Elective Manual Table of Contents
1. Expectations of an Elective Resident and Elective Attending………...... page 2
2. Allergy & Immunology (all-r)………………………………………..
page 3
3. Ambulatory Non-IM Specialty Princeton (amb)..………………............
page 5
4. Cardiology CAB (card-o-r)………………………………….…………..........page 7
5. Cariology Inpatient (card-i-r)………………………………………………....page 9
6. Cardiology UMCP (card-p)…………………………….……………...
page 11
7. Congestive Heart Failure (chf-r)…………………….…………………… page 13
8. Emergency Medicine UMCP (er-p)………………........……………..
page 15
9. Endocrinology (endo-r)…………………………………………....….
Page 17
10. Electrophysiology (ep-r)……........................……………………………. Page 19
11. Gastroenterology Inpatient (gi-i-r)….…………………......………...
page 21
12. Gastroenterology Outpatient (gi-o-r)………………………........…..
page 23
13. Gastroenterology Princeton (gi-p)…………………………………..
page 25
14. Gastroenterology VA (va-gi)……………………………………………. page 27
15.General Internal Medicine Consult Service (gim)…………...……….
page 29
16 Geriatrics (geri-1, geri-2)………………………………………………….. page 31
17. Hematology (hem-r)………..………………………………………..
page 35
18. Heme Path (hemepath)………………………………………………..
page 37
19. Hospital Administration (hospad-r).………………………………...
page 39
20. Hypertension/Nephrology (htn-p)…………………………….……..
page 41
21. IM Specialty – Endo/Rheum/HIV (im-sub-r)……………………….
page 43
22. Infectious Disease (id-r)……………………………………………….
page 45
23. Infectious Disease-ID Care (id-p)…………………………….……..
page 47
24. Nephrology (nephro-r)………………………………………………….
Page 49
25. Oncology CINJ (cinj-r)……………………………………………...………page 51
27. Oncology Princeton (onc-p)…………………………………………..
page 53
28. Palliative Care (pallca-r)…………………………………………….
page 55
29. Practice Tailoring (prac)………….…………………………........................page 58
30. Psychiatry (psy-r)……………………………………………………………page 59
31. Pulmonary Medicine (pulm-o-r)………………………………………
page 61
33. Radiology (rad-p)………………………………………….. ………….……page 63
34. Rheumatology (rheum-r)……..………………………………….……..
page 65
35. Transplant (xplant-r) ……...………………………………………...
page 67
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EXPECTATIONS
Expectations of a Resident on Elective:
 Review the pertinent elective material (schedule, goals & objectives) in the elective manual located
on the residency website prior to starting the elective.
 Patient encounters: Take a thorough history and physical, document appropriately in the chart,
present cases to the attending, discuss management.
 Demonstrate self-directed learning through independent reading about the diseases encountered
during the elective.
 Report to the elective on time.
 Attend all required educational activities of the program as per the elective schedule sheet.
 Maintain a professional demeanor at all times.
 Attend your continuity clinic according to elective schedule
Expectations of an Elective Attending:
 Discuss the goals and objectives of the elective with the resident on day 1.
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Teach residents the history and physical exam skills that are pertinent to the specialty.
Teach residents diagnosis, pathophysiology, management and disease course on a case by case
basis.
Instruct residents on the diagnostic modalities that should be undertaken prior to referral to the
specialty.
Educate residents about when to initiate a referral to the specialty.
Instruct residents on the diagnostic tools used by the specialty for further evaluation of the disease.
Educate residents about the cost of various diagnostic and treatment modalities.
Discuss evidence-based medicine.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: all-r
Elective Title: ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: CAB, Cranford/Warren, and Plainsboro
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Monteleone
MEB-358
montelca@umdnj.edu
Dr. Monteleone:
(732) 235-7712
Dr. Maccia
Cranford Office: Stacy
19 Holly Street
Cranford, NJ 07016
clement.maccia@gmail.com
Dr. MacciaWarren Office:
(732) 627-0900
Cranford Office:
(908)276-0666
Dr. Monteleone
Dr. Maccia
Dr. Caucino
Dr. Monteleone
Dr. Maccia
Dr. Caucino
666 Plainsboro Rd
Bldg 1000 Ste 1B
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
2
MAX
4
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Include residents from other
programs)
All
MIN
Dr. Caucino:
(609) 799-8111
PGY 2/3
MIN_____
MAX
1
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT _X_
INPATIENT__
MIXED __
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
AM
PM
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
CAB
Dr. Monteleone
Cranford Office
Dr. Maccia
Warren Office
Dr. Maccia
Cranford Office
Dr. Maccia
Warren Office
Dr. Maccia
Plainsboro
Dr. Caucino
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CAB
Dr. Monteleone
CAB
Dr. Monteleone
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review, and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism and Business of Medicine
Conference. Residents are not required to attend Noon Report/Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Allergy & Immunology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in allergy and immunology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic techniques such as allergy skin testing and
PFTS.
 To enhance occupational and environmental history taking skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an allergist.
 To gain exposure to the business aspects of running a private practice.
 Please refer to the Allergy section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, contact dermatitis,
atopic dermatitis, urticaria, angioedema, food and drug allergies, and humoral deficiencies.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the allergy clinic of the RWJ CAB and in the
private offices of community Allergists.
 Procedures: Allergy skin testing, desensitizations
 Services: Full range of services including access to a PFT laboratory and skin testing in the office.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Packet of pertinent allergy and immunology articles is given to each resident at
the start and discussed throughout the elective.
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other educational resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of the attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
SELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: amb
Elective Title: AMBULATORY Non IM Specialty
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
Dr. Payal Dave
davepa@umdnj.edu
ElectiveSite: PRINCETON and New Brunswick
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Refer to schedule
CONTACT PHONE:
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
(Including from other
programs)
MIN___
MAX ___1
RESIDENTS LEVEL
OF TRAINING
Refer to schedule
See Below
Dr. Kathy Robison
krobison@princetonhcs.org
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
All
MIN: 2 weeks
MAX: 4 weeks
PGY 2/3
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT_X_
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
NO NIGHT CALL
MONDAY
AM
8:30-12pm
Orthopedic
W. Thomas Gutowski, MD
Sports Medicine Forsgate
11 Centre Drive
Jamesburg, NJ 08831
609 655-4848
fax: 609-924-8532
PM
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
TUESDAY
8:30-12pm
Inpatient Neurology
Dr. Gupta
Cell phone:
732-425-8422
Call or text at 8:30am
to find out where to
meet for inpatient
RWJUH consults
1-5pm
Outpatient
Neurology
Dr. Gupta
81 Veronica Avenue
Suite 201
Somerset, NJ
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
8:30-12pm
Urology
Stanley Rosenberg, MD
Barry Rossman, MD
Robert Pickens, MD
Alexander Vukasin, MD
Urology Group of
Princeton
Forrestal Village
134 Stanhope St.
Princeton, NJ
609 924-6487
fax: 609-921-7020
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
YES
THURSDAY
9 am – 5 pm
Dermatology
Dr. Pappert/Rao
NO X
FRIDAY
9:30-12pm
Gynecology@9:30am
Kyra Williams, MD
(contact person:
AnnMarie/ext.6308)
1 Worlds Fair Drive
2nd Floor
Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone: 235-7765
Fax: 235-6568
gallinvk@umdnj.edu
UMCP
Outpatient Gynecology
Clinic, Suite B
253 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-497-4240
fax: 609-497-4027
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
1-5pm
Otolaryngology
Scott Kay, MD
7 Schalk’s Crossing Road
Suite 324
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
609-897-0203
Fax: 609-897-0213
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review, Weekly Grand Rounds and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism and Business of
Medicine Conference.
Only required to attend Noon Report/Conference on Tuesdays.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship interviews,
they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Ambulatory Non-IM Specialty Princeton Selective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize common problems encountered in some non-internal medicine specialties that pertain to the
practice of medicine, such as ophthalmology, dermatology, ENT, orthopedics, gynecology, neurology and
urology.
 To improve physical exam skills in specific areas such as the HEENT, skin, joint, prostate, pelvic, and
neuro exam.
 To gain exposure to the business aspects of running a private practice.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an ophthalmologist, dermatologist,
otolarynogologist, orthopedic surgeon, gynecologist, neurologist and urologist.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management and
course of disease.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, red eye, uveitis, keratitis, glaucoma, cataracts, chronic
sinusitis, chronic ear infections, neck masses, fractures/sprain/sports injuries, amennorhea, menorrhargia,
cervical dysplasia, gyn infections, pelvic pain, BPH, prostate CA, prostatitis, impotence and incontinence,
skin cancer, skin lesions, seizures, stroke, headaches, neuropathies, myopathies.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Mainly outpatient encounters in the private offices of community
physicians.
 Procedures: Skin biopsies, joint aspirations, digital rectal exam, pap smears, EMGs.
 Services: Broad range of services available in the office including the procedures listed above as well as
full services available at UMCP and RWJUH.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Standard medical texts in the fields of ophthalmology, otolaryngology,
dermatology, gynecology, urology, neurology and orthopedics are available in the MEB library.
 Pathological Materials: Review of skin, prostate, cervical biopsy results.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients and see return visits under the supervision of
attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: card-o-r
Elective Title: CARDIOLOGY CAB
Elective Site: RWJ CAB Clinic
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. Lili Cohen
UCG Faculty
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
ELECTIVE CONTACT
CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS:
Dr. Cohen
908-229-0956 (cell)
125 Paterson Street
Resident to call Dr.
New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Cohen 3 days prior to
start of rotation
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL
OF TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2 weeks
MIN__
MAX 2
MAX 4 weeks
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT _X_
INPATIENT__
MIXED __
PGY __
ALL
X
STUDENTS
YES X
NO
SCHEDULE
From
8:00 – 9:00
AM
PM
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Cardiology Conference
2 CORE Conf Room
Cardiology Conference
2 CORE Conf Room
Cardiology Conference
2 CORE Conf Room
Cardiology Conference
2 CORE Conf Room
Cardiology Conf
2 CORE Conf Room
CAB Clinic
Dr. Agarwal
CAB Clinic
Dr. Vagaonescu
CAB Clinic
Dr. Cohen
CAB Clinic
Dr. Weinberg
Cardiac Rehab :
Cardiodynamics
2nd Floor RWJUH
Nurse : Maureen
CAB Clinic
Dr. Morerya
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CAB Clinic
Dr. Kostis
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Thursday 12:00 – 1:00 EKG Conference
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Cardiology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in cardiology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as stress testing, ECHO, Cath, MRI.
 To improve EKG reading skills
 To enhance cardiac physical diagnosis skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a cardiologist.
 Please refer to the Cardiology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, CAD, hyperlipidemia, CHF and cardiomyopathy, valvular
disease, arrhythmias, congenital disorders, and preoperative cardiac evaluation.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily outpatient encounters in a UMCP cardiology practice and in the
office of a community cardiologist. Occasional inpatient consults at UMCP.
 Procedures: Review ECHO and Cath reports; Interpret stress test results.
 Services: Services include access to a cardiac cath lab, nuclear and exercise stress lab, and an ECHO lab.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Braunwald’s Textbook of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine by Topol &
Marso
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: card-i-r
Elective Title: Cardiology Inpatient
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. Lili Cohen
UCG Consult Attending
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS:
CONTACT PHONE:
