4th Year Course Catalog

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UF Students

• Advisors To The Students
• Course Specifics
• External Electives Or Clerkships In Programs Outside The College Of Medicine
• Graduation Requirements
• Guidelines For Fourth Year Medical Students At The University Of Florida
          College Of Medicine For Selection Of Elective Courses
• Independent Study
• Mandatory Rules for Fourth Year Medical Students Selection of Elective Courses
• Rules For Schedule Changes
• Overview of the Senior Year
• Senior Required Courses

Forms for UF Students

• 2009-2010 Calendar
• 2010-2011 Calendar
• Independent Study Course Application - Research
• Independent Study Course Application - Clinical
• Preliminary Application For External Elective
• VSAS Instructions

Visiting Students

• Procedures For Non-UF Students

Forms for Visiting Students

• 2009-2010 Calendar
• 2010-2011 Calendar
• Immunization Form for Externs
• Request for Patient Records - Shands
• HIPAA Form (link)
• Patient Confidentiality Form (link)

Application for students from LCME accredited medical schools

• Immunization Form for Externs
• VSAS Visiting Student Application Service (link)

Application for students from fully accredited
Osteopathic medical schools

• Immunization Form for Externs
• Application for Extramural Course

Interview Month

Aging and Geriatrics Research

• Required Geriatrics Clerkship - Advent Christian Village (2009)
• Required Geriatrics Clerkship - RiverGarden/Jacksonville (2009)
• Required Geriatrics Clerkship - Shands/Jacksonville (2009)
• Required Geriatrics Clerkship-Shands/Gainesville (2009)
• Required Geriatrics Clerkship-VA/Gainesville (2009)

Anatomy

• Anatomy - Externship (2009)
• Anatomy - Independent Study (2009)
• Applied Gross Anatomy (2009)
• Becoming a Resident Teacher
• Block I Teaching Elective; Anatomy; Histology; Radiology (2009)
• Research in Medical Education (RIME) (2009)

Anesthesiology

• Anesthesiology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Anesthesiology - Externship (2009)
• Anesthesiology - Independent Study (2009)
• Clinical Elective in Anesthesia-Shands OR and VA OR/Pain Clinic (2009)
• Echocardiograph Elective (2009)
• Obstetric Anesthesia (2009)
• OMFS Anesthesiology (2009)
• OMFS Anesthesiology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Req. Anesthesiology-Life Support and Perioperative Medicine (2009)
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit Elective (2009)

Biochemistry

• Biochemistry Independent Study (2009)

Comec Chapman Education Center

• Health and the Environment (2009)
• Narrative Medicine and Medical Humanities (2009)
• Reflective Writing and Reflective Practice (2009)

Community Health and Family Medicine

• 3rd Year Family Practice (2009)
• Ambulatory and Community Family Medicine (2009)
• Cancer: The Patient's Experience (2009)
• CHFM - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• CHFM - Externship (2009)
• CHFM - Independent Study (2009)
• Common and Advanced Procedures (2009)
• Ethical Issues in Family Medicine (2009)
• Family Practice Clerkship/AGH (2009)
• History of Medicine (2009)
• Hospice Elective (2009)
• Law and Ethics in Medicine (2009)
• Management Principles in Medical Practice (2009)
• Religion, Culture and Medicine (2009)
• Req. CHFM Medicine - AGH (2009)
• Rural Health Care Systems (2009)
• Rural Preceptorship (2009)
• Special Topics in Medical Ethics (2009)
• Student Health - UF Infirmary (2009)
• The Business of Medicine (2009)

Dermatology

• Clinical Dermatology (2009)

Emergency Medicine

• Emergency Medicine - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Emergency Medicine - Elective Shands (2009)
• Emergency Medicine Externship (2009)
• Emergency Medicine Independent Study (2009)
• International Emergency Medicine-Mahidol-Ramathibodi Hospital Bangkok, Thailand (2009)
• Introduction to EMS, Prehospital Care and Shands Cair (2009)
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine-Jacksonville (2009)
• Req. Emergency Medicine - Career Track - Shands at Gainesville (2009)
• Req. Emergency Medicine - Shands at Gainesville (2009)
• Req. Emergency Medicine-Jacksonville (2009)
• Required Emergency Medicine-Career Track-Jacksonville (2009)

Epidemiology

• Health Care Economics (2009)

