Medical students program at Atlantic Health Overlook
Medical students at gain hands-on clinical experience while working alongside physician mentors in one of New Jersey’s leading academic medical centers.
Allergy & immunology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near OMC but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to OMC to round on patients, or for procedures.
- Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Allergy & Immunology elective provides 4th year medical students broad exposure in allergy and immunology, emphasizing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to patients.
Students will:
- Perform appropriate histories and physical examinations for Allergy & Immunology consultations
- Participate in patient care in a robust outpatient clinic
- Gain experience in the use of history, physical examination and allergy testing in the diagnosis and treatment of common allergic/immunologic diseases
- Students may attend daily house staff conferences and noon report
- To obtain broad exposure in Allergy & Immunology
- To emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to allergy/immunologic disease
- Introduction to allergy testing
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Ambulatory internal medicine
Rotation at a glance
AMG Internal Medicine Residency Program [faculty practice] 1000 Galloping Hill Road, Suite 106 Union, NJ
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Ambulatory Internal Medicine elective provides a full-time clinical learning experience at the AMG Internal Medicine Residency Program faculty practice. The site is a busy, community clinic that is also the continuity practice for Overlook Medical Center’s internal medicine residents. It serves an ethnically diverse group of patients with a broad range of medical conditions. Highly trained faculty physicians and excellent support personnel manage the practice.
Students will:
- See a panel of patients, under the direct supervision of attending physicians
- Participate in and contribute to a variety of didactic experiences, including a weekly Wednesday morning lecture series
- Gain experience in the evaluation and management of many common outpatient problems in internal medicine, with a special emphasis on preventive medicine and screening
- Learn essential aspects of practice management such as billing, coding and pre-operative consultation skills)
- Evidence based medicine is emphasized
- To provide students a structured continuity experience in ambulatory care
- To gain experience in the evaluation and management of many common outpatient problems in internal medicine, with an emphasis on preventive medicine and screening
- To identify essential aspects of practice management (e.g., billing, coding and pre-operative consultation skills)
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Cardiology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near OMC but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to OMC to round on patients, or for procedures.
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Cardiology elective introduces 4th year medical students to clinical cardiology and helps develop proper techniques in obtaining cardiovascular histories and examinations; to develop a differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic plan; to gain basic knowledge of electrocardiography, cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, ultrasound, electrophysiology studies and various modes of therapy, including indications, contraindications and complications.
Students will:
- Read EKGs with cardiologists to gain experience in this modality
- Round in the CCU and hospital inpatient units
- Spend time in cardiology practices
- Participate in diagnostic test performance and interpretation; medical and interventional therapy; and consultations, including pre- and post-operative cardiac surgery care
- Be exposed to the catheterization laboratory; electrophysiology studies; nuclear cardiology; CT angiography; open-heart surgery and research projects
Students are welcome to attend daily House Staff Conference and Noon Report.
- To provide the student with an introduction to clinical cardiology
- To develop proper techniques for obtaining a cardiovascular history and skill in the cardiovascular examination
- Discuss how to develop a differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic plans
- To gain basic knowledge of cardiac testing and procedures
- To foster knowledge in EKG interpretation
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Critical care medicine
Rotation at a glance
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Critical Care Medicine elective allows 4th year medical students to study the pathophysiology and treatment of organ system failure and to better understand the complex interaction between the patient, the patient’s family, the disease process and the Critical Care Team.
Students will:
- Follow individual patients under the supervision of house staff and intensivists in a 24-bed, Medical/Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Round with the multidisciplinary Critical Care team and attend daily intake rounds
- Take an active role in the discussion of pathophysiology and management
- Prepare 2-3 brief presentations on patient-related topics
- Read pertinent material to supplement discussions on sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, cerebral resuscitation, circulatory support, trauma, ventilator management, myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock and other critical care topics
- To receive exposure to critically ill medical and cardiac patients
- To understand the pathophysiology of disease processes
- To understand the clinical management of disease processes
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Diagnostic Radiology
Rotation at a glance
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered:
- August through May (no rotations offered in June or July)
- Capacity for medical students varies by month, from two to four students
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The Diagnostic Radiology rotation provides a basic orientation to Diagnostic Radiology, including nuclear radiology, ultrasound, breast imaging, CT, MRI and special procedures.