908-229-0956 (cell)
Dr. Cohen
Resident to call Dr.
125 Paterson Street
Cohen 3 days prior to
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
start of rotation.
Resident must page
the UCG consult
fellow on the first
morning of the
rotation.
TOTAL RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS LEVEL
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
OF TRAINING
(Include other programs)
All
MIN
2 weeks
MIN__
MAX 1
MAX 4 weeks
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT _X_
MIXED __
PGY __
ALL
X
STUDENTS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
THURSDAY
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
FRIDAY
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Cardiology Inpatient Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient problems in cardiology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as stress testing, ECHO, Cath, MRI.
 To improve EKG reading skills
 To enhance cardiac physical diagnosis skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a cardiologist.
 Please refer to the Cardiology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, ACS, arrhythmias, CHF exacerbation, valvular disease,
and preoperative cardiac evaluation.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily inpatient encounters at RWJUH.
 Procedures: Review ECHO and Cath reports; Interpret stress test results.
 Services: Services include access to a cardiac cath lab, nuclear and exercise stress lab, and an ECHO lab.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Braunwald’s Textbook of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine by Topol &
Marso
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
10
INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: card-p
Elective Title: UMCP CARDIOLOGY
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: UMCP
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS:
Dr. Lisa Motavalli
Dr. Lisa Motavalli
609-853-7220
Dr. Lisa Motavalli
Pager: lmotavalli@longcall.com University Medical Center of
(Medicine Office)
Princeton at Plainsboro
Resident must
Dr. Sheryl Croiter
Department of Medicine
contact Dr. Motavalli
1 Plainsboro Road
prior to the start of
Pager: SCroiter@longcall.com
Plainsboro, NJ
the elective via her
long call email.
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS LEVEL
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
OF TRAINING
(Include other programs)
All
MIN
2 weeks
MIN__
MAX 1
MAX 4 weeks
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT
INPATIENT
MIXED _X_
PGY __
ALL
X
STUDENTS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
GRAND ROUNDS
8am-9am
Consults, Clinics,
Consults, Clinics, and Procedures
and Procedures
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
FRIDAY
Consults, Clinics,
and Procedures
Consults, Clinics,
and Procedures
Consults, Clinics,
and Procedures
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
11
Goals and Objectives: Cardiology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in cardiology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as stress testing, ECHO, Cath, MRI.
 To improve EKG reading skills
 To enhance cardiac physical diagnosis skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a cardiologist.
 Please refer to the Cardiology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, CAD, hyperlipidemia, CHF and cardiomyopathy, valvular
disease, arrhythmias, congenital disorders, and preoperative cardiac evaluation.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily outpatient encounters in a UMCP cardiology practice and in the
office of a community cardiologist. Occasional inpatient consults at UMCP.
 Procedures: Review ECHO and Cath reports; Interpret stress test results.
 Services: Services include access to a cardiac cath lab, nuclear and exercise stress lab, and an ECHO lab.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Braunwald’s Textbook of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine by Topol &
Marso
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
12
INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: chf-r
ELECTIVE TITLE: Congestive Heart Failure
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Almendral
Dr. Jesus Almendral
Director, Mechanical
Circulatory Support
Program
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
Dr. Almendral
Plum Street, 7th Floor
New Brunswick
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
TEL: (732) 253-3356
Resident must page the
CHF fellow on the first
morning of the rotation.
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
ALL
MIN
MAX
2 __
MIN_____
4
MAX
__
PGY 2/3
1_
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT _X_
MIXED __
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
and Rounds
and Rounds
and Rounds
and Rounds
RESIDENT
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference, in addition to their Weekly
Medicine Continuity Clinic.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Congestive Heart Failure Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and manage decompensated heart failure in the hospital and chronic heart failure in the
outpatient setting.
 To learn the clinical indications and criteria for heart transplant.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic techniques such as stress testing, ECHO, and
Cath.
 To enhance cardiac physical diagnosis skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a cardiologist and heart failure specialist.
 Please refer to the Cardiology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings and fellows including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly Cardiology Grand Rounds (1st Monday at noon).
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes heart failure from all causes including ischemic heart disease and various
cardiomyopathies.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Patients are seen both on the heart failure service in the hospital and in the
heart failure clinic at RWJ CAB.
 Procedures: Review Cath reports and myocardial biopsy results.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services; access to a cardiac cath lab, cardiac MRI,
nuclear and exercise stress lab, EP and ECHO lab.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Braunwald’s Textbook of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine by Topol &
Marso Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attending/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
SELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: er-p
Elective Title: Emergency Medicine
Elective Site: UMCP Emergency Room—Fast Track
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Craig
Gronczewski
(Chair of UMCP ED)
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
Dr. Craig Gronczewski
(Chair of UMCP ED)
Dr. Craig Gronczewski
CONTACT PHONE:
609-497-4431 (UMCP ED)
609-497-4111 (Fast Track)
cgronczewski@princetonhcs.org
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2 wks
MIN_______
MAX _4 wks_
MAX
PGY
2/3
2
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
Evenings and
occasional
weekends
YES
NOX
At the beginning of your first shift, please ask the ER desk clerk where to find Sue Sunyak. She is in
charge of Wellsoft and will give you a brief orientation to the ED computer system.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
MONDAY
Noon
12:00- Report/
1:30
Noon
PM
conference
UMCP ER
1:3010:00
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
Noon Report/ Noon Report/
Noon
Noon
conference conference
RESIDENT UMCP ER
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
SUNDAY
FRIDAY
Noon Report/ Noon
Noon
Report/
conference Noon
conference
UMCP ER
RESIDENT UMCP ER
CONTINUI
TY CLINIC
UMCP ER
There will be 2 residents on ER at a given time. The chief resident at UMCP will assign each
resident to three 8.5-hour ED shifts per week on days when they do not have continuity clinic.
Each resident will have 3 of the remaining 4 days off. On the other day (the day of their clinic),
they will go to noon report/NC at the site closest to their clinic and then proceed to clinic.
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Noon Report and conference at UMCP
The following activities are optional: Weekly Grand Rounds, Daily Board Review
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Goals and Objectives: ER Selective
Educational Purpose
 To expose the resident to urgent care problems seen in an emergency room.
 To demonstrate clinical skills in initial triage, diagnostic evaluation and management of above patients.
 To manage common emergencies that an internist is likely to encounter in an office practice.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: A wide range of acute medical, neurological, surgical, and gynecologic problems are
seen.
 Patient Characteristics: All age groups are seen.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Pts are seen on the urgent care side of the UMCP ED.
 Procedures: Some procedure may be done in the ED including suturing, splinting, joint
aspiration/injection, and venous blood draws.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services are available through UMCP.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Rosen’s Emergency Medicine
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available at UMCP where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings. Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients
and see return visits under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: endo-r
Elective Title: ENDOCRINOLOGY
Elective Site: CLINICAL ACADEMIC BUILDING
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. Amorosa
Drs. Amorosa, Schneider,
Asali, Kolaczynski, Lubitz,
Meninger, Reinhardt, Santora,
Stein, Wang, Wimalawansa,
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
DURATION/WEEKS
Catherine Harris
MEB-384
TEL: (732) 235-7748
email:
Harrisca@umdnj.edu
FAX: (732) 235-7096
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2
MAX __4
PGY 1/2/3
MIN______
MAX
4
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
STUDENTS
YESX
NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM (8am)
PM
CAB
Dr. Lubitz
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
CAB
CAB
Dr. Schneider /Wang Dr. Kolaczynski,
Lubitz/ Meninger
Clinic
RESIDENT
Dr.
CONTINUITY
Amorosa/Lubitz/ CLINIC
Wang
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
CAB
CAB
Dr. Wimalawansa/ Drs. Asali /
Wang
Santora
CAB
CAB
Dr. Amorosa/Lubitz Dr. Amorosa/
Schneider
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and
Monthly Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Endocrinology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in endocrinology.
 To increase familiarity with frequently used diagnostic tools such as HgbAIC and glucose tolerance test,
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis testing, and thyroid testing including ultrasound, RAIU scan and
biopsy.
 To learn appropriate screening modalities for monitoring the complications of diabetes.
 To apply the algorithm for working up a thyroid mass.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an endocrinologist.
 Please refer to the Endocrinology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, diabetes, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, adrenal insufficieny,
Cushing’s disease, and pituitary tumors.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the endocrine clinic of the RWJ CAB.
 Procedures: Occasionally observe FNA of thyroid masses.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services, such as nutrition; access to an extensive
laboratory and radiology department.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: William’s Textbook of Endocrinology
 Pathological Materials: thyroid biopsy results reviewed
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: ep-r
Elective Title: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Deepak Saluja
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
James Coromilas
Archana Patel
Deepak Saluja
Dr. Saluja
125 Paterson St
New Brunswick, NJ,
08903
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
CONTACT PHONE:
Edie:
(732) 235-6566
FAX:(732) 235-8371
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2 wks
MIN____
MAX 4 wks
MAX
PGY 2, 3
1
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT X
MIXED __
YES X NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
Inpatient Consults
Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
and Rounds
EP Procedure
Observation
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
ECG conf ( 8-9 am)
Inpatient
Inpatient Consults EP conference
Consults and
and Rounds
Rounds
Inpatient Consults
CCU
and Rounds
lecture(10:30RESIDENT
11:15 am)
EP Procedure CONTINUITY
Observation
CLINIC
EP Procedure
Observation
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and
Monthly Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Electrophysiology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient problems in cardiology/EP
 To significantly improve ECG reading skills
 To enhance cardiac physical diagnosis skills
 To determine when it is appropriate to call a consult to a cardiologist/EP
 Be familiar with initial and subsequent management of common cardiac arrhythmias (tachycardia and
bradycardia)
 Know who is at risk for sudden cardiac death and their management
 Familiarize residents with use of antiarrhythmic medications
