Welcome to the Medicine Consult Service!  We are delighted to work with you.  Medical students are expected to see and evaluate at least one preoperative patient per clinic day, preferably a patient who will have his or her surgery during the time that you are on the service.  You will follow your inpatients until they are discharged and review your assessments and plans with your attending. 

Residents on Medicine Consult elective:Residents are expected to evaluate one preoperative patient per half day of clinic, and follow their patients postoperatively.  Patients should be staffed with the attending who follows the patient.  Additionally, residents may see new inpatient consults as their schedule allows.  Traditionally, residents give a short talk at the end of their rotation on a subject of their choosing.

Night Float and Medicine Ward R3s: Residents are expected to be first call for new medicine consults on weekends, and after 5 pm on weekdays. Consult requests must be documented in the chart. A note should be written for every new consultation. Staff consults with the Medicine Consult Attending the following morning. Call early (8 am) and ask for the Medicine Consult Attending on call through the paging operator. For consultations that require urgent staffing when the Medicine Consult Attending is not available, please staff the consult with your ward medicine attending.

Medicine Consult Attendings are available from 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays, and round on the inpatient service on weekends.

Click here for the Medicine Consult Attending Call Schedule.

(UWNetID restricted. Select MED CONSULT under U-MEDICINE, then click "CONTINUE" to view the schedule)

Teaching will occur in the course of patient encounters, but feel free to approach any of the attendings to go over patients or topics in more depth.  Additionally, we have noon meetings twice per month--ask during your rotation for which weeks the meetings will take place.  Residents may attend all the usual teaching conferences during this rotation.

Recommended reading:

The Medicine Consult Handbook is designed for medical residents, but medical students may also find it useful.  It is only a guide, and care of our patients must be individualized. Start with Introduction, Cardiovascular Risk Stratification, Pulmonary Risk Assessment, Perioperative Medication Management, PACU Tips.