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.
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|
AM |
PM |
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Monday |
North Memorial |
North Memorial |
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Tuesday |
North Memorial Dr. Stesin |
North Memorial |
|
Wednesday |
Grand Rounds Dr. Stesin |
North Memorial Dr. Schoonover |
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Thursday |
Medicine clinic |
Reading ANW consults |
|
Friday |
North Memorial |
North Memorial |
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.