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings and cardiology fellows including differential diagnosis,
pathophysiology, management, disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and cardiology fellows will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest
 Weekly didactic lectures for cardiology fellows are accessible to residents as per their interest, but ECG
conference on thursday and CCU lecture on wednesday will be requirement (as their schedule allows it)
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, CAD, CHF and cardiomyopathy, valvular disease,
arrhythmias, congenital disorders
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily inpatient encounters, some outpatient encounters in EP clinic
 Procedures: observing EP study, ablation procedure and pacemaker implantation
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Electrophysiology Testing by Richard Fogoros, Arrhthymia section in
Braunwald’s Textbook of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine by Topol & Marso
 A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where residents are expected to read
primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see them on follow up visits, and play an active
role in the diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings and cardiology fellows.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: gi-i-r
Elective Title: GASTROENTEROLOGY- INPATIENT
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
GI Consult Attending
Aida Cardona
GI Division MEB-478
GI Fellow
CONTACT PHONE:
(732) 235-7784
Dr. Kiron Das
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
FAX:(732) 235-7792
Resident must page the
GI consult fellow on the
first morning of the
rotation
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2 wks
MIN_____
MAX 4 wks
MAX
PGY 2/3
1
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT X
MIXED __
YES X NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults Inpatient Consults
and Rounds
and Rounds
and Rounds
and Rounds
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
FRIDAY
GI Conference
MEB 492
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Gastroenterology Inpatient Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient problems in gastroenterology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as plain films, abdominal ultrasound,
abdominal CT scan, barium swallow, EGD, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of GI
disorders.
 To determine when it is appropriate to consult a gastroenterologist.
 Please refer to the Gasteroenterology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Friday morning and noon) are held at which problematic and
instructive cases are discussed. Recent literature is reviewed during this time. Pathology slides are
reviewed with a pathologist.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, Upper and lower GI bleeding, IBD flares, infectious
diarrhea, malabsorption syndromes, acute and chronic liver disease, acute pancreatitis, cholecystitis and
cholangitis.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily inpatient consults in the ICU and general wards and across all
specialties at RWJUH.
 Procedures: Observe EGDs and colonoscopies.
 Services: Broad range of consultative and clinical services; access to a full endoscopy suite, radiology
department and extensive laboratory.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Sleisenger & Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
 Pathological Materials: Biopsies from EGDs and Colonoscopies are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The GI consult attending evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attending/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will do initial consults, daily follow ups and play an active role in the diagnostic and
management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: gi-o-r
Elective Title: GASTROENTEROLOGY OUTPATIENT
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Kiron Das
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Drs. Das, Ebert,Griffel,
Manoukian,
Pooran Rampertab and
Repaka
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
Elective Site: CAB
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
TEL:(732) 235-7784
Aida Cardone
MEB-478
FAX:(732) 235-7792
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
MIN 2 wks
MIN_______________
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MAX
MAX _4 wks_
PGY
1/2/3
2
EXCEPT:
NO NIGHT
CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
STUDENTS
YES X
NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
READING/
RESEARCH
CAB Clinic
PM
Dr. Rampertab
Dr. Manoukian
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
GI Conference
MEB 492
Dr. Das
Dr. Manoukian
Dr. Repaka
Dr. Pooran
Dr. Rampertab
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
Dr. Griffel
(1x month)
Dr. Manoukian
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Daily Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
GI Conferences are held every Friday from 9-10am and from 11-1pm
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Goals and Objectives: Gastroenterology Outpatient Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in gastroenterology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as plain films, abdominal ultrasound,
abdominal CT scan, barium swallow, EGD, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of GI
disorders.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a gastroenterologist.
 Please refer to the Gasteroenterology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Friday morning and noon) are held at which problematic and
instructive cases are discussed. Recent literature is reviewed during this time. Pathology slides are
reviewed with a pathologist.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, GERD, PUD including H. Pylori, Lower GI bleeding, IBD,
IBS, Malabsorption syndromes, chronic liver disease, chronic pancreatitis, and biliary disease.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many ethnic
and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the gastroenterology clinic at RWJ CAB.
 Procedures: Review EGD and colonoscopy results.
 Services: Broad range of specialty and subspecialty services; access to an extensive laboratory, radiology
department, and endoscopy suite.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Sleisenger & Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
 Pathological Materials: Biopsies from EGDs and Colonoscopies are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: gi-p
Elective Title: GASTROENTEROLOGY Princeton
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Gary Forester
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. G. Forester
Dr. Skole
DURATION/WEEKS
Elective Site: UMCP
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. G. Forester
gforester@longcall.com
(609) 853-7220
(Medicine Office)
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN __2 wks_
MAX _4 wks
MIN______
MAX
PGY 1/ 2/3
1
EXCEPT: August
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT __
MIXED _X_
STUDENTS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
TUESDAY
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
WEDNESDAY
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
THURSDAY
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
Clinic
Consults
Procedures
FRIDAY
Conference
RWJ MEB
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
PLEASE CONTACT DR. FORESTER ON THE FIRST MORNING OF THE ELECTIVE FOR THE SCHEDULE
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Gastroenterology Princeton Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered problems in gastroenterology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as plain films, abdominal ultrasound,
abdominal CT scan, barium swallow, EGD, and colonoscopy in the diagnosis of GI disorders.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a gastroenterologist.
 Please refer to the Gasteroenterology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attending will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Friday morning and noon) are held at which problematic and
instructive cases are discussed. Recent literature is reviewed during this time. Pathology slides are
reviewed with a pathologist.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, GERD, PUD including H. Pylori, Upper and lower GI
bleeding, IBD, IBS, infectious diarrhea, malabsorption syndromes, chronic liver disease, pancreatitis, and
biliary disease.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Patients are seen during procedures in the endoscopy suite, during outpatient
encounters in the office setting and on occasional inpatient consults.
 Procedures: Assist with EGDs and colonoscopies.
 Services: Broad range of specialty and subspecialty services; accesss to an extensive laboratory, radiology
department and endoscopy suite.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Sleisenger & Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
 Pathological Materials: Biopsies from EGDs and Colonoscopies are reviewed
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available at UMCP where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attending.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attending.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: va-gi
Elective Title: GASTROENTEROLOGY VA
Elective Site: Lyons, VA
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. Lenza
Dr. Lenza
Dr. Lenza
Tel: (908) 647-0180
dial 1 then ext. 4540 or 4644
Fax: 908-604-5271 (VA)
973-395-7076 (East Orange)
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
MIN __2__
MIN______
PGY 1/2/3
All
MAX
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
4__
MAX
1
OUTPATIENT _X_
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
STUDENTS
YES
NO X
Please follow the instructions for “Processing”:
1) GI is located in Bldg 3, 1st floor but resident must first report to bldg 1, 2nd floor where Isabella, the secretary, will
give you a form to fill out and take to another bldg. There you will present the form and two forms of ID for
fingerprinting and background check.
2) Residents must also obtain a computer code, which can be picked up in building 11.
All of this should be accomplished on the first day of rotation.
SCHEDULE
FROM
8:15 am
UNTIL
5 pm
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
GI Procedures
Consults
Lyons, VA
GI Clinic
GI Procedures
Consults
GI Procedures
Consults
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Lyons, VA
GI Clinic
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
FRIDAY
RWJ – MEB
Conference
Lyons, VA
GI Clinic
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism
Conference and Business of Medicine Conference. Residents are exempt from attending Noon
Report/Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Gastroenterology VA Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered problems in gastroenterology.
 To familiarize the resident with frequently used diagnostic tools such as plain films, abdominal ultrasound,
abdominal CT scan, barium swallow, EGD, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of GI
disorders.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a gastroenterologist.
 Please refer to the Gasteroenterology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Friday morning and noon) are held at which problematic and
instructive cases are discussed. Recent literature is reviewed during this time. Pathology slides are
reviewed with a pathologist.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, GERD, PUD including H. Pylori, Upper and lower GI
bleeding, IBD, IBS, Malabsorption syndromes, chronic liver disease, pancreatitis, and biliary disease.
 Patient Characteristics: Given the VA setting, patients are generally elderly males of varying
socioeconomic status. Patients of greater diversity are seen during the afternoons spent in the RWJ CAB.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Patients are seen during procedures in the VA endoscopy suite, during
outpatient encounters in the VA and CAB clinics and on occasional inpatient consults.
 Procedures: Assist with EGDs and colonoscopies. Opportunity for flexible sigmoidoscopy certification.
 Services: Broad range of specialty and subspecialty services; access to an extensive laboratory, radiology
department and endoscopy suite.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Sleisenger & Fordtran’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
 Pathological Materials: Biopsy results from EGDs and Colonoscopies are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
SELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: gim
Elective Title: General Internal Medicine CONSULT SERVICE
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
GIM Faculty
Pat Affrunti
email:
affrunpa@umdnj.edu
PHONE: (732) 235-6968
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
Consult Attending
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
All
Elective Site: RWJUH_
DURATION/WEEKS
MIN
2 wks
CONTACT PHONE:
FAX: (732) 235-7144
PGY
MIN_______________
MAX ___4 wks
MAX
2/3
1
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIEINT _X_
MIXED __
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
FROM 8am4:30pm
4:308pm



