MED - 755 Quality and Safety in the Hospital

In this course students are assigned to the RUSH University Medical Center Attending Directed service and assume primary responsibility for patient care under close supervision, provided by an assigned attending hospitalist. Students have the unique opportunity to work one-on-one with an attending hospitalist and interface with case management, physical therapy, pharmacy, nursing, primary care physicians outside of the hospital, emergency medicine and critical care physicians and medical/surgical consultants to provide high-quality and safe inpatient care. Students participate in a series of workshops and didactic sessions addressing important topics in quality improvement and patient safety. Prerequisites: MED-703, NEU-701, OBG-703, PED-701, PSY-701, RMD-701 and SUR-701. Offered: fall, spring and summer. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 4