Internal Medicine — Rotation Detail
Resp at MKH
Tutors
FRCPC
MBBCh, MSc, MD
MB, Bch BAO, FRCPC, ABIM
MBBCh, KBIM, MRCP, IFP-RESP, FRCP-sleep
The MKH respiratory rotation offers a wide variety of services including in-patient, a vast consultation service, general and subspecialty out-patient clinics, pulmonary function lab testing, sleep lab, and a state-of-art pulmonary intervention suite. In this dynamic unit, the resident is expected to be exposed to the in-patient, consultation, and clinic services, while integrating into their clinical practice the use of the PFT, sleep and pulmonary intervention. It is proposed that each resident attend at least one general clinic per week, two potential subspecialty clinics during their rotation, care and observe two bronchoscopy procedures, care and attempt two pleural intervention cases, and grasp the interpretation of PFTs and CXR images. Furthermore, supervisors will provide teaching sessions to cover the most important respiratory domains like airway diseases, pleural diseases, and parenchymal lung diseases. The resident is also expected to make an oral presentation on a clinical case and/or a relevant respiratory topic during respiratory rounds on a weekly basis, in addition to, attempt one journal club presentation during the weekly clinical grand round meeting.
We believe that the facilities and staff at our unit provide a healthy and welcoming educational environment to encompass all the domains of standard clinical practice. The resident will be provided a written and verbal orientation at the beginning of the rotation with regular evaluations from a supervisor (mid-rotation and end of rotation evaluations). Each supervisor has a general clinic and currently there are four subspecialty services provided: ILD Clinic, Severe Asthma Clinic, Sleep Clinic, and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic. Due to the limited one month rotation with general medicine on-call, we encourage the residents to establish contact before their rotation, plan with us their targets for the rotation, and be prepared for a productive learning experience.