Department: SOM-Medicine (Academic_Department)

Code Name Description
CONJ 658B Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery This rotation will provide a unique educational experience for medical students as they rotate on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service. Students will be exposed to oral pathology and oral manifestations of systemic diseases. They will see the e...
MED 631 Medicine Clerkship This core clerkship includes subject matter basic to the practice of caring for the adult patient in Internal Medicine. Third-year students sharpen their assessment skills, record detailed histories, perform physical examinations, and participate in...
MED 632 Medicine/ Ambulatory and Neurology This clerkship includes subject matter basic to the practice of internal medicine and neurology. The Internal Medicine component covers 8 weeks (4 weeks at UMC and 4 weeks at the VA) and the Ambulatory and Neurology component covers 4 weeks (2 weeks...
MED 633 Clinical Endocrinology This elective develops third-year student's approach to the broad spectrum of endocrine disorders.
MED 634 Outpatient Care of the Geriatric Patient This elective provides third year students the opportunity to care for geriatric patients.
MED 635 Hematology/Oncology This elective exposes third-year students to a wide variety of patients with malignancies of solid organs, as well as benign and malignant diseases of the blood.
MED 636 Infectious Disease This elective provides third-year students the opportunity to develop history taking and physical exam skills pertinent to the evaluation of patients with an infectious disease.
MED 637 Pulmonary Medicine This course provides third-year students exposure to patients with pulmonary disorders in the ambulatory and inpatient environments.
MED 638 Rheumatology This elective provides third-year students the opportunity to care for patients with rheumatic disorders in the combined ambulatory and inpatient settings
MED 640 Ambulatory Internal Medicine During this elective, third-year students are exposed to a variety of pathologic conditions commonly encountered in the ambulatory setting.
MED 641 Cardiology This elective provides a combined ambulatory and inpatient experience for third-year students. Students obtain medical histories, perform physical examinations, formulate differential diagnoses, order diagnostic studies, and formulate treatment plans...
MED 651A General Medicine Clerkship This required senior rotation in medicine will be an extension of the Junior Medicine Clerkship. Students will be assigned to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Students will elicit histories, perfor...
MED 652A Ambulatory Medicine In this course students will concentrate on evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of the ambulatory patient. Each student will spend time in a variety of ambulatory clinics, including general medicine and certain medicine subspecialty clinics. This app...
MED 653A Special Medicine Individualized programs for two or four weeks can be arranged with the course director's approval for students who are interested in obtaining experience in research or other areas of interest.
MED 653B Special Medicine In this course, senior medical students will have the opportunity to participate in research activities or other special activities as determined by the Education Office in the Department of Medicine. This rotation will allow each student to gain exp...
MED 654A Cardiology Students assigned to the Medical Center will work with the faculty and staff of the Division of Cardiology, participating in the work-up and care of patients admitted to the cardiology services. There will be continuing patient responsibility and stu...
MED 655A Gastroenterology In this elective, the student will be assigned three patients per week for complete evaluation and current literature search. The student participates in divisional activities, including twice daily rounds, weekly teaching rounds, reviews of biopsy s...
MED 656 Hematology This elective will provide the student the opportunity to develop competence in the evaluation of patients with a wide range of hematologic diseases as well as general medical problems. Emphasis will be on: 1) clinical manifestations of disease, 2) t...
MED 657A Infectious Diseases Diagnosis and therapy of a variety of infectious disease entities will be reviewed in detail with the student, who will be assigned to the infectious disease service of the University of Mississippi Medical Center or the VA Medical Center. The studen...
MED 659A Pulmonary Diseases/Critical Care Med Students are assigned to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine services at UMMC. At the University Hospital, the student will actively participate in the work-up and care of patients whose illnesses range from various respiratory diseases to the c...
MED 659VA Pulmonary Diseases/Critical Care Med VA Students are assigned to the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine services at the VAMC. The VA ICU is a 10-bed critical care unit. The students will actively participate in the work-up and care of veterans whose illnesses range from various respirato...
MED 660A Nephrology The object of this elective is designed to familiarize the student with the evaluation, diagnosis, medical management, and follow-up of patients with diseases of the kidney. The student will be seeing patients on inpatient consult service and will pa...
MED 660B Nephrology The object of this elective is designed to familiarize the student with the evaluation, diagnosis, medical management, and follow-up of patients with diseases of the kidney. The student will be seeing patients on inpatient consult service and will pa...
MED 661A Geriatrics/Gerontology The goal of this elective will be to acquire experience and instruction in a multi-disciplinary approach to medical care in the older patient. The student will care for patients in multiple settings at UMMC including outpatient, in-hospital primary c...