Internal Medicine

• 3rd Year Medicine (2009)
• Cardiology Inpatient And Consultative Services - Jacksonville (2009)
• Cardiovascular Critical Care - Jacksonville (2009)
• Clinical Cardiology (2009)
• Clinical Elective in MICU (2009)
• Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2009)
• Clinical Gastroenterology
• Clinical Hematology (2009)
• Clinical Hematology/Oncology (2009)
• Critical Care Externship - Jacksonville (2009)
• Critical Care Senior Clerkship/VAMC (2009)
• HEART
• Infectious Disease Consult Service - Jacksonville (2009)
• Infectious Diseases (2009)
• Interdisciplinary Service - Learning in Action (2009)
• Internal Medicine Consult Service (2009)
• Interview Month (2009)
• Lecture Series in Gastroenterology (2009)
• Longitudinal (Four Year) Community Service Elective (2009)
• Medicine - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Medicine - Externship (2009)
• Medicine - Independent Study (2009)
• Nephrology Consult Service - Jacksonville (2009)
• Nephrology: Clinical Consult Service (2009)
• Phase I Clinical Research Elective (2009)
• Pulmonary Medicine (2009)
• Pulmonary Medicine - Jacksonville (2009)
• Req. Medicine - VA (2009)
• Required General Medicine - Jacksonville (2009)
• Required Medicine - Shands/Cardiology (2009)
• Required Medicine - Shands/General Service (2009)
• Required Medicine - Shands/GI (2009)
• Required Medicine - Shands/Hematology Oncology (2009)
• Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology (2009)
• The Art of Advanced Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Reasoning (2009)
• Understanding Health Disparities (2009)

Medical Humanities Program

• Ethical Issues in Family Medicine
• History of Medicine
• Issues in Clinical Ethics
• Law and Ethics in Medicine
• Religion, Culture and Medicine
• Special Topics in Medical Ethics
• HEART
• Reflective Writing and Reflective Practice
• Special Projects in the History of Medicine
• Narrative Medicine and Medical Humanities
• Medical Spanish
• The Use of Narrative Medicine in Pediatrics - Health through Storie
• The Role of the Psychological Type in the Healthcare Setting
• Arts and Healthcare in SubSaharan Africa
• Health and the Enrivonment

Neurology

• 3rd Year Neurology/Geriatrics Makeup (2009)
• Clinic and Consultation Service in Neurology (2009)
• Neurology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Neurology - Externship (2009)
• Neurology - Independent Study (2009)
• Neurology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Special Projects in the History of Medicine (2009)
• Pediatric Neurology

Neuroscience

• Neuroscience - Externship (2009)
• Neuroscience - Independent Study (2009)
• Neuroscience Teaching and Review (2009)

Neurosurgery

• Basic Neurosurgery For Non-Neurosurgeons - Jacksonville (2009)
• Neurosurgery - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Neurosurgery - Externship (2009)
• Neurosurgery - Independent Study (2009)
• Neurosurgery Elective (2009)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• 3rd Year Obstetrics and Gynecology (2009)
• Adolescent Obstetrics and Gynecology (2009)
• Clinical Elective in Gynecology (2009)
• Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Internship 101 (2009)
• Maternal-Fetal Medicine (2009)
• OB/GYN - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• OB/GYN - Externship (2009)
• OB/GYN - Independent Study (2009)
• Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (2009)
• Yucatan Elective (2009)

Ophthalmology

• Clinical Ophthalmology (2009)
• Ophthalmology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Ophthalmology - Externship (2009)
• Ophthalmology - Independent Study (2009)
• Ophthalmology Clinic - Jacksonville (2009)

Orthopaedics

• Clinical Sciences of the Musculoskeletal System (2009)
• Orthopaedic - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Orthopaedic - Externship (2009)
• Orthopaedic - Independent Study (2009)
• Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Sports Medicine (2009)

Otolaryngology

• Clinical Elective - Otolaryngology/Jacksonville (2009)
• Otolaryngology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Otolaryngology - Externship (2009)
• Otolaryngology - Independent Study (2009)
• Otolaryngology - Surgical Elective (2009)
• Primary Care in Otolaryngology (2009)

Pathology

• Autopsy Pathology (2009)
• Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (2009)
• Clinical Chemistry Seminar Series (2009)
• Cytopathology: Diagnosis and Screening Applications in Human Disease (2009)
• Forensic Anthropology (2009)
• Gynecological Pathology (2009)
• Introduction to Anatomical and Clinical Pathology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pathology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Pathology - Externship (2009)
• Pathology - Independent Study (2009)
• Pathology Teaching Elective - General Pathology and Immunology (2009)
• Pathology Teaching Elective - Systemic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (2009)
• Surgical Pathology (2009)

