Courses

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This course allows an in-depth exposure to basic and clinical reproductive endocrinology. The setting is primarily ambulatory, with the student working closely with the faculty and the endocrine resident in the evaluation and treatment of infertility, hormonal imbalance, menstrual disorders, hirsutism, and male factor infertility.

This is a four week general medicine rotation during which the senior student will serve as an acting intern on one of four general medical ward services at the University of South Alabama Medical Center. The acting intern will function side by side with regularly assigned interns and assume similar responsibilities under the supervision of the ward resident and attending physician.

This is a four week general medicine rotation during which the senior student will serve as an acting intern on one of two general medical ward services at Mobile Infirmary. The acting intern will function side by side with regularly assigned residents and assume similar responsibilities under the supervision of the ward resident and attending physician.

To provide clinical experience in care of sick neonates. The senior student will function as an acting intern in the Newborn Intensive Care Nursery to build upon the experience acquired in the junior clerkship.

This is a four-week rotation in neurology, which provides advanced experience and clinical responsibilities in general neurology. Flexibility is provided to students to tailor their experiences in subspecialty areas, including stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease and clinical neurophysiology.

This course is for the student who is interested in obstetrics and gynecology as a career, but is open to any student regardless of future career plans, and who wishes to gain additional experience in Labor and Delivery. The student will work primarily in the labor and delivery and postpartum area as an acting intern. The student will work side-by-side with the residents assigned to L&D. Three nights of call will be required during the rotation.

This is a 4-week orthopaedic surgery rotation during which the senior student will serve as a PGY1 orthopaedic surgery resident. The student will function side-by-side with orthopaedic surgery residents and assume similar responsibilities under the supervision of senior orthopaedic surgery resident and attending physician. Senior students will be assigned to spend one week on any of four subspecialty rotations they choose.

To provide clinical experience in the care of critically ill infants and children. The senior student will function as an intern in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to build up the experience required in the junior clerkship.

This is a four-week Pediatric Emergency Care rotation during which the senior student will serve as an acting intern in the Evaluation Center (EC) at USA Children's and Women's Hospital. The acting intern will function along side regularly assigned pediatric and Med/Peds interns and will have the same responsibility for the initial assessment of pediatric and adolescent patients presenting to the EC under the supervision of the attending physician and senior resident.