RWJUH
CONSULTS
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Admit and Cross
Cover Liquid
Oncology after
returning from clinic
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
RWJUH
CONSULTS
And Admit for and And Admit for and And Admit for and And Admit for
Cross Cover Liquid Cross Cover
Cross Cover
and Cross Cover
Oncology
Liquid Oncology Liquid Oncology Liquid Oncology
On day 1 of rotation, please contact the GIM consult attending for details
Resident is expected to perform consults at RWJUH and Plum St.
Resident can not leave RWJUH to go to Plum St. if they are covering an inpatient service (Liquids).
** Access the syllabus for this rotation on the residency website **
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: General Internal Medicine Consult Service Selective
Educational Purpose
 To obtain the skills required for effective consultation and communication with other specialists
(orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, ophthalmologists, general surgeons,etc.).
 To learn to risk stratify patients and become proficient in preoperative evaluations.
 To learn the management of medical illnesses in the perioperative setting.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, diabetes and hypertension treatment, coagulopathy
management, and chest pain and dyspnea evaluation of patients on various services including general
surgery, vascular, orthopedics, neurology, and gynecology.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely inpatient consultations at RWJUH.
 Procedures: May perform procedures as needed such as paracentesis, thoracentesis, and LP.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services are available at RWJUH; full access to an
extensive laboratory, radiology department, and ICU.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: A link to articles pertinent to in-hospital medical consultation, preoperative
evaluation and perioperative medical care is available on the residency website.
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The attending on consult service evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attending.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attending.
 Residents will do the initial consultation, daily follow ups, and play an active role in the diagnostic and
management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
GERIATRICS
Amion Legend: geri-1, geri-2
Elective Title: Geriatrics
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
Dr. Qian Wang
Office: 609-395-2470
Beeper: 888-565-7141
Email:
qwang@princetonhcs.org
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
All
Elective Site: UMCP/Merwick/Meadowlakes
Dr. Harpreet Sidhu
Merwick Nursing Home
79 Bayard Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-617-1314
Ellen Land, NP
Meadowlakes Clinic
609-495-5364
DURATION/WEEKS
Dr. Schwartz-Chevlin
Physician Home Visits
908-507-4503
Dr. Ramzy, Geriatric
Psychiatry
Merwick Nursing Home
609-924-5250
Sandy/Debbie
Hospice Home Visits
609-497-4952/4932
Dr. Carol Sonatore
Acute Rehab
732-735-2841 (c)
**Before 3pm on Tuesday call
Sandy or Dr. Schwartz-Chevlin
to set up wed home visit**
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
4 weeks
MIN_______
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
MAX
OUTPATIENT _X_
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
PGY
1
2
STUDENTS
YES
NOX
** UMCP Geriatrics - Prior to starting the elective, please contact Dr. Wang (qwang@princetonhcs.org) to
find out when and where to meet on the first day of the elective.
Geriatrics Schedule Addendum:
Noon Conference Presentation — to be assigned at the end of the month
Geriatrics Rotation Contacts:
 Dr. Qian Wang
Cell: 609-495-4062, Office: 609-395-2470, Beeper: 888-565-7141,
Email: qwang@princetonhcs.org; qwang@longcall.com
 Dr. Sidhu - 609-617-1314
 Dr. Ramzy - 609-924-5250 (call on Thursday to let office know if that is the Friday for
drivers assessment program and let them know you will not be there)
 Dr. Schwartz-Chevlin - 908-507-4503
 Ellen Land, NP - 609-495-4364
 Sandy/Debbie - 609-497-4952/4932
 Buckingham Place, Paul ,Administrator of day program - 732-329-8888 or cell at 732-2417949
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SCHEDULE- Weeks 1&2 are GERI 1/ Weeks 3&4 are GERI 2
Week 1
GERI 1
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
9:00 am –
12:00pm
Meeting with Dr.
Wang
UMCPP
Dr. Wang &
Ellen Land, NP
Home Visits
Dr. Schwartz-Chevlin
Home Visits
(visiting nurse)
St. Lawrence Rehab
Driver Assessment 8am
Neuropsych Testing 9am
1:30 5:00 pm
Merwick Nursing
Home
Dr. Sidhu
Clinic
Merwick Nursing Home
Dr. Sidhu
Acute Rehab
Dr. Sonatore
Clinic
Week 2
GERI 1
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
9:00 am –
12:00pm
Research
UMCPP
Dr. Wang &
Ellen Land, NP
Home Visits
(Hospice Home Visitsmeeting)
Home Visits (Nursing
Home)
Geriatric Psychiatry
Merwick
Dr. Ramzy
1:30 5:00 pm
Merwick Nursing
Home
Dr. Sidhu
Clinic
Merwick Nursing Home
Dr. Sidhu
Acute Rehab
Dr. Sonatore
Clinic
Week 3
GERI 2
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
9:00 am –
12:00pm
Research
UMCPP
Dr. Wang &
Ellen Land, NP
Home Visits
(Hospice Home Visits)
Home Visits
(Home PT/OT)
Geriatric Psychiatry
Merwick
Dr. Ramzy
1:30 5:00 pm
Merwick Nursing
Home
Dr. Sidhu
Clinic
Merwick Nursing Home
Dr. Sidhu
Acute Rehab
Dr. Sonatore
Clinic
Week 4
GERI 2
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
9:00 am –
12:00pm
Buckingham
Place
Assisted Living
Adult Day
Program
(9:30 – 11:30)
UMCPP
Dr. Wang &
Ellen Land, NP
Home Visits
(Hospice Home Visits)
1:30 5:00 pm
Merwick Nursing
Home
Dr. Sidhu
Clinic
Merwick Nursing Home
Dr. Sidhu
Home Visits
(home PT/OT)
GeriatricsPresentation
Noon Conference
Acute Rehab
Dr. Sonatore
Geriatric Psychiatry
Merwick
Dr. Ramzy
Clinic
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism and
Business of Medicine Conference at UMCP.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Geriatric Medicine Rotation
Attitudes
 Identify stereotypes of older adults
 Recognize “ageism” in the practice of medicine
 Understand how goals of care influence treatment decisions
 Appreciate patient autonomy in decision making
Knowledge
 Distinguish between normal aging and disease
 Appreciate the striking heterogeneity among older adults
 Understand basic principles of pharmacokinetics/dynamics in the elderly
 Understand health promotion and disease prevention strategies
 Appreciate atypical presentations of illness in older adults
 Understand the hazards of hospitalization for older adults
 Understand basic principles of psychiatric disease in the elderly
 Understand basic principles of wound care
Skills
 Accurately estimate prognosis in acute and chronic disease states
 Initiate a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
 Implement risk-reduction strategies in the hospitalized elder
 Diagnose, evaluate and manage the following syndromes:
Agitation and altered mental status
Cognitive Impairment
Adverse Drugs Events/polypharmacy
Gait disorders
Dysphagia
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in geriatrics.
 To learn about the care of institutionalized Long-Term Care patients.
 To understand the aging process and its influence on disease, medication use, and quality of life.
 To obtain a grasp of end-of-life issues and palliative care.
 To learn to evaluate decision making capacity.
 To recognize the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the care of the elderly.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a geriatrician.
 Please refer to the Geriatrics section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings and fellows including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences.
 Presentations: Monthly presentation to be done by Geriatric interns
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, falls/gait imbalance, dementia, incontinence, pressure
ulcers, immobility, pain management, and terminal illness.
 Patient Characteristics: Elderly, males and females, across many ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Pts are seen in a variety of venues including a nursing home, rehabilitation
center, private geriatric office practice, in-hospital hospice, and on home visits.
 Procedures: N/A
 Services: Full range of consultative and clinical services available through UMCP.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Essential’s of Clinical Geriatrics, Hazzard’s Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
(Access Medicine)
 Pathological Materials: N/A
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 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available at UMCP where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients and see return visits under the supervision of
and attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: hem-r
Elective Title: HEMATOLOGY
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: CAB/ RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Hematology Faculty
Dr. Philipp
MEB 378A
(732) 235-7619
FAX:(732) 235-7115
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
Dr. Claire Philipp
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
(Include other programs)
MIN
2
MIN______
MAX
4
MAX
PGY 1/2/3
ALL
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT
INPATIENT
MIXED _X_
1
STUDENTS
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
AM
PM
MONDAY
General Heme
Clinic
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Thrombosis Clinic Hemophilia Clinic General Heme General Heme
Clinic
Clinic
Drs. Phillip and Dr. Phillip and Dr.
Dr. Harrison
Harpel
Harpel
Dr. Harpel
Dr. Harrison
Inpatient Consults
RESIDENT
Inpatient Consults
Inpatient
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
Consults
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Hematology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in hematology.
 To familiarize the resident with the serum tests frequently used in the diagnosis of common hematology
disorders.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a hematologist.
 Please refer to the Hematology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings and fellows including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attending and fellows will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences are held at which problematic and instructive cases are discussed.
Recent literature is reviewed during this time.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, anemia, hemophilia, hypercoaguable disorders,
polycythemia vera, neutropenia, thrombocytosis, thrombocytopenia (ITP, TTP, HIT), and anticoagulation
methods.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Patients are seen in the outpatient hematology clinic at RWJ CAB and in
consultation on hospitalized patients.
 Procedures: Assist with bone marrow biopsies, plasmapheresis.
 Services: Broad range of specialty and subspecialty services; access to an extensive laboratory, radiology
department, ICU, bone marrow unit and the above listed procedures.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Witrobe’s Clinical Hematology
 Pathological Materials: Peripheral blood smears and bone marrow pathology slides are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, follow up on consults and
play an active role in the diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE FORM
Amion Legend: hemepath-r
ELECTIVE TITLE: HemePath
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Goodell
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Goodell and other
Pathology Faculty
RWJMS
Dr. Goodell
Myra Martinez
CONTACT PHONE:
Myra Martinez
TEL: (732) 235-8121
FAX: (732) 235-8124
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
MIN_____
ALL
MIN
2 __
EXCEPT:
July/August
MAX
2 __
MAX
PGY 2/3
1_
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT X
MIXED __
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
AM
PM
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Review of slides HemePath Conference Review of slides
and biopsies
Review of slides and
and biopsies
biopsies
RESIDENT
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
Review of slides and
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
biopsies
CLINIC
THURSDAY
Review of slides
and biopsies
FRIDAY
Review of slides
and biopsies
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Review of slides
and biopsies
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Heme Path Elective
Educational Purpose
 To learn to recognize hematologic diseases based on peripheral blood smears and bone marrow biopsies.
 To gain a greater understanding of the diagnosis of heme disorders for those interested in pursuing a career
in hematology/oncology.
 To enhance the understanding of clinical laboratory medicine.
Teaching Methods
 Primarily through supervised review and interpretation of hematology slides with a trained
hemapathologist.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, anemia, hemophilia, hypercoaguable disorders,
