Nov 14, 2024
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2024-2025

OCOM 8117 - Internal Medicine Subspeciatly Selective - House Nights


After completing one required four-week rotation in General Internal Medicine (OCOM 8101), students must complete an additional eight weeks of internal medicine selectives. These selectives may consist of two-, three-, or four-week rotations in the following approved internal medicine specialties: adolescent medicine, gastroenterology, allergy and immunology, general internal medicine, oncology, cardiology, geriatrics, pulmonology, Critical Care/ICU, hematology, rheumatology, hospital medicine, sports medicine, endocrinology, infectious disease, or nephrology. The addition of an IM Subspecialty Selective in House Nights will allow students to complete a one-week rotation, working alongside the House Officer, whose job it is to admit patients overnight into the hospital while providing care to those already admitted.

Credit Hours:2

Course Outcomes
  • The student will be able to assess and describe basic interpretation of diagnostic studies for COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe management alternatives for COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe somatic dysfunction of and OMT for COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the differential diagnoses for COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the follow up care for COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the physical findings of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis issional behavior.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the possible complications of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the presenting signs and symptoms of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the prognosis of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the underlying biomedical principles of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.
  • The student will be able to assess and describe the undersying psychosocial principles of COPD, CHF, GI bleeding, pneumonia, delirium, myocardial infarction, renal failure, diabetes, stroke, infections, diverticulitis, pancreatitis.


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