MEDICINE 234C
Introduction to the Medical ICU
Katherine A. Young, Alicia Kincaid
Description from DukeHub
Current second year students would be eligible to enroll in this critical care selective after completing their internal medicine clerkship. Students will round and care for critically ill patients in the Duke medical ICU as part of a multidisciplinary team. Exposure to critical care procedures including central line/arterial line placement, endotracheal intubation, chest tubes, thoracentesis/paracentesis, and bronchoscopy, as well as basic management of mechanical ventilation and other oxygen/respiratory devices and interpretation and application of relevant data are core to this experience. The course meets Monday - Friday, 6am - 6pm. Students should report on the first day to DMP 8W, near room 17 (resident work station) at 7am on the first day. Expectation: no more than 1 excused absence during the selective period in order to receive credit. Maximum Enrollment: 1; Credit: 2. Katherine Young, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
- leadershipdescription: "team" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "clerkship"
- Yes: Live work with people · "patients"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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