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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Medicine
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Avivit Cahn MD
Coordinator Office Hours:
15:00-16:00
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Avivit Cahn,
Dr. Pollack Rina
Course/Module description:
During the course the students will accompany the department staff in their outpatient clinics, inpatients consults, staff meetings and other department activities.
Course/Module aims:
By the course end, the students are expected to have encountered the common endocrinopathies and their management.
Moreover, they should be able to construct a comprehensive endocrine differential diagnosis and formulate a plan for its evaluation.
The students should be familiar with the main treatment options for the endocrinopathies.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Perform a physical exam.
Assess the patient's laboratory and imaging tests.
Formulate a differential diagnosis.
Establish a treatment plan.
Manage ongoing treatment changes and complications
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Patient-based clinical teaching in the the outpatient clinic and during clinical conferences
Course/Module Content:
Principles of endocrinology
anterior pituitary and hypothalamus
neurohypophysis
thyroid gland
adrenal cortex
pheochromocytoma
diabetes mellitus
hypoglycemia
endocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas
disorders affecting multiple endocrine systems
diseases of the parathyroid gland and other hypo or hypercalcemic disorders
Required Reading:
Harisson textbook of internal medicine - part of endocrinology and metabolism
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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