2014-15 School of Medicine Elective Clerkship Catalog
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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Elective Clerkship Catalog University of Washington Catalog Information for Advising Purposes 2014-2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission Statement ................................................................................................................................. 1 School Overview .................................................................................................................................... 2 Academic Rules ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Graduation Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 4 Clinical Schedule .................................................................................................................................... 5 Surgical Selectives .................................................................................................................................. 6 Permission Only Courses ........................................................................................................................ 9 POLICIES Professional Behavior and Conduct ..................................................................................................... 10 Absentee, Weather and Holiday Policy ............................................................................................... 11 ELECTIVE COURSES Anesthesiology ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Conjoint ................................................................................................................................................ 19 Emergency Medicine............................................................................................................................ 20 Family Medicine ................................................................................................................................... 23 Laboratory Medicine ............................................................................................................................ 30 Medicine .............................................................................................................................................. 34 Neurological Surgery ............................................................................................................................ 65 Neurology ............................................................................................................................................. 68 Obstetrics & Gynecology ...................................................................................................................... 73 Ophthalmology .................................................................................................................................... 78 Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine ......................................................................................................... 84 Otolaryngology ..................................................................................................................................... 99 Pathology ........................................................................................................................................... 107 Pediatrics ............................................................................................................................................ 114 Psychiatry & Behavioral Science ........................................................................................................ 137 Radiation Oncology ............................................................................................................................ 148 Radiology ............................................................................................................................................ 151 Rehabilitation Medicine ..................................................................................................................... 156 Surgery ............................................................................................................................................... 163 Urology ............................................................................................................................................... 179 MISSION STATEMENT The University Of Washington School Of Medicine is dedicated to improving the general health and well- being of the public. In pursuit of its goals, the School is committed to excellence in biomedical education, research, and health care. The School is also dedicated to ethical conduct in all its activities. As the pre- eminent academic medical center in our region and as a national leader in biomedical research, we place special emphasis on education and training physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals dedicated to two distinct missions: . Meeting the health care needs of our region, especially by recognizing the importance of primary care and providing service to underserved populations; . Advancing knowledge and assuming leadership in the biomedical sciences and in academic medicine. The School works with public and private agencies to improve health care and advance knowledge in medicine and related fields of inquiry. It acknowledges a special responsibility to the people in the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, who have joined with it in a unique regional partnership. The School is committed to building and sustaining a diverse academic community of faculty, staff, fellows, residents. And students and to assuring access to education and training is open to learners from all segments of society, acknowledging a particular responsibility to the diverse populations within our region. The School values diversity and inclusion and is committed to building and sustaining an academic community in which teachers, researchers, and learners achieve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that value and embrace inclusiveness, equity and awareness as a way to unleash creativity and innovation. 1 School Overview Established in 1946, the School of Medicine is the only medical school directly serving the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI). Located in the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center, the School operates a decentralized program of medical education (WWAMI) via a regional network of teaching affiliates. The School's basic-science departments provide educational opportunities for students from all schools and colleges within the University. Clinical teaching programs are conducted at the University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children's, and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, as well as at other clinical affiliates in Seattle and throughout the WWAMI states. The School admits approximately 210 medical students to its first-year class and has a total enrollment of over 900 students pursuing the Doctor of Medicine degree. The full-time faculty numbers approximately 1,700 members. The affiliated University residency-training network enrolls approximately 900 house officers. Enrollment in the graduate programs in the basic sciences exceeds 500 students, and approximately 800 postdoctoral fellows are enrolled in various advanced training programs. The School has baccalaureate and graduate programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, and medical technology. The School participates in training a broad spectrum of other allied health professionals. The School is also home for the Physician Assistant Training Program known as MEDEX. The WWAMI Program The WWAMI program was initiated in 1971 as an effort to decentralize medical education, provide a broader range of educational opportunities for students, and address the need for primary-care physicians oriented toward rural practice. It is an integral part of the undergraduate medical curriculum and is a fully accredited program of the School of Medicine. The WWAMI program is named for the five states (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) that share resources and responsibilities in the regional educational program. Funds appropriated to the WWAMI program by the Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho legislatures assure each state of positions for its students in the entering medical class each year. First-Year Training In the first year of the WWAMI program, approximately 40 percent of the students admitted to the University's School of Medicine receive their first year of medical school training at Washington State University, the University of Wyoming, the University of Alaska, Montana State University, or the University of Idaho. Washington State University positions not filled by volunteers are assigned by lottery. Every Washington-resident applicant should recognize the opportunity of assignment to Washington State University during the first year. Students from Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho attend their home-state institutions. While at these institutions, they enroll in prescribed one-year medical school basic-science courses taught by on-site science faculty and are provided supplemental resources from the University of Washington's School of Medicine faculty. These students join their classmates at the UW's campus in Seattle for their second year of medical studies.