Ambulatory Week Curriculum 2020-2021
The Ambulatory Medicine curriculum is a longitudinal, progressive educational program across the three-year residency. A portion of the curriculum is delivered during the +1 Week, across a 5-week cycle, such that each Pod receives the same and all portions of…
COVID-19 Critical Care Part II: ICU-Level Management for Non-Intensivists
Learn about our early experience with patients hospitalized with COVID-19, including recommendations for laboratory testing for prognostication and APRV ventilator mode.
COVID-19 Critical Care Part I: Airway and Ventilator Management for Non-Intensivists
View Dr. Yick's crash course in the basics of initiating mechanical ventilation.
Conversion of Patient Visits to Telephone Visits: Info for Clinic A
Some in-person primary care visits have been converted to telephone visits during the public health emergency. Check your email and/or read below for the most recent updates.
COVID-19: Be Prepared to Evaluate and Treat Patients with the Coronavirus
Update March 13, 2020: Updated PPE recommendations from CDC and DPH. Added info for 3M N-95 mask fitting.
Update March 4, 2020: L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH) has declared a local public health emergency with six new cases in the county. The State of California has also declared a state of emergency with the first related death in the state. The CDC and DPH have updated screening and testing guidelines. The Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA has announced plans for the care of persons under investigation (PUI) and confirmed COVID-19 cases. Check your email and messaging for the most up-to-date information.
The following are useful links and resources for your preparedness.
Bridge Clinic
Bridge Clinic is designed for patients with opioid use disorder, offering them a chance to follow-up with a provider to prescribe medication-assisted therapy in order to manage opioid dependence. Residents will be assigned to Bridge Clinic during the Urgent Care…
Morning Report – Diagnosing EVALI, Exclude infection and other etiologies
This week's morning report focused on a patient presenting with constitutional symptoms and cough in the context of vape-product use, found to have hypoxemic respiratory failure with CT findings of diffuse ground glass opacities. A thorough infectious and auto-immune work…
January 2020
Validation and Refinement of Scores to Predict Very Early Stroke Risk after TIA