Locations:
•
UT Campus for Cardiology, Rheumatology, Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonary,
Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Neurology, Infectious disease, Emergency
medicine, and most ambulatory rotations.
• Rural health rotations are both within 40 minutes
of Knoxville (Lafollette and Jefferson City)
• Endocrinology is off campus (20 minutes drive at
Dowell Springs Rd )
• Student health is on the UTK main campus (10 minutes
away)
• Psychiatry is hosted at CenterPoint Adult Alcohol
and Drug Services (15 minutes away at Ball Camp Dr)
Faculty:
Most faculty are in the DOM and teaching is performed directly
by the attendings and faculty to resident ratio is usually one-on-one.
Schedule:
Internal Medicine rotations (i.e. cardiology) are scheduled in
month long blocks. Call occurs during the cardiology rotation.
Non-Internal Medicine required rotations are in two week blocks
(i.e. dermatology).
Links
to Curricular Area: This venue includes cardiology, pulmonary
medicine, gastroenterology, rheumatology, infectious disease,
nephrology, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, neurology, geriatrics
(two weeks), emergency medicine and the ambulatory two-week rotations.
Primary
Goals:
• The bulk of subspecialty medicine is taught in these
rotations. These rotations are designed to cover a specific set
of learning objectives unique to each rotation. The objectives
are learned using a high degree of patient contact, structured
lectures, and at home reading.
• Within each rotation, the competency of “medical
knowledge” is foremost, but teaching of at least one other competency
is built into each rotation. For example, endocrinology gives
special education in the competency of office management (system
based practice).
Resources:
In each area, there are many special opportunities, such as PFT
interpretation during pulmonology, blood smear interpretation
during hematology, and EKG instruction during cardiology. Many
host a special lecture series separate from noon lectures. Each
rotation has a separate curriculum with goals and learning objectives.
Method
of Resident Evaluation: PGY 1, 2 and 3 resident’s are required
to attend, and will be formally evaluated based on this venue.
Evaluations are verbal mid-way through the rotation and both written
and verbal at the end of each rotation. Resident’s are also evaluated
by the same faculty at each quarterly evaluation meeting.
Method
of Venue Evaluation: After each rotation, each resident will evaluate
the just completed rotation in written form. Each resident may
confer with the PD or Chair at any time. The rotations are evaluated
during our annual overall program evaluation session.
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