Students will:
- Observe and become familiar with the mechanics and formats of fluoroscopic examinations, interventional procedures, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and CT scanning
- Conduct film interpretations on a one-on-one basis with staff radiologists in daily reading sessions
- Participate in daily teaching sessions for students and residents, covering specific areas of interest, moderated by a staff radiologist
- Utilize the extensive book and audiovisual library of selected radiologic topics and complete teaching files located in the Department of Radiology conference area
- To obtain a basic overview of Diagnostic Radiology
- To become familiar with numerous radiology procedures
- To gain knowledge in film interpretation
- To continue education via the extensive book and audio library
- To learn from one-on-one interaction with radiologists
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Endocrinology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near OMC but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to OMC to round on patients, or for procedures.
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Endocrinology elective provides fourth-year medical students broad exposure in endocrinology and metabolism, emphasizing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to patients with endocrine disorders.
Students will:
- Perform appropriate histories and physical examinations for endocrinology consultations
- Participate in patient care in outpatient and inpatient settings
- Gain experience in the diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders, including diabetes, thyroid disease, pituitary disease, adrenal disease, osteoporosis and metabolic disorders
- Attend conferences and educational activities, when available
- To obtain broad exposure in endocrinology and metabolism
- To emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to endocrine disease
- To gain experience in the evaluation and management of common endocrine disorders
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Family Medicine
Rotation at a glance
Four weeks, starting on the first Monday of the month
Note: Occasionally, there may be a two-week rotation; prior approval is required.
Offered: July – February
Successful completion of all third-year clerkships, including a core family medicine rotation.
Students with a demonstrated interest in family medicine will have the opportunity to work at an advanced level in an ambulatory care setting under the direct supervision of family medicine residents and faculty. Encounters may include preventative well-visits for adults, infants and children; emergent and urgent care visits; gynecological visits; pre- and post-natal care visits; management of chronic disease and outpatient procedures.
Students will be exposed to pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. This elective provides learning through clinical experiences and teaching conferences.
Students will:
- Work directly with family medicine residents, faculty and nurse practitioners, seeing patients of all ages
- Participate in the medical care of a diverse patient population with a variety of medical issues and will complete comprehensive histories and physical examinations
- Formulate assessments, differential diagnoses and treatment plans for patients seen in the office
- Attend core curriculum lectures with residents
- Be afforded opportunities to follow their patients in inpatient settings
- To gain an understanding of family medicine by applying principles of family medicine in the outpatient, ambulatory care setting
- To develop differential diagnoses, definitive care plans, and to develop outpatient care skills
- To refine taking histories and performing physical examinations
- To enhance assessment and management skills
- To observe how the practice of family medicine is integrated into the spectrum of care delivered within a multi-specialty institution
- To learn the appropriate screening for different populations as well as other tenets of preventative medicine
- To learn the role of the family physician within the community
- To evaluate family medicine as a possible career choice
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Ambulatory internal medicine
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near it, but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to Overlook Medical Center to round on patients, or for procedures.
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The gastroenterology elective provides exposure to a broad variety of gastrointestinal diseases and approaches to common in-patient and ambulatory problems. This elective will also serve to stimulate an interest in the pathophysiology of the digestive system and to develop an understanding of the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of medical patients.
Students will:
- Attend daily rounds with a gastroenterologist and participate in sessions in that gastroenterologist’s private office seeing ambulatory patients
- Be afforded opportunities to learn in the endoscopy suite where procedures such as upper and lower G.I. endoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic sphincterotomy and small bowel biopsy are done.
- Participate in consultations, and to present a well-focused history and physical examination, differential diagnosis and plan.
- Use library resource material to supplement the differential diagnosis and plan.
- Review and interpret diagnostic testing in gastroenterology, including endoscopy, ERCP, manometry and radiologic studies.
Students are welcome to attend daily house-staff conferences and noon report.
- Provide exposure to a broad variety of gastrointestinal diseases
- Discuss the approach to the common in-patient and ambulatory gastrointestinal problems
- Stimulate an interest in the pathophysiology of the gastrointestinal system
- Develop an understanding of the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of these patients
- Develop an understanding of the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of medical patients
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Geriatrics/palliative care
Rotation at a glance
Overlook Medical Center, as well as outpatient, nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the area
- Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Note: This rotation may be split into two separate electives. Please specify when scheduling.
