Palliative Care

Location

Rush

# Weeks

2

Hours/week on site

<20

Open to M3s?

No, yes?

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

4 or more

Prerequisites

?

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

web based modules so you could make your own schedule

only one day required to be there

 

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no, yes

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

2-3, 0-1

Teaching style

Web-based modules, online course and one clincial demo

Suggested reading/pocket contents

Everything was provided on-line

 

Structure of rotation

see below

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)

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

0-25%

# pts evaluated/day

0-2

Procedures

never

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

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

3, 4

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

4, 4

Useful for other specialties

Any time you work w/patients, most residencies

Overall rating (# stars/5)

5, 5

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

5, 5

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.