MED 663A Ambulatory Med Amazon Jungles of Peru This course consists of two weeks spent at UMMC and two weeks spent in Peru. During the first two weeks, students review tropical medicine with emphasis on parasitology, infectious diseases, and dermatology. During the last two weeks, students work w...
MED 663B Ambulatory Medicine in Peru The objective of this elective is to familiarize the student with the principles of tropical infectious diseases and the practice of medicine in a less developed setting. This is a 2 week rotation consisting of a didactic course at UMMC followed by a...
MED 666A Endocrinology This elective is designed to demonstrate the application of basic endocrinology to patient care. The student participates in the care of patients, attending endocrine clinics at UMMC and VA Medical Centers, and the diabetic clinic and hypertension cl...
MED 666B Endocrinology This is a 2 week rotation in Endocrinology where fourth year medical students will gain experience in the evaluation and treatment of the most common endocrine and metabolic problems encountered in a general medicine practice setting. In this rotatio...
MED 667A Medical Consult Service Elective This elective gives the student an opportunity to be part of the medical consult team consisting of a senior house officer and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine. This team is asked to see a wide variety of medical problems that oc...
MED 667B Medicine Consult Service Elective This two-week elective provides the fourth-year student an opportunity to be part of the medical consult team. The assessment of surgical risk, common medical problems, and unusual medical complications are reviewed on daily rounds. A practical appro...
MED 668A Rheumatology This program will provide the student with experience in the clinical and laboratory assessment of patients with rheumatic diseases at the UMMC and VAMC. Students take an active role in the management of both ambulatory and hospitalized patients. The...
MED 670A Medical Oncology The objective of this elective is to familiarize the student with the evaluation, medical management, and follow-up of patients with cancer in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. The student will work closely with the inpatient attending and f...
MED 672 Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism This elective rotation will allow the student to acquire experience in the evaluation, education and management of ambulatory patients with diabetes, dyslypidemia, hypertension, obesity and other metabolic and endocrine problems. The student will par...
MED 673A Ambul Internal Med in Econ Underservd MS This course will concentrate on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the ambulatory patient in an underserved area in the state of Mississippi. Each student will spend time with a selected physician practicing primary care in an economically u...
MED 674A Hospital Medicine The Division of Hospital Medicine provides an in-patient educational experience for all M-4 students as an elective. Students will work directly with the hospitalist on a non-resident service. Students will perform history and physicals on new admiss...
MED 675 Interventional Cardiology Interventional cardiology will allow students to be involved with the care of patients receiving cardiac interventional procedures. This will include training to improve coronary and peripheral circulation and alleviate valvular stenosis and treat st...
MED 675A Interventional Cardiology This is a 4 week rotation. Interventional cardiology will allow students to be involved with the care of patients receiving cardiac interventional procedures. This will include training to improve coronary and peripheral circulation and alleviate val...
MED 676A M4 Allergy and Immunology The 4 week rotation provides fourth year medical students with primarily outpatient clinical exposure to asthma, allergy, and clinical immunology. The students will work directly with faculty and fellows in outpatient clinic but may also see inpatien...
MED 676B M4 Allergy and Immunology The 2 week rotation provides fourth year medical students with primarily outpatient clinical exposure to asthma, allergy, and clinical immunology. The students will work directly with faculty and fellows in outpatient clinic but may also see inpatien...
MED 677B Procedural Medicine This two-week elective introduces the student to internal medicine procedures performed in the inpatient setting. Students learn procedural indications, contraindications, best practice techniques, patient safety topics, and follow-up care while unde...
MED 678A VA Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine During this critical care rotation, fourth-year students participate in the work-up and care of veterans whose illnesses include routine pulmonary disease and critical care conditions. Students are introduced to pulmonary function testing, fiber opti...
MED 678B VA Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine During this critical care rotation, fourth-year students participate in the work-up and care of veterans whose illnesses include routine pulmonary disease and critical care conditions. Students are introduced to pulmonary function testing, fiber opti...
MED 851 Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for four weeks or longer can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students who are interested in the specialty.
MED 851B Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for two weeks can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students interested in the specialty.
MED 852 Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for four weeks or longer can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students who are interested in the specialty.
MED 852B Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for two weeks can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students interested in the specialty.
MED 853 Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students who are interested in the specialty.
MED 853 Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for four weeks or longer can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students who are interested in the specialty. Traditional - EL Clinical Rotation (10 hours)
MED 853B Internal Medicine Extramural Extramural rotations for two weeks can be arranged with the course director or chair's approval for students interested in the specialty.