598 Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine—M.D. Program evidence to advance patient care), #8 (give or receive a patient handover to transition care responsibly), #9 (collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team), and #10 (recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management). MDCP 8003—Sub-Internship in Pediatrics The sub-internship, also known as an acting internship, is a four-week rotation designed to allow senior medical students to take on an expanded role in direct patient care activities. Students will serve as acting interns under the direct supervision of senior residents and faculty attendings on an inpatient hospital team. Students will expand their knowledge base and clinical skills, while developing attitudes and practices that will support functioning as PGY1 residents after medical school graduation. This course serves as a cornerstone within the M4 curriculum, as it fosters the transition from student to early GME trainee and helps students prepare for the next phase of their medical training. The skills emphasized during this course build on those developed during the M3 core clerkships and focus on those identified by program directors as key to successfully beginning GME training. The six core competencies identified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for residency programs are 1) patient care (PC), 2) medical (surgical) knowledge (MK), 3) practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI), 4) interpersonal skills and communication (ISC), 5) ethics and professionalism (EP), and 6) systems-based practice (SBP). Crucial to this rotation are the following specific skills: patient evaluation skills (recognizing sick patients), communicating effectively within health care teams, time management (prioritization of tasks), and recognizing limits (knowing when to ask for help). NSU MD students focus primarily on several foundational, entrustable professional activities (EPAs) developed by the AAMC. M3 students focus on EPAs #1 (gather a history and perform a physical examination), #2 (prioritize a differential diagnosis following a clinical encounter), #3 (recommend and interpret common diagnostic and screening tests), and #6 (provide an oral presentation of a clinical encounter). M4 students are expected to build on those skills and work toward demonstrating the skills described in EPAs #7 (form clinical questions and retrieve evidence to advance patient care), #8 (give or receive a patient handover to transition care responsibly), #9 (collaborate as a member of an interprofessional team), and #10 (recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management). Electives Anesthesiology (Direct Patient Care) MDCA 9037—Anesthesiology Elective This four-week rotation is designed to expose students to the field of anesthesiology. It will cover the complete perioperative period of patient care, including preoperative assessment, operating room patient management, and postoperative acute pain management recovery. Students will also gain exposure to other subspecialties within anesthesia, including OB anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and procedural anesthesia in the GI suites and/or the radiology department (for MRI or interventional radiology procedures). Students will be exposed to attendings, residents, and CRNAs in anesthesiology during this rotation. MDCA 9053—Pain Management Elective This four-week elective course is designed to expose students to the field of interventional pain medicine. Clinical activities will include the opportunity to spend time in the operating room and procedure suite performing interventional pain management procedures. Most of the clinical elective will be spent engaging in outpatient experiences in the clinic, evaluating and treating patients presenting with chronic pain management issues. Emergency Medicine (Direct Patient Care) MDCE 9019—Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care Elective This course is designed to allow students to gain exposure to clinical practice in undersea and hyperbaric medicine and wound care. It will be based at the Mercy Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center, one of the highest-volume hyperbaric and wound care centers in the country and the only 24/7 emergency hyperbaric chamber in Southeast Florida. The student will be exposed to the day-to-day practice of inpatient and outpatient hyperbaric medicine for routine indications, as well as inpatient and outpatient wound care, along with hyperbaric emergencies, including diving injuries. Additionally, the student will gain exposure to the principles of diving medicine through case-based discussions and didactic sessions. MDCE 9039—Emergency Medicine Elective (Aventura Hospital) This four-week elective is designed to give students the opportunity to evaluate and manage the range of patient conditions that present to a busy, urban emergency department. Students will work under the direct supervision of emergency medicine residents and faculty attendings. They will be active members of the interdisciplinary team of health care providers who work in an emergency department and will gain exposure to the scope of practice of an emergency medicine physician.
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