polycythemia vera, neutropenia, thrombocytosis and thrombocytopenia, leukemia, lymphoma and MDS.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Slides are reviewed in the hematology pathology office.
 Procedures: N/A
 Services: Full range of clinical and consultative services are available at RWJUH including a hematology
service, bone marrow unit and ICU, as well as an outpatient hematology clinic.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Wintrobe’s Clinical Hematology
 Pathological Materials: Peripheral blood smears and bone marrow path slides are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of the attending.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attending.
 Residents will review slides under the guidance of the pathologist.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: hospad-r
Elective Title: HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Joshua Bershad
Acting Medical Director
CEO, RWJUH
Hospital Administration
Brenda Cuntala
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
MIN______
Special Assignment
MIN
MAX
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
2
MAX
4
CONTACT PHONE:
TEL: (732) 937-8614
FAX: (732) 937-8837
Contact Dr. Bershad at
least 1 week prior to
starting this elective.
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
PGY 2/3
1
OUTPATIENT N/A
INPATIENT N/A
MIXED N/A
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
Interview with Senior
Staff and attend
meetings
TUESDAY
Interview with
Senior Staff
and attend
meetings
RESIDENT
Interview with
CONTINUITY CLINIC Senior Staff
and attend
meetings
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Interview with
Senior Staff and
attend meetings
Interview with
Senior Staff and
attend meetings
Interview with Senior
Staff and attend
meetings
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Interview with Senior
Staff and attend
meetings
Candidates with serious interest in this area, should consider requesting this elective.
Please contact Dr. Bershad 1 week prior to starting your rotation
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Hospital Administration Elective
Educational Purpose
 To gain an understanding of how a large academic hospital is run.
 To understand the role of various hospital administrators.
 To appreciate the interplay between hospital administrators and clinicians.
Teaching Methods
 Interviews with key hospital administrators.
 Observing meetings regarding operations, strategic planning, patient services, clinical outcomes, human
resources, and finances of the hospital.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: A packet of reading material is provided at the start and discussed throughout the
elective.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation via a letter based on the resident’s
level of enthusiasm/interest and professionalism.
 The resident will evaluate the elective on the annual program evaluation form.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: htn-p
Elective Title: HYPERTENSION/NEPHROLOGY
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Michael Ruddy
Elective Site: Princeton Junction
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Drs. M. Ruddy, G. Bialy,
V. Finkelstein, P. Sterman,
S. Basi
Dr. Ruddy
Gloria
CONTACT PHONE:
(609) 750-7330 (Gloria)
FAX: (609) 750-7336
88 Princeton Hightstown Rd
Suite 203
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
email:
michaelcruddy@cs.com
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
All
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
PGY 1/2/3
MIN
2
MIN__
MAX
4
MAX 2
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
YES X NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
OFFICE
TUESDAY
GRAND ROUNDS at
UMCP 8-9am
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
OFFICE
OFFICE
OFFICE
OFFICE
OFFICE
RESIDENT
CONTINTUITY
CLINIC
OFFICE
PM
OFFICE
RESIDENT
CONTINTUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review at UMCP, Weekly Grand Rounds and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism
and Business of Medicine Conference. You are not required to attend noon report/conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Hypertension/Nephrology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in nephrology, including uncontrolled
HTN.
 To understand the pathophysiology of fluid/electrolyte disorders and acid base disturbances.
 To familiarize the resident with commonly used tests in the diagnosis of renal disease such as renal
ultrasound, analysis of 24 hour urine samples, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and renal biopsy.
 To develop familiarity with the principles, clinical indications and complications of nephrologic
procedures including hemo- and peritoneal dialysis, renal biopsy, and vascular access placement.
 To gain exposure to the business aspects of running a private practice.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a nephrologists and hypertension specialist.
 Please refer to the Nephrology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, uncontrolled HTN, fluid/electrolyte/acid-base disorders,
diabetic renal disease, hypertensive renal disease, glomerular and interstitial diseases, nephrolithiasis,
PCKD, ESRD, and proteinuria.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the office of a community
hypertension/nephrology practice.
 Procedures: Hemodialysis, renal biopsies reviewed.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services available at UMCP. Hemodialysis unit is
located in the same building as the office practice.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Hypertension Primer, Primer on Kidney Diseases, packet of articles distributed
at the start of the elective.
 Pathological Materials: Renal biopsies are reviewed.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
SELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: im-sub-r
Elective Title: IM Specialty- Endo/Rheum/HIV
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
See Below
Dr. Ranita Sharma
Sharmar1@umdnj.edu
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
All
DURATION/WEEKS
MONDAY
Endocrine Clinic
Dr. Lubitz
CAB
Contact: Catherine
732-235-7748
harrisca@umdnj.edu
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Refer to schedule
CONTACT PHONE:
Refer to schedule
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
MIN: 2 weeks
MAX: 4 weeks
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
AM:
Elective Site: CAB/Chandler
RESIDENTS LEVEL
OF TRAINING
MIN____
MAX ___2
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
TUESDAY
Rheumatology
Clinic
Dr. Schlesinger
Contact:
Dr. Schlesinger
732-235-7702
schlesna@umdnj.edu
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
Rheumatology
Clinic
Dr. Hsu
CAB
Contact:
Dr. Schlesinger
732-235-7702
schlesna@umndj.edu
YES
THURSDAY
Rheumatology
Clinic
Dr.Schlesinger,
Hsu, Tiku
CAB
Contact:
Dr. Schlesinger
732-235-7702
schlesna@umdnj.edu
Endocrine Clinic
PM:
Resident
Continuity Clinic
PGY 1/2/3
Dr. Stein /Wong
CAB
Contact: Catherine
732-235-7748
harrisca@umdnj.edu
NO X
FRIDAY
Endocrine Clinic
Dr. Salsali /
Santora
CAB
Contact: Catherine
732-235-7748
harrisca@umdnj.edu
Endocrine Clinic
Resident Continuity
Clinic
Resident
Continuity Clinic
Dr.Amorosa/
Lubitz/Wong
CAB
Contact: Catherine
732-235-7748
harrisca@umdnj.edu
Residents are required to attend all program activities: Daily Board Review, Noon Report and
Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism Conference and
Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: IM Specialty Selective (Endo/Rheum/HIV)
Educational Purpose
 To ensure all residents get exposed to commonly encountered outpatient problems in endocrinology,
rheumatology, and HIV management.
 To increase familiarity with frequently used diagnostic tools such as HgbAIC and glucose tolerance test,
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis testing, and thyroid testing including ultrasound, RAIU scan and
biopsy.
 To learn appropriate screening modalities for monitoring the complications of diabetes.
 To apply the algorithm for working up a thyroid mass.
 To learn the clinical indications for arthrocentesis and how to analyze joint aspirate.
 To improve joint examination skills.
 To understand the principles of drug therapy in management of HIV and to learn the class side effects.
 To increase familiarity with the complications of HIV/AIDS.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an endocrinologist and rheumatologist.
 Please refer to the Endocrinology, Rheumatology, and Infectious Disease sections of our Competency
Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, disease
course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Includes, but is not limited to, diabetes, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, adrenal insufficieny,
Cushing’s disease, pituitary tumors; RA, OA, crystal disease, FMS, seronegative spondyloarthropathies,
SLE, scleroderma, bursitis/tendonitis.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the endocrine clinic at RWJ CAB,
rheumatology clinic at RWJ CAB, and HIV clinic at Chandler Health Center.
 Procedures: Occasionally observe FNA of thyroid masses, arthrocentesis.
 Services: Full range of clinical and consultative services available at RWJUH; access to an extensive
laboratory and radiology department.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: William’s Textbook of Endocrinology, Primer on Rheumatic Diseases,
Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease.
 Pathological Materials: thyroid biopsies reviewed, joint aspirate analyzed
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinators evaluate the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: id-r
Elective Title: INFECTIOUS DISEASE
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. S. Boruchoff
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. T. Bhowmick
Dr J. Cornett
Dr. S. Boruchoff
Dr. D. Hart
Dr. McAuliffe
Dr. M. Weinstein
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. S. Boruchoff
MEB-362
FAX: (732) 235-7951
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
Resident must page
the ID consult fellow
on the first morning
of the rotation.
RESIDENTS LEVEL
OF TRAINING
TEL: (732) 235-7708
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2
MIN
1
MAX
4
MAX
2
PGY 1/2/3
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT X
MIXED __
YES X
NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Consult
Clinic or Consult
Clinic or Consult
Clinic or Consult
Consult Rounds
Rounds with Rounds with fellows Rounds with fellows Rounds with fellows
with fellows
fellows
Micro Rounds/
Conference
Conference
RESIDENT
Journal Club
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
Attending Rounds
CONTINUITY
Attending
CLINIC
Attending Rounds
CLINIC
Rounds
*Evaluations will be sent to ID Attending listed on RWJ schedule.
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly Humanism
& Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Infectious Disease Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat a broad range of acute infectious diseases in the hospital setting.
 To understand the principles of antibiotic use and coverage.
 To learn to take a thorough immunization/travel/sexual history.
 To provide exposure to the microbiology lab and learn to interpret gram stains and cultures.
 To determine when it is appropriate to consult an infectious disease specialist.
 Please refer to the Infectious Disease section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Teaching rounds: case-based discussions with attendings and fellows including differential diagnosis,
pathophysiology, management, and disease course of patients seen in consultation.
 Conferences: Weekly ID journal club (Thursday 1-2pm) during which recent literature is reviewed.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Microbiology Rounds: The ID consult team meets with select microbiology laboratory staff to review
relevant gram stains and cultures.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including but not limited to HIV and opportunistic infections, TB, bacteremia,
endocarditis, meningitis, osteomyelitis, and skin/soft tissue infections.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many ethnic
and socio-economic groups, including a large immigrant population.
 Types of clinical encounters: Largely during inpatient consultations in the ICU and general wards at
RWJUH with once weekly outpatient clinic experience.
 Procedures: Occasionally, blood cultures are drawn and lumbar punctures performed by the ID service.
 Services: Full range of consultative and clinical services covering all aspects of infectious disease care are
provided. This includes access to outpatient ID and HIV clinics, ER, ICU, microbiology lab, and radiology
department.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease by Mandell
 Pathological Materials: Gram stains and cultures in microbiology lab.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Methods
