Asad Mohmand, MD
Director, Advanced Medicine Clerkship

The Advanced Medicine (MED 623) Clerkship builds upon the skills acquired in MED 608 with a focus on the acutely ill/critically ill patient. This fourth-year four-week clerkship is an inpatient, predominately intensive care unit experience. Students work directly with house officers and critical care faculty, evaluating and managing ICU admissions and consults. The clerkship focuses on assessment skills, formulating, differential diagnosis, and managing fundamental problems in the acutely ill patient with an overall goal of familiarizing the student with the thought processes necessary to managing acutely ill patients: this clerkship will help prepare students to manage these situations as a future house officer. Areas of focus include acid-base and electrolyte disorders, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema, acute respiratory insufficiency, acute renal failure, deep venous thrombosis and management are taught when appropriate, with an emphasis on indications for procedures and potential complications.