Contact Us
Undergraduate Medical Education
- Robin English, MD
Associate Dean,
Undergraduate Education - rengli@lsuhsc.edu
- 504-568-4620
- 504-599-1453
- 2020 Gravier Street, Suite 602
New Orleans, LA 70112
Required Core Clinical Conditions for the Medical Curriculum
Years 3 and 4
Pediatrics Clerkship
- Abdominal pain and/or vomiting
- Acute neurological illness
- Acute renal illness
- Acute respiratory illness
- Dehydration and fluid management
- Developmental delay
- Failure to thrive
- Fever
- Sickle cell disease
- Well child adolescent
- Well child infant
- Well child newborn
- Well child school age
- Physical or sexual abuse
- Complete history and physical examination - required observation
Internal Medicine Clerkship
- Abdominal pain
- Acute renal failure
- Acute shortness of breath
- Anemia
- Arrhythmia
- Bacteremia/sepsis
- Congestive heart failure
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Fever
- Myocardial infarction
- Syncope
- Venous thromboembolic disease
- Heart and lung examination - required observation
Family Medicine Clerkship
- Acute respiratory illness
- Chronic respiratory problem
- Dermatologic problem
- Gastrointestinal complaint
- Headache
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Mental health complaint
- Musculoskeletal complaint
- Preventive health care
- Substance abuse
- Focused history of present illness - required observation
- HEENT examination-required observation
- Diabetic foot examination - required observation
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
- Abnormal Pap smear
- Contraception
- Infertility
- Intrapartum care
- Menopause
- Menstrual abnormality
- Obstetric problem
- Pelvic pain
- Postoperative management
- Postpartum care
- Prenatal care
- Urogenital infection
- Vaginal delivery (observed/assisted) - required observation
- Vaginal delivery (performed) - required observation
- Pap smear (performed) - required observation
- C-section (assisted) - required observation
- Gynecologic surgery (assisted) - required observation
- Laparoscopy (observed/assisted)
- Focused OB history of present illness - required observation
- Breast and pelvic examination - required observation
Psychiatry Clerkship
- Addictive disorder
- Anxiety disorder
- Mood disorder
- Personality disorder
- Psychotic disorder
- Psychiatric history and physical - required observation
Surgery Clerkship
- Abdominal pain / acute abdomen
- Biliary tract disease - GB and bile duct disease
- Breast mass – benign or malignant
- Colon - benign - diverticulitis - IBD - malignant - colon cancer
- Hernia – groin or ventral
- Post - operative careSurgical critical care
- Vascular disease or injury - arterial or venous
- Hemorrhage
- Breast and abdominal examination - required observation
- Airway assessment - required observation
- Surgical timeout - required observation
Clinical Neurosciences Clerkship
- Paroxysmal disorders (seizures,headaches, channelopathies)
- Vascular disorders (stroke, TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage)
- Neuromuscular disorders (ALS, radiculopathy, neuropathy, myopathy)
- Progressive degenerative disorders (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, other dementia, MS)
- Neurologic examination-required observation