Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism

Course Personnel:

• MHealth: Mariah Ipsan, medelective@umn.edu
• HCMC: Leigh Hamersten, leigh.hamersten@hcmed.org
• VAMC: Grace Bartholet, grace.bartholet@va.gov

Catalog Description: 

This elective rotation is a four (4) week introductory, structured clinical experience under direct supervision designed to provide the student experience diagnosing, treating and caring for patients with endocrine disorders.

Please contact the site coordinator for course details.

Sites:

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Required session attendance:

Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Open to student scheduling

Course Objectives: This course focuses on clinical recognition of disease states, incisive work-ups, and clinical management of both outpatient and inpatient settings, and is designed to benefit students regardless of career or specialty objectives. The student will deal with problems relating to the function of the hypothalmic-pituitary unit, the thyroid, parathyroid, gonads, pancreas, and adrenal glands.

Graded Components: 

• Clinical assessment by faculty
• Case based presentation
• Attendance at lectures

Grading Scale: H/E/S/N