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Idaho Neurology St. Alphonsus
1000 N Curtis Rd., Suite 305
Boise, ID 83706
Preceptor: Karin M. Lindholm, DO
Phone: 208-381-3699
Office contact: Jessica or Floyd
After 7/9/08:
901 N Curtis Rd, Suite 403
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: 208-381-3699
Office contact: Jessica or Floyd
PAPERWORK
REQUIREMENTS
Prior to arriving for your clerkship:
The form below must be signed by Dr. Lindholm on your first
day. Fax the form per the instructions on the form.
St. Alphonsus
Student Form (185K PDF)*
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TRAVEL & HOUSING
Travel: Contact Dr. Lindholm’s office
for driving directions. You will receive mileage reimbursement
for one roundtrip to and from Boise. Contact GOWWAMI@dommail.dom.washington.edu
to arrange for travel reimbursement.
Housing: Contact the housing coordinator
at least two weeks before you arrive to coordinate a time
to get your key. Contact: Colin Hudson at 208-381-2355 or
hudsonc@SLRMC.ORG.
Colin will need to know your check-in and check-out dates
(usually the day before your clerkship begins through the
day it ends), approximate time of arrival, preferred lock
box combination (in case you lock yourself out of the apartment,
there is a lock box with a spare key), and cell phone number
(if available).
Housing is provided through St. Luke’s hospital in
a fully furnished, 1 bedroom, non-smoking, residence inn-style
apartment with a queen bed and kitchenette. Pets are not permitted.
The apartments are approximately 4 miles from the clinic.
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FIRST DAY & ORIENTATION
Equipment to bring: White coat and name
tag, reflex hammer, tuning fork (128Hz), stethoscope,
(Ophthalmoscope recommended).
First day: Report to Dr. Lindholm’s
office on Monday morning (or Tuesday if your clerkship starts
on a holiday) at 8:30AM.
Clerkship orientation: You will need to
view the away student orientation video on the Distance
Learning page. You willl need to refer to your Pocket
Syllabus (see below) when viewing the video.
Pocket syllabus: A “pocket syllabus”
will be mailed to you. A printable (PDF) version is also available
on the Pocket Syllabus page.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Course requirements are listed below. Refer to the Distance
Learning page for due dates.
Cases: Two case write-ups are due each week.
Further information is available in the orientation video
and on the Cases page. Your
assigned case numbers are on the Distance
Learning page. Please note that your assigned case numbers
are different than for the Seattle-based students. Weekly
case answers and video lectures will be available on the Distance
Learning page on Thursdays after 1PM.
Patient log: You are required to log in
the patients you have seen each week. The log is described
in the clerkship orientation video. Additional details are
on the Patient Log page.
Clinical & Bioethical CEX exercises: You
are required to do both a clinical and a bioethical mini-CEX
for this course. See the Mini-CEX
page for details.
Presentations: Presentation requirements
are described in the orientation video and are available on
the Presentations page.
Final exam: Your final exam will be held
at the Boise VA Medical Center located at 500 West Fort Street,
usually on the last day of the clerkship. Contact Linda Clark,
UW Medical Student Coordinator, Boise VAMC as soon as possible
at 208-422-1000 x7642 or linda.clark4@med.va.gov
to coordinate the time. See the Final
Exam page for information about the exam.
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ABOUT THE SITE
Dr. Karin Lindholm was one of two recipients of the 2006-2007
Idaho Track Dr. Judd Lunn Teacher of the Year Award.
Dr. Lindholm's practice is predominantly outpatient. Office
hours are 9 am to 5 pm. If there are consultations in the
hospital, or if Dr. Lindholm is on call, you are encouraged
to see inpatients during regular office hours. You are not
expected to be on call during the weekends or at night.
You will initially see new patients and inpatient/ER consults
on your own and then present the patient and your impression
as well as a differential diagnosis to Dr. Lindholm.
St. Alphonsus is a regional stroke center and therefore a
busy hospital. Neurology manages and admits all intravenous
and intra-arterial TPA candidates for acute stroke management
at St Alphonsus.
The outpatient neurology experience allows you to see a variety
of adult neurological disorders. On the days that Dr. Lindholm
travels to rural clinics in McCall and Hailey ID you may choose
to stay in Boise and be assigned to an Epileptologist, Neurosurgeon,
or a Pediatric Neurologist. Please discuss this with Dr. Lindholm
on your first day so that these rotations can be organized
to try to satisfy your interests.
You will see office follow ups with Dr. Lindholm. You will
evaluate and present all new patients to Dr. Lindholm. You
will be supplied with a guide regarding what is expected to
be included in the history and physical examination. You are
expected to present a differential diagnosis and the most
likely diagnosis in each case. Each new patient is allotted
a 1 hour slot so you will be given 30 minutes on your own
with the patient to obtain the history and physical. The remaining
time is spent in presentation, re-evaluation with Dr. Lindholm
and if time allows, discussion of the case immediately after
the evaluation (if we are running behind this is done a little
later in the day).
There is a computer with Internet access available to you
while in the office. The office has a microwave oven and refrigerator
you may use.
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