 The ID consult attending evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning improvement, interpersonal and communication
skills, professionalism, system based learning.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the faculty and fellows.
 Residents will do initial consults, daily follow ups, and play an active role in the diagnostic and management
plans under the supervision of attendings.
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MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: id-p
Elective Title: Infectious Disease- NAHASS
Elective Site: Princeton/Somerset/New Brunswick
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. Rohit Balla
Dr. R.Nahass’ group
Rohit Balla
roballa@gmail.com
TEL: (908) 725-2522
FAX: (908)725-5009
PLEASE EMAIL DR. BHALLA
AT LEAST ONE WEEK
BEFORE STARTING THE
ROTATION.
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
All
MIN: 2 wks
PGY
MIN
0
MAX
2
2/3
MAX: 4 wks
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT __
MIXED X
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
Week 1 & 3
a.m.
p.m.
Week 2 & 4
a.m.
p.m.
Monday
Inpatient
Rounds
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Office
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Tuesday
Inpatient
Rounds
Inpatient
Rounds
Office
Office
Wednesday
Inpatient
Rounds
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Office
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Thursday
Inpatient
Rounds
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Office
Resident
Continuity
Clinic
Friday
Inpatient
Rounds
Inpatient
Rounds
Office
Office
PLEASE EMAIL DR. BHALLA AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE STARTING THE ROTATION.
Residents are required to attend the following program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference (only when doing inpatient rounds), Weekly
Grand Rounds and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference
at the nearest hospital site.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Infectious Disease Nahass Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat a broad range of infectious diseases in the outpatient and hospital setting.
 To understand the principles of antibiotic use and coverage.
 To learn to take a thorough immunization/travel/sexual history.
 To determine when it is the business aspects of running a private practice.
 Please refer to the Infectious Disease section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings and fellows including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course of patients seen in the office and hospital.
 Didactics: Attendings provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, inpatient ID diseases such as opportunistic infections, TB,
bacteremia, endocarditis, meningitis, and osteomyelitis; and common outpatient ID diseases such as HIV
management, skin and soft tissues infections, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and STDs.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups, including a large immigrant population.
 Types of clinical encounters: 50% of time is spent seeing patients on in-hospital consultations and 50%
spent in outpatient office practice.
 Procedures: Occasionally, blood cultures are drawn and lumbar punctures performed by the ID service.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services through RWJUH and UMCP.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease
 Pathological Materials: Gram stains and cultures in microbiology lab.
Evaluation Methods
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning improvement, interpersonal and communication
skills, professionalism, system based learning.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will do initial histories and physicals, consultations and follow ups with supervision from
attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: nephro-r
Elective Title: NEPHROLOGY
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. G. Lefavour
Drs. Lianos, Lefavour, Walker,
Sherman, and Kapoian
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
TEL: (732) 235-4453
Dr. Lefavour
FAX: (732) 235-6124
MEB – 412D
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
Resident must page the
UKG consult fellow on the
first morning of the rotation.
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Include Muhlenberg, JFK, etc.)
All
MIN
MAX
2
MIN_______________
MAX
4
PGY
1/2/3
2
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT __
MIXED X
YES X NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
PM
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
RWJ Hospital RWJ Hosp. Consult RWJ Hospital
RWJ Hosp. Consult
RWJ CAB
Consults &
& Rounds
Consult & Rounds
& Rounds
Nephrology Clinic
Rounds
RWJ Hosp.
RESIDENT
RWJ Hospital
RWJ CAB
RESIDENT
Consult & Rounds
CONTINUITY
Consult & Rounds Nephrology Clinic CONTINUITY CLINIC
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
49
Goals and Objectives: Nephrology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient problems in nephrology.
 To understand the pathophysiology of fluid/electrolyte disorders and acid base disturbances.
 To familiarize the resident with commonly used tests in the diagnosis of renal disease such as renal
ultrasound, analysis of 24 hour urine samples, and renal biopsy.
 To develop familiarity with the principles, clinical indications and complications of nephrologic
procedures including hemo- and peritoneal dialysis, renal biopsy, and vascular access placement.
 To recognize the renal toxicities of commonly used medications and how to renally dose medications.
 To determine when it is appropriate to consult a nephrologist.
 Please refer to the Nephrology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: GR (4th Tuesday 4pm), Core Curriculm (1st & 3rd Wed 4pm), Case conf (1 & 2nd Tues), JC
(Friday Noon)during which interesting cases and recent literature is discussed.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, fluid/electrolyte/acid-base disorders, acute renal failure,
diabetic and hypertensive renal disease, glomerular and interstitial diseases, nephrolithiasis, ESRD, and
proteinuria.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Primarily inpatient encounters on consultation in the ICU and general
wards.
 Procedures: Hemo- and peritoneal dialysis, renal biopsy, and vascular access placement.
 Services: Full range of consultative and clinical services covering all aspects of nephrologic care are
provided. This includes outpatient renal and transplant clinics, ER, ICU and access to all procedures listed
above.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Primer on Kidney Diseases.
 Pathological Materials: Renal biopsies are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The nephrology consult attending evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an
online evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical
competence: patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of fellows/attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the fellows and attendings.
 Residents will do initial consults, daily follow ups, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
50
INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: cinj-r
ELECTIVE TITLE: ONCOLOGY- CINJ
Elective Site: CINJ
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. Serena Wong
CINJ Faculty
Dr. Wong
732-206-3263-beeper
wongse@umdnj.edu
(732) 235-9692
(Janet Caswell)
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
All
MIN
(Including other programs)
2
MIN_______
MAX
PGY 1/2/3
4
MAX
1
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
Wong/
Toppmeyer
(Breast)
Aisner
(Lung)
PM
Aisner (Lung)
Eleff (General)
TUESDAY
8:15-9:15 am:
Breast Tumor
Board(Auditorium B)
WEDNESDAY
Stein (GU)
Strair/Gharibo/Rubin Moss/Poplin (GI)
(Lymphoma/Leukemia)
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
8-9am
8-9 am Fellows
Lung Tumor Board
conference (5565)
(Auditorium A)(week 2)
Mayar (GU)
Eleff (General)
Gharibo
(Lymphoma/Leukemia)
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY CLINIC
Stein (GU)
Tan (Breast)
Moss (GI)
Eleff (General)
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Oncology CINJ Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in oncology.
 To familiarize the resident with commonly used modalitites in the diagnosis and staging of malignancies
such as tumor or lymph node biopsy, CT scan, MRI, and PET scans.
 To understand the basic principles of chemotherapy and radiation.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an oncologist.
 Please refer to the Oncology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly Journal Club (Wednesday 12-1pm), Weekly Grand Rounds (Friday 7:30-8:30am).
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, breast/ lung/ prostate/ colon CA, leukemia and lymphoma.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the offices of CINJ, a large NCI-designated
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
 Procedures: Bone marrow biopsies.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty service available at CINJ and RWJUH.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Cancer: Prinicples and Practice of Oncology by Levita
 Pathological Materials: Review results of biopsies, view path slides
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients and see return visits under the supervision of
attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: onc-p
Elective Title: ONCOLOGY PRINCETON
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: UMCP
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Babott
Dr. Sokol
Dr. Babott
Dr. Babott
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
CONTACT PHONE:
(609) 853-7278
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
All
MIN
2
MIN_______
MAX
4
MAX
PGY 1/2/3
2
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
Office
TUESDAY
GRAND ROUNDS
8am-9am
WEDNESDAY
Office
THURSDAY
Office
Office
PM
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Office
FRIDAY
TUMOR BOARD
8am-9am
Office
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Office
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Oncology Princeton Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in oncology.
 To familiarize the resident with commonly used modalitites in the diagnosis and staging of malignancies
such as tumor or lymph node biopsy, CT scan, MRI, and PET scans.
 To understand the basic principles of chemotherapy and radiation.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to an oncologist.
 Please refer to the Oncology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Tumor Board (1st Friday)
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, breast/ lung/ prostate/ colon CA, leukemia and lymphoma.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Mainly outpatient encounters in the office setting of faculty oncologists with
some inpatient consults.
 Procedures: Rarely, bone marrow biopsies.
 Services: Full range of clinical and consultative services available at UMCP; access to an extensive
laboratory and radiology department.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology by Devita
 Pathological Materials: Review results of biopsies
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available at UMCP where residents
are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: pallca-r
Elective Title: PALLIATIVE CARE ELECTIVE
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Dr. Poplin
Dr. Poplin
Mary Kelly, RN
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
Mary Kelly, RN
Mary Kelly
Beeper: 732-437-3670
mary.kelly@rwjuh.edu
732-828-3000 ext 5717
Contact Mary the 1st
morning of the rotation
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
2
MAX
4
PGY 1/ 2/3
MIN______
MAX
1
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT
INPATIENT X
MIXED
YES X
NO
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM
Consults with
Palliative Care
Team RWJUH
PM
RESIDENT
CONITNUITY
CLINIC
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Consults with RWJUH
RWJUH
Palliative Care Consults with Palliative Consults with
Team RWJUH Care Team RWJUH Palliative Care
Team
Consults with RESIDENT
RESIDENT
Palliative Care CONITNUITY CLINIC CONITNUITY
Team RWJUH
CLINIC
FRIDAY
Consults with
Palliative Care
Team RWJUH
Consults with
Palliative Care
Team RWJUH
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, Monthly Humanism
and Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Palliative Care Elective
Educational Purpose
 Patient Care
o
Demonstrate knowledge and proficiency in evaluation of (a) patients at the end of life, and (b)
patients with specific symptom palliation needs
o
Perform a careful and complete history and physical, with emphasis on communication with the
patient and/or his/her family about end-of-life issues such as advance directives and prognosis
o
Develop a basic treatment plan for patients with common symptoms associated with life-limiting
illnesses
o

