Inpatient Medical Oncology Clerkship

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 2. DESCRIPTION: Offers an intensive, inpatient, subspecialty care experience, equivalent to a subinternship. Students are responsible for 2 to 5 patients who are seriously ill with a broad range of medical problems in the setting of underlying malignant disease. Students work with the inpatient team composed of an attending, a medical oncology fellow, 2 medical residents and 2 medical interns. PREREQUISITES: MED 300A. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 4 weeks. 1 student per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Tyler Johnson, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Jeanne Simonian, 650-721-1969, jsimonian@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Stanford Hospital, F Ground (Oncology Fellow); Time: 8:00 AM. CALL CODE: 2 (patients are admitted daily and the sub-intern will admit patients on a rotation basis with the team without overnight call, but may stay late some evenings). OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: SUMC.