed in the care of the critically ill.  Weekly teaching conferences in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine are held on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.  Additional didactic lectures are held each Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the Section of Internal Medicine.  Attendance at morning report is mandatory.  Night call is not mandatory.

*These descriptions are condensed versions of the official course descriptions found in the Visiting Student Electives Catalog available through the Office of Student Affairs at the LSU Medical School in New Orleans.