Digestive Diseases

Location

Rush

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

31-40, 51-60

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

0, 2

Prerequisites

Internal Medicine

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

2 days off taken 

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no, yes

Teaching hours/day

2-3

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Morning report/Case conference, Lecture given by resident or attending

Suggested reading/pocket contents

?

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

We would see the attendings just during rounds or procedures.  Most of the attendings are fantastic and they teach a lot during rounds.  We saw the fellows more often, and they were very good with helping us figure out what the diagnosis was and what needed to be done.

Busy service, teaching occurred each day but they were long days. There is a lot of time with the residents/attendings. 

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%, 50-75%

# pts evaluated/day

2-4

Procedures

A few times/month, never

Typical day

Half of my time was spent on the GI service and half on hepatology.  We would generally see our old patients and new consults in the morning, and then round in the afternoon.  In between, I would watch scopes.

Busy day, occasional down time of an hour or two. Always off for lunch. The day runs late depending on the attending and residents. Start at 7 or 8am, ends between 4 and 7pm. 

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

3, 3

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

5,4

Useful for other specialties

Internal medicine, general surgery

Overall rating (# stars/5)

5, 3

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

5, 3

Other comments

The hours can be long, which might be annoying if you're not that interested.