Demonstrate knowledge of hospice, including the interdisciplinary meeting, and proficiency at
determining patients’ eligibility and appropriateness for hospice referral
Medical Knowledge
o
Acquire basic knowledge of the following topics:



Symptom evaluation and management:

Pain: The trainee should demonstrate advanced and sophisticated knowledge of
pain evaluation and management, including knowledge of pharmacologic,
complementary and anesthetic measures to manage pain

Dyspnea

Constipation and diarrhea

Nausea and vomiting

Anorexia and weight loss

Delirium and agitation, including terminal delirium

Anxiety and depression
End of life issues: ethics and communication

Breaking bad news

Advance directives

Resuscitation status

Artificial nutrition and hydration

Surrogate decision making

The family meeting
Prognosis

Chronic medical conditions



Patients near the end of life
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
o
Utilize available resources to make both timely and appropriate diagnostic and management
decisions during palliative care consults
o
Discuss outcomes of patient management plans with attending
o Evaluate and target areas for self-improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
o
Demonstrate the qualities of a good consultant, incorporating professionalism into the process.
Such qualities include promptness, efficiency, courtesy and respect for colleagues. The trainee
should demonstrate excellent communication skills, and the ability to correspond effectively with
consulting clinicians and outside physicians
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
o
Demonstrate sensitivity, respect and kindness when interacting with palliative care colleagues,
staff, patients and families
o
Demonstrate consciousness of and respect for cultural differences in response to severe illness and
death
o
Demonstrate consciousness of and respect for spiritual values held by patients and families
o
Demonstrate awareness of his/her reactions to grief and stress and discuss ways to deal with them
o Understand the value of and how to conduct a family meeting for discussion of goals of care
Professionalism
o

Demonstrate respect for patients, families, palliative care staff
o Professional appearance
Systems-Based Practice
o
Practice cost-effective, evidence-based medicine when treating palliative care patients
o
Access appropriate interdisciplinary consultants for patient care
o
Demonstrate proficiency at operating within the context of an interdisciplinary group managing
patients
o
Demonstrate cost efficiency in ordering tests and in discharge planning, and fundamental
knowledge of hospice and other case management financial plans
Teaching Methods
 Palliative Care – Supervised direct patient care and rounds with the interdisclinary palliative care team
including weekly interdisciplinary care team meetings.
o Symptom management – Didactic as well as during rounds discussion of specific symptoms
including pain, nausea/vomiting, shortness of breath, anxiety and depression
o Web based didactic on all symptoms available (these will be used for didactic session as well)
o Communication Skills – Introduction to communication skills through a didactic lecture during
first week
 Participate in family meeting/patient meetings
 Through out the rotation, residents will be provided with opportunities to practice their
skills and
Educational Materials
 We will have available following resources for the resident education
1. Textbooks
2. Web Modules for specific symptom
3. Links to other resources available at AAHPM and other websites.
Evaluation Method
 Pretest prior to start of the rotation
 Posttest at the end of the rotation
 Communication skill evaluation through out the rotation
 Write up on a specific symptom or reflective exercise from an experience during the rotation
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical
competence: patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement,
interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the
extent to which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and
learning opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Resident Expectations
 Be part of the palliative medicine team in providing care to the consult patients
 Take lead in the patients they evaluate (during team meetings, family meetings etc.)
 Read the didactic material from the website
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: Pract. Tailor
Elective Title: Practice Tailoring

Practice Tailoring allows a resident to choose a special rotation aimed at
furthering his/her interest within a specific area of medicine. This elective is
designed for senior residents who wish to gain greater exposure to areas that
are not heavily emphasized in our curriculum. For example, residents
pursuing primary care are encouraged to arrange an elective with greater
dermatology, ophthalmology and orthopedic experience. Other examples
include a women’s health rotation or a unique subspecialty experience.

Structuring this rotation requires prior approval from the Program Director or
the Associate Program Director.

