Nephrology at Morristown Medical Center

Director(s)

Barry Eppinger, DO

Location

Morristown Medical Center

Duration

2 or 4 weeks

Offered

• July–June
• 1 student per rotation; rotation starts on the first or third Monday of the month

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all 3rd year clerkships

Description

The nephrology elective familiarizes 4^th year medical students with the workup and treatment of patients with renal diseases. 

Learning Experience

Students will:

• Round daily in the hospital and dialysis unit with an attending nephrologist, having direct involvement in consultations and management of hospitalized and outpatient nephrology patients
• Be acquainted with dialysis modalities (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis)
• Develop an approach to evaluating acute and chronic renal dysfunction, emphasizing electrolyte disturbances and acid-based disorders

Goals & Objectives

• To become familiar with the evaluation and treatment of patients with acute and chronic renal disease
• To be more adept with determining acid-based disturbances
• To learn dialysis modalities: indications, advantages, and disadvantages to the different modalities

Feedback & Evaluation

The attending preceptor will provide consistent written evaluations and will offer feedback throughout the rotation. A final, written evaluation will be completed at the end of the rotation.