Welcome to your outpatient MS3 medicine clerkship at Harborview! On your first day, Monday, November 23rd, you will have ORCA Computer training in the R&T Building, room 115 at 8:00 a.m., then meet Dr. Margaret Isaac on the Three-West Clinic at 9:00 am. for orientation.

Parking at Harborview is available but expensive and inconvenient. If you need parking, please try to make the arrangements prior to beginning your rotation. The parking office is located on the 8th floor of the East Hospital, and is open 7:00 am - 4:30 pm. You can reach the office by calling 744-3254. It is strongly recommended you use public transportation or the Health Sciences Shuttle Bus for this rotation. Metro Bus routes #3, 4, and 60 come directly to Harborview, and the Health Sciences Express Bus runs between the UWMC and Harborview every 15 minutes, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Please review the following information prior to beginning your clinic rotation:

• Outpatient Student Responsibilities
• Outpatient Rotation Orientation

Didactics Material

Please come prepared to discuss the cases with Dr. Steiger::

Hypertension

• Hypertension Cases
• Joint National Commission VII: The Seventh Report of The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Diabetes

• Diabetes Cases
• ADA Position Statement: Standards of Medical Care for Patients in Diabetes - 2009
• ADA Consensus Statement: Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Consenus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy
• JAMA Article: Outpatient Insulin therapy in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• NEJM Article: Insulin Analogues

Preventative Care

• Preventive Medicine Cases
• JAMA Article: Screening for Breast Cancer
• NEJM Article: Ten-Year Risk of False Positive Screening Mammograms and Clinic Breast Examinations
• JFP Article: Screening for Prostate Cancer: Who and how often?
• Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule
• JAMA Article: Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us. We look forward to working with you!

Toby Sinton, M.D.
Chief Medical Resident, Ambulatory Care
Phone: 744-4928
Pager: 680-2080

Genji Terasaki, M.D.
Ambulatory Clerkship Coordinator
Attending Physician, General Internal Medicine
Pager: 680-0543