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Location |
Rush |
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# Weeks |
2 |
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Hours/week on site |
<20 |
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Open to M3s? |
No, yes? | |
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Scheduled through OASIS? |
yes |
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On Rush schedule? |
yes |
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# other students |
4 or more |
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Prerequisites |
? |
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| Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility |
web based modules so you could make your own schedule only one day required to be there |
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Overnight call? |
no |
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Work weekends? |
no |
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Weekend call? |
no |
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Is there an exam at the end of the rotation |
no, yes |
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Students required to give a presentation |
no |
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Teaching hours/day |
2-3, 0-1 |
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Teaching style |
Web-based modules, online course and one clincial demo |
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Suggested reading/pocket contents |
Everything was provided on-line
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Structure of rotation |
see below |
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Amt/quality of time residents/attendings |
There was a one day required modules and discussions at Rush. The attendings were very insightful and educational. One clinical demo morning in which faculty from all fields were present (nursing, medicine, etc) |
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Proportion of time evaluating pts alone |
0-25% |
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# pts evaluated/day |
0-2 |
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Procedures |
never |
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Typical day |
Over the two weeks, there are two days where you observe with a palliative care team and then one other day for a discussion group at Rush. Otherwise, all modules were on-line, as well as discussions. Online course with one half day clinical demo and must do 12 total hours of observation in a hospice setting |
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Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5) |
3, 4 |
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Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5) |
4, 4 |
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Useful for other specialties |
Any time you work w/patients, most residencies | |
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Overall rating (# stars/5) |
5, 5 |
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Recommended to other students (# stars/5) |
5, 5 |
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Other comments |
It's a blow off elective but you'd be suprised. You actually will learn something and it will alter how you appraoch your patients. Overall, very little work required. It's like being on vacation. I highly recommend it. |