Intern Orientation Curriculum
June 22, 2009
Dear all,
I am happy to finalize our didactic intern orientation curriculum. I am very grateful to Sylvia Kim, who put the whole thing together.
Let me know what you think.
See you Tuesday at Dr.Zenilman’s house fro the new interns’ reception.
Best Wishes,
Alex Schwartzman
Intern Bootcamp 2009
Thursday July 9:
Ms. Veronica Wilbur, RN, MBA, Statewide Director for Hospital Compliance Program from NYSDOH/IPRO
Resident Duty Hours Regulations
8am – Lecture Hall II
Dr. Michael Guiliano
Residents as Teachers
9am - 8th Floor Surgical Library
Thursday July 16
Patient care with Drs. Kim, Schulze, Lajoie
8am - 8th Floor Surgical Library
Introduction/Basics with Dr. Kim:
Order basics: abbreviations to avoid, EMR vs paper
Admission orders
Preoperative note/checklist: including which meds to hold, bowel preps, who gets a cxr, etc
Postoperative check
Management of drains: JP, Hemovac, Foley, ngt, stomas
Dressings
Discharge planning
Fluids/Electrolytes/Nutrition 101 with Bob Schulze:
IVF-basic fluids used, when to use which
Electrolytes-basics and how to replace
Nutrition/Diets/TPN
Introduction to the “Lajoie Intern Survival Guide” by Lidie
Introduce manual, basic “ins and outs”
Thursday July 23:
Handling emergencies/acute issues/phone calls with The Chiefs
8am - 8th Floor Surgical Library
Fever workup
Tachycardia
Hypertension
Chest pain
Shortness of breath
Hypotension/oliguria
Bleeding
Altered mental status/Anxiety/”Think I’m going to die”
Pain
Documentation
Escalation/Calling for help/Calling a code
Talking to family
Logs-Dr. Sugiyama
Thursday July 30: Skills Lab with Drs. Kim, Dresner, Schwartzman, chiefs
8am - 8th Floor Surgical Library
Introduction to surgical instruments, sutures
Knot-tying
Suture lab