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
Students will:
See a variety of medical diseases of geriatric patients in the in- and outpatient settings
Be exposed to end of life care, hospice and ethical consultation
Become proficient in obtaining a detailed patient history; in performing a thorough physical examination and interpreting laboratory data to diagnose disease in older patients
Learn about common problems affecting older patients, including poly-pharmacy, depression, delirium, dementia, falls, gait disorders, immobility, urinary incontinence and decubitus ulcers
Spend time on consultations, in outpatient clinics and nursing homes and at-home visits
Students are welcome to attend daily house staff conferences and noon report.
Students will:
- Perform appropriate histories and physical examinations for Allergy & Immunology consultations
- Participate in patient care in a robust outpatient clinic
- Gain experience in the use of history, physical examination and allergy testing in the diagnosis and treatment of common allergic/immunologic diseases
- Students may attend daily house staff conferences and noon report
- To introduce geriatrics and palliative care
- To gain confidence in managing medically complicated patients
- To learn the appropriate indications for specialized care and referral in geriatrics, including support systems (hospice, nursing homes, social services, etc.)
- To increase knowledge about end of life care
- To learn strategies to minimize hospitalization
- To understand the role of the nursing home director
- To realize the importance of implementation of living wills and advance directives
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Hematology/Oncology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near it, but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to Overlook Medical Center to round on patients, or for procedures.
- Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The Hematology/Oncology elective provides 4th year medical students broad exposure to hematologic and oncologic disorders in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Students will:
- Participate in the evaluation and management of patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders
- Perform appropriate histories and physical examinations for consultations
- Gain experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and blood disorders
- Observe chemotherapy administration and supportive oncology care
- Attend conferences and educational activities, when available
Students are welcome to attend daily house staff conferences and noon report.
- To obtain broad exposure in hematology and oncology
- To emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to hematologic and oncologic disease
- To gain experience in the evaluation and management of patients with cancer and blood disorders
- To understand multidisciplinary cancer care and treatment planning
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Infectious Diseases
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near it, but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to Overlook Medical Center to round on patients, or for procedures.
Four weeks or two weeks, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The infectious diseases elective introduces 4th year medical students to a rational approach to the diagnosis and treatment of common infectious diseases, emphasizing general internal medicine and clinical microbiology.
Students will:
- Be exposed to a variety of infectious disease diagnoses and common problems that may present as infectious diseases in the in- and outpatient settings, as well as common problems in internal medicine which may present as infectious diseases
- Participate in one-on-one teaching and consultation rounds
- Obtain an appreciation for the use of history, physical examination, bacteriologic statistics, epidemiology, the gram stain, and basic microbiological laboratory testing in the diagnosis and treatment of common infectious diseases as seen in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Students are welcome to attend daily house staff conferences and noon report
- To interview and examine patients for presentation to attending physicians
- To review techniques for specimen examination and interpretation of findings
- To gain an understanding of common presentations of common infections
- To understand the use of antimicrobials and the role of infection prevention
Feedback and final evaluation will be done by the attending preceptor. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and the elective.
Internal Medicine
Rotation at a glance
Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The internal medicine sub-internship allows 4th year medical students to act as sub-interns on an active general, internal medicine service or an intensive care unit, seeing a wide variety of diagnostic and acute care problems within internal medicine and its subspecialties, as well as an even balance within the subspecialties of internal medicine.
Emphasis is placed on history taking, on performing complete and sophisticated physical examinations, and on making rational choices of diagnostic studies and therapies under the direct supervision of residents and attendings.
Students will:
- Be given patients on a rotational basis as part of a medical team consisting of first-, second- and third-year medical residents and attendings
- Take histories, perform physical examinations, and order laboratory and diagnostic tests, as well as taking an active role in the discussion of treatment options
- Experience the responsibilities of patient care under the supervision of senior residents and attendings
- Attend daily morning report, house staff conferences and noon report
- To gain broad exposure to a variety of acute medical conditions
- To obtain clinical