ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Contact: Chris Schoonover

Abbott Northwestern Office:
Minneapolis Heart Institute
Suite #540
 763-528-1800
North Memorial Office:
Oakdale Medical Building
3366 Oakdale Ave No., #408
 763-528-1800

Subspecialty clinic: Most of the time on this rotation will be spent in the clinic seeing new patients and some patients in follow up.

 Resident continuity clinic: Thursday AM, a three week minimum notice, given to Anne is required if you are planning on taking vacation time.

 

 

AM

PM

Monday

North Memorial
Dr. Stesin

North Memorial
Dr. Stesin

Tuesday

North Memorial Dr. Stesin

North Memorial
Dr. Stesin

Wednesday

Grand Rounds
ANW Clinic

Dr. Stesin
Journal Club

North Memorial Dr. Schoonover

Thursday

Medicine clinic

Reading

ANW consults

Friday

North Memorial
Dr. Stesin

North Memorial
Dr. Stesin

Conference: none

 

Performance Expectations and Educational Goals and Objectives:

 

 

Educational objectives

Assessment method

Patient Care

1) Hospital and clinic consults and follow up visits will be performed, staffed, and documented in Excellian or the clinic chart as appropriate

2) Demonstrate competency at performing a thyroid exam

1) Global faculty assessment

2) Direct faculty bedside observation

Medical Knowledge

1) Review core topics noted below using patient care and didactic opportunities and supplement with independent reading

Global faculty assessment

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

1) Demonstrate insight into knowledge deficiencies and limitations

2) Use information technology to answer clinical questions

Global faculty assessment

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

1) Refine the skills necessary to present patients and topics informally and formally to another physician or group

Global faculty assessment

Professionalism

1) The resident is expected to perform up to 4 hospital consults per day, with no new consults started after 4 PM

2) Follow up on previously seen hospitalized patients and write follow up notes if the resident is in the hospital that day

Global faculty assessment

Systems-Based Practice

1) Understand systems unique to this subspecialty

Global faculty assessment

 

Core topics to be covered by patient care, didactic lectures, and independent reading include the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of:

Thyroid disorders
Hypothalamus/pituitary/adrenal axis disorders
Diabetes mellitus including insulin pump therapy
Hypoglycemia
Diabetes insipidus
SIADH
Dyslipidemia
Reproductive hormone disorders
Bone and calcium disorders

 Procedures: thyroid nodule FNA (observation only)

 Past resident recommendations: Parking cards for North Memorial Office should be obtained from the resident on the rotation before you.