Pediatrics

• 3rd Year Pediatrics (2009)
• Adolescent Medicine (2009)
• Ambulatory Pediatrics (2009)
• Ambulatory Pediatrics - Jacksonville (2009)
• Arts and Healthcare in SubSaharan Africa (2009)
• Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics - Jacksonville (2009)
• Clinical Nutrition (2009)
• Clinical Pediatric Gastroenterology (2009)
• Endocrinology/Diabetes Clinical Clerkship (2009)
• Immunology, Infectious Disease, and Rheumatology (2009)
• India - International Externship (2009)
• Medical Spanish (2009)
• Neonatology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Neonatology Elective (2009)
• Pediatric - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Pediatric - Externship (2009)
• Pediatric - Independent Study (2009)
• Pediatric Advocacy Rotation (2009)
• Pediatric Cardiology (2009)
• Pediatric Cardiology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Critical Care (PICU) - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2009)
• Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2009)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Neurology (2009)
• Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine (2009)
• Pediatric Renal Clinical Rotation (2009)
• Primary Care in Nicaragua (2009)
• Req. Pediatrics - Shands General (2009)
• Req. Pediatrics - Shands NICU (2009)
• Req. Pediatrics-Team A-Jacksonville (Wolfson's) (2009)
• Req. Pediatrics-Team B-Jacksonville (Wolfson's) (2009)
• Req. Pediatrics-Team C-Jacksonville (Wolfson's) (2009)
• Seminars in Global Health (2009)
• The Use of Narrative Medicine in Pediatrics - Health through Stories (2009)

Pharmacology

• Pharmacology - Independent Study (2009)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Externship (2009)
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Independent Study
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Elective (2009)
• Spine Care Elective (2009)

Physiology

• Medical Physiology - Teaching and Review (2009)
• Physiology - Independent Study (2009)

Plastic Surgery

• Plastic and Reconstructive VA/Shands (2009)

Psychiatry

• 3rd Year Psychiatry (2009)
• Addiction Medicine Externships (2009)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2009)
• Flexible Psychiatry (2009)
• Forensic Psychiatry (2009)
• McKnight Brain Institute Research (2009)
• Pain Management & Iatrogenic Addictions (2009)
• Psychiatry - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Psychiatry - Externship (2009)
• Psychiatry - Independent Study (2009)
• Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics (2009)
• UF at Shands-Neuropsychiatric Evaluation and ECT (2009)

Radiation Oncology

• Intro. to Radiation Oncology (2009)
• Radiation Oncology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Radiation Oncology Externship (2009)
• Radiation Oncology Independent study (2009)

Radiology

• Clinical Radiology/Jacksonville (2009)
• Radiology - Angio/Interventional (2009)
• Radiology - Body Imaging (2009)
• Radiology - Cardiac Imaging (2009)
• Radiology - Chest (2009)
• Radiology - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging (2009)
• Radiology - Externship (2009)
• Radiology - Independent Study (2009)
• Radiology - Musculoskeletal System (2009)
• Radiology - Neurologic (2009)
• Radiology - Nuclear Medicine (2009)
• Radiology - Pediatric (2009)

Surgery

• 3rd Year Surgery (2009)
• Acting Internship in Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery (2009)
• Acting Internship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Gastro Esophogeal Surgery (2009)
• Acting Internship in Pancreas/Biliary Surgery (2009)
• Acting Internship in Surgical Oncology (2009)
• Breast Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (2009)
• Breast, Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Endocrine Surgery (2009)
• Burn Unit (2009)
• Clinical Elective on the Critical Care Service - Jacksonville (2009)
• Clinical Elective on the Maxillofacial Surgery - Jacksonville (2009)
• Clinical Elective on the Trauma Service - Jacksonville (2009)
• Colorectal Surgery (2009)
• General Surgery - Jacksonville (2009)
• General Surgery and Organ Transplantation (Surgery IV) (2009)
• OMFS Surgery (2009)
• OMFS Surgery - Jacksonville (2009)
• Pediatric Surgery (2009)
• Surgery - Clinical Independent Study (2009)
• Surgery - Externship (2009)
• Surgery - Independent Study (2009)
• Surgery Honors Elective (2009)
• Surgery Skills Lab (2009)
• Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2009)
• Trauma; Surgical Critical Care; and Emergency Surgery (2009)
• Vascular Surgery - Jacksonville (2009)

Urology

• Senior Urology Clerkship - Jacksonville (2009)
• Urology Surgery - Elective (2009)