If you are interested in Practice Tailoring, please contact Dr. Sharma
(sharmar1@umdnj.edu)
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
SELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: psy-r
Elective Title: PSYCHIATRY
Elective Site: RWJUH
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. Anthony Tobia
Dr. Tobia
Dr. Tiu
Dr. Tobia email:
tobiaat@umdnj.edu
TEL: (732)235-4403
FAX: (732) 235-5644
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
MIN__________
All
MIN
2
MAX
MAX __4__
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
PGY
2/3
2
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT _X_
MIXED __
YES X
NO
SCHEDULE
AM:
PM:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Rounds with Dr. Rounds with Dr. Rounds with Dr. Tiu Rounds with Dr. Tiu Rounds with Dr.
Tiu start at 9:00 Tobia start at 9:00 start at 9:00 (meet start at 9:00 (meet in Tobia start at 9:00
(meet in Suite
(meet in Suite in Suite 2200 in the Suite 2200 in the (meet in Suite 2200
2200 in the CAB) 2200 in the CAB)
CAB)
CAB)
in the CAB)
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Contact Dr. Tobia
after noon
conference
732-470-9647
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Contact Dr. Tobia
after noon conference
732-470-9647
Continue Rounds
Continue Rounds
On the first day of the rotation, contact the Psychiatry CL office at 235-7647 to confirm that you will be
working with Dr. Tobia’s team. If so, supervision will be with Gladys Tiu, MD on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays; and with Anthony Tobia, MD on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, Monthly Humanism
and Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Psychiatry-Tobia Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient problems in psychiatry.
 To become proficient with the complete mental status exam.
 To understand the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of psychopathology.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a psychiatrist.
 Please refer to the Psychiatry section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with attending including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, management, and
disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings will provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Mood disorders (major depression, bipolar, mania), psychoses (schizophrenia,
somatization), personality disorders, cognitive disorders (delirium and dementia), and substance abuse.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Mainly outpatient encounters at the University Behavioral Health Center
with some inpatient med/psych consults.
 Procedures: N/A
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services available through UBHC and RWJUH.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of the attending.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attending.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients, see return visits, and do consults under the
supervision of the attending.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: pulm-o-r
Elective Title: PULMONARY MEDICINE
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Sunderram
Elective Site: RWJUH/CAB
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
Drs. Santiago, Hussain,
Sotolongo, Riley, Sunderram
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
Dr. Santiago
Michele Salameh
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
CONTACT PHONE:
Michele: 732-235-7840
Page the consult fellow
the first morning of the
rotation.
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
MIN
MAX
All
2
4
MIN___
MAX__1
PGY 1/2/3
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT __
MIXED _X_
YES
NOX
SCHEDULE
AM:
PM:
Monday
Inpatient
Consults
Tuesday
Inpatient
Consults
Wednesday
CAB
Sleep Clinic
Thursday
Inpatient
Consults
Friday
Inpatient
Consults
CAB
Pulm Clinic
Dr. Sunderram
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CAB
Pulm Clinic
Dr. Hussain &
Teba
Inpatient
Consults
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
On Day 1 of Rotation, please contact the Pulmonary Fellow on consults.
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference, in addition to
their Weekly Medicine Continuity Clinic
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Pulmonary Medicine Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered inpatient and outpatient problems in pulmonology.
 To familiarize the resident with clinical indications for bronschoscopy, thoracentesis, and sleep study.
 To improve interpretation of CXRs, CT scans and PFTs.
 To determine when it is appropriate to consult to a pulmonologist.
 Please refer to the Pulmonary section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Friday afternoon) are held at which problematic and instructive cases
are discussed. Recent literature is reviewed during this time.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, asthma and COPD exacerbations, sleep apnea, pulmonary
hypertension, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary nodules, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Patients seen primarily during inpatient consults on the wards at RWJUH
across many specialties including medicine and surgery.
 Procedures: Assist in bronschoscopies and thoracentesis.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services including access to a bronchoscopy suite and a
full PFT laboratory.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Baum’s Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases
 Pathological Materials: Biopsy results from bronchoscopies, VATs, and thoracenteses are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The pulmonary consult attending evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an
online evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical
competence: patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will do initial consults, daily follow ups, and play an active role in the diagnostic and
management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: rad-p
Elective Title: RADIOLOGY
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: UMCP
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
UMCP Dept. of Radiology
Dr. Denny
MONTHS
AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
All
MIN
MAX
ELECTIVE CONTACT CONTACT PHONE:
NAME / ADDRESS
609-853-7233 In-House #19788
Dr. Denny or UMCP (Chief Resident)
Chief Resident
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
MIN______
PGY 1/2/3
2
4
MAX 1_
STUDENTS
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT X
MIXED __
YES
NO X
TYPICAL SCHEDULE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Read ER films
Grand Rounds
8AM-9AM
Read ER films
Read ER films
Read ER films
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CT/MRI/
Nucl Med/Mamo
AM:
Read ER films
PM:
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CT/MRI/
Nucl Med/Mamo
Contact UMCP Chief Resident to schedule conference assignment.
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, Monthly Humanism
& Professionalism and Business of Medicine Conference at UMCP, in addition to their Weekly
Medicine Continuity Clinic.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
1.) You will be required to provide documentation of one thoracentesis, one lumbar puncture, and one paracentesis that you performed during the two
week elective.
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2.) If time permits, you may be asked to give a noon conference on any interesting radiology studies that you came across.
Goals and Objectives: Radiology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To learn the indications for different radiologic studies such as contrast vs noncontrast CTs, MRIs,
plain films, ultrasound, and nuclear studies.
 To become more proficient at reading and interpreting radiologic studies.
 To familiarize the resident with techniques used in interventional radiology.
Teaching Methods
 Case by case teaching of radiographic studies by radiology attendings.
 Prepare case presentation for morning report.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Most diseases across all specialties are seen.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Some patient encounters in the interventional radiology department.
Otherwise, most of the day is spent reviewing films.
 Procedures: Assist in many interventional radiology procedures such as thoracentesis, paracentesis, and
central line placements.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services including MRIs, nuclear studies, and a full
interventional radiology suite.
Educational Materials
 Daily film readings, Textbook of Radiology
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical
competence: patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal
and communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent
to which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings.
 Residents will sit with the attendings reading films and learn from their expertise.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE ROTATION
Amion Legend: rheum-r
Elective Title: RHEUMATOLOGY
Elective Site: CLINICAL ACADEMIC BUILDING
ELECTIVE DIRECTOR:
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. N. Schlesinger
Drs. Schlesinger,Tiku, Hsu,
Borham, Stevens, Toma,
Wong, & Sloan
Dr. Schlesinger
schlesna@umdnj.edu
(732) 235-7702
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
FAX:(732) 235 - 7238
RESIDENTS LEVEL
OF TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
EXCEPT:
MAX
2
MIN
MAX
4
1
PGY
1/ 2/3
2
STUDENTS
OUTPATIENT X
INPATIENT __
MIXED __
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
AM:
PM:
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
CAB Clinic
Drs. Tiku, Borham Dr. Schlesinger or Dr. Borham or Dr. Dr. Tiku or Borham,
or Toma
Dr. Hsu
Hsu
or Schlesinger
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
CAB Clinic
Drs. Hsu or
Borham
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
FRIDAY
CAB Clinic
Dr. Stevens
CAB Clinic
Dr. Toma
Residents must attend Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand
Rounds, and Monthly Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine
Conference, in addition to their weekly Medicine Continuity Clinic.
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Rheumatology Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered outpatient problems in Rheumatology.
 To learn the clinical indications for arthrocentesis and how to analyze joint aspirate.
 To improve joint examination skills.
 To determine when it is appropriate to initiate a referral to a rheumatologist.
 Please refer to the Rheumatology section of our Competency Based Curriculum for further details.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.:
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
 Conferences: Weekly conferences (Wenesday morning) are held at which instructive cases are
discussed.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: Including, but not limited to, RA, OA, crystal disease, FMS, seronegative
spondyloarthropathies, SLE, scleroderma, bursitis/tendonitis.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: Solely outpatient encounters in the rheumatology clinic of a large academic
center.
 Procedures: Assist in arthrocentesis.
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Primer on Rheumatic Diseases
 Pathological Materials: N/A
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take history and physicals on new patients, see follow ups, and play an active role in the
diagnostic and management plans under the supervision of attendings.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE HOUSESTAFF
ELECTIVE FORM
Amion Legend: xplant-r
Elective Title: TRANSPLANT MEDICINE
ELECTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Elective Site: RWJUH/ CAB
ELECTIVE FACULTY:
ELECTIVE CONTACT
NAME / ADDRESS
CONTACT PHONE:
Dr. Mann
Dr. Halevy
Dr. Mann
Division of Nephrology
(732) 235-8695
Dr. Richard Mann
FAX: 732-235-6124
MONTHS AVAILABLE:
DURATION/WEEKS
TOTAL RESIDENTS
AT ANY GIVEN TIME
RESIDENTS LEVEL OF
TRAINING
(Including other programs)
All
MIN
MAX
NO NIGHT CALL
NO WEEKENDS
2
PGY 2/3
MIN______
4
MAX
1
OUTPATIENT __
INPATIENT __
MIXED X
STUDENTS
YES
NO X
SCHEDULE
AM:
PM:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
CAB
Transplant
Clinic
Inpatient Rounds
CAB
Transplant
Clinic
CAB
Transplant
Clinic
Inpatient Rounds
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Inpatient Rounds
Inpatient
Rounds/Clinic
Inpatient
Rounds
RESIDENT
CONTINUITY
CLINIC
Residents are required to attend all program activities:
Daily Board Review, Noon Report and Conference, Weekly Grand Rounds, and Monthly
Humanism & Professionalism Conference and Business of Medicine Conference, in addition to
their Weekly Medicine Continuity Clinic
If residents need to be pulled for any other reason such as recruitment activities or fellowship
interviews, they must notify their elective.
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Goals and Objectives: Transplant Elective
Educational Purpose
 To recognize and treat commonly encountered issues in patients with kidney transplants.
 To learn the indications and process for obtaining a kidney transplant.
 To understand the role and complications of immunosuppressants in organ transplant patients.
 To appreciate the multidisciplinary approach between surgery and nephrology in the care of a transplant
patient.
Teaching Methods
 Supervised direct patient care.
 Case discussions with fellows and attendings including differential diagnosis, pathophysiology,
management, and disease course.
 Didactics: Attendings and fellows provide didactic lectures on subjects of interest.
Educational Content
 Mix of Diseases: ESRD patients with renal transplants and its complications.
 Patient Characteristics: Varied in age from adolescents to the elderly, males and females, across many
ethnic and socio-economic groups.
 Types of Clinical Encounters: 75% of the time is spent in the inpatient setting seeing patients on the
transplant service. The remaining portion of time is spent seeing patients in the transplant clinic at RWJ
CAB.
 Procedures: N/A
 Services: Full range of specialty and subspecialty services including access to a dialysis unit and full
surgical services.
Educational Materials
 Recommended Reading: Primer on Kidney Diseases
 Pathological Materials: Kidney biopsies are reviewed.
 Other Educational Resources: A full service library with computers is available in the MEB where
residents are expected to read primary literature and standard medical texts.
Evaluation Method
 The elective coordinator evaluates the resident at the end of the rotation through EValue: an online
evaluation system. The resident is evaluated on a 9 point scale in each component of clinical competence:
patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.
 The resident is also required to evaluate the elective via Evalue. The elective is evaluated on the extent to
which educational goals and objectives were met, the resident’s clinical experience and learning
opportunities, and the teaching interest and ability of attendings/fellows.
Level of Resident Supervision
 Primary responsibility for care lies with the attendings and fellows.
 Residents will take histories and physicals on new patients and see return visits under the supervision of
fellows and attendings.
(updated 6/1812)
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