Course Leader:     Rochelle Strenger, MD

Other Faculty:     Drs. F. Schiffman, A. Rosmarin, W. Sikov, E. Wittels,    H. Safran, A. Mega

Course Location:     The Miriam Hospital

When Offered:     All year

Maximum Students per Rotation:     1

Duration of Rotation:     4 weeks

Type of Rotation:     Consultation Service

Cognitive Content:     Students will be exposed to a broad variety of both hematologic and oncologic problems.

Prerequisites:     Clerkship in Medicine

Criteria for Passing:     Student is expected to be an active participant in both the inpatient and outpatient setting to participate in all case presentations, seminars and conferences.  They will also spend time with hematology, pathology and blood banking personnel.

Criteria for Honors:     Exemplary performance in both inpatient and outpatient setting, independent project successfully completed or with substantial progress made on project during course elective

Competencies:     Ability IV: advanced level, Ability VIII: intemediate/advanced level

Provisionally approved Number of Hrs/Wk of Classroom/Discussion:        3-6

Number of Nights Oncall per Week:     None

Planned Independent Projects for Students:     Students will be encouraged to undertake a project either chart review or if the student wishes to begin a study with one of the preceptors in the course.

Description:      Students will have the opportunity to participate in an active clinical hematology/oncology service both in the inpatient and outpatient setting.  They will have the opportunity to work with attending staff, hematology/oncology fellow and medical residents assigned to the service as well as pathology and hematology personnel.  Clinical diagnosis, blood and bone marrow morphology and therapeutic modalities will be stressed.