PSYC 333A. Sleep Medicine for Medical Students (SUMC)
Open to Visitors
Department
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Courses Clerkships
Description
This clerkship offers a comprehensive experience in sleep medicine not only for those interested in pursuing careers in internal medicine and family practice, but also those interested in specialties such as neurology, pulmonology, psychiatry, and otolaryngology. Students shadow sleep specialists in their evaluation of patients with sleep disorders, review polysomnography (sleep studies) of patients with sleep disorders, and attend informal discussions and case conferences regarding interesting sleep medicine cases, formal conferences on sleep research, sleep surgery, and sleep disorders and journal club reviews of topical articles on sleep and sleep disorders.
Prerequisites
None
Periods Available
2-12, full-time for 2 weeks or 4 weeks. 4 students per period.
Reporting Instructions:
Clete Kushida, M.D., Ph.D. or Christian Guilleminault, M.D., Sleep Medicine Center at the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center, 450 Broadway Street, Redwood City, Pavilion B, Control Room, Time: 8:00 am M-F
Units 3 or 6 Drop
Code T Call
Code 0
Director:
Clete Kushida, M.D. & Christian Guilleminault, M.D.
Other Faculty
Coordinator
Clete Kushida, M.D. (650-721-7560)
