Departments, Schools, Colleges

MEDICINE DEPARTMENT (MEDI)

Contact Information:

Department of Medicine The University of Arizona Arizona Health Sciences Center, 6334 1501 North Campbell Ave PO Box 245035 Tucson, AZ 85724-5035

Phone: (520) 626-6102 Email: braney@u.arizona.edu Web: Department Homepage

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• MEDI Course Descriptions

Medical student electives are described in the College of Medicine Electives Manual.

The Department:

The Department of Medicine is in the College of Medicine.

The department has developed a program designed to introduce medical students to the responsibility of care of the patient.  Together with the staff, students will interview and examine patients, explore what is known of the pathophysiology of the various disorders and observe the effect of appropriate therapeutic modalities.   Students will be assigned patients on the inpatient wards and in the outpatient clinics.  The Department of Medicine includes the following subspecialties all of which have ongoing clinical activity as well as clinical and/or basic science research studies: cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general medicine, geriatrics, hematology/oncology, Indian health services, infectious diseases, integrative medicine, nephrology, pulmonary, and rheumatology.

For more information contact the department listed above.