Nephrology

Location

Rush

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

21-30, 31-40, 41-50

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

0, 1, 2

Prerequisites

Internal Medicine

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

variable, one student took off four days during the 4 wks

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

Teaching hours/day

0-2

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Lecture given by resident or attending

Suggested reading/pocket contents

GFR calculator.  No text necessary.  There is a Rush Website for the residents with suggested readings (articles) for the core topics.

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Spend several hours on rounds each day with residents and attendings. You are expected to see consults by yourself.

As the only student I spent a lot of time with the attending, fellow and residents.  Most of the day is spent rounding with the team.  We would break up to see new consults and then go over them as a team in the afternoon.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

50-75%, 75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

2-4, 4-6

Procedures

never

Typical day

7-9 Pre-rounding and about 1/3 of the time starting a new consult.  9-11:30 rounding on old pts.  1130-130 seeing a new consult, sometimes lecture.  1:30 - 4ish rounding on new pts.  Home

Usefulness for any residency

5 of 5 stars

Usefulness for this residency

5 of 5 stars

Useful for other specialties

Internal Medicine, All except for maybe radiology.

Overall rating

4-5 of 5 stars

Recommended to other students

5 of 5 stars

Other comments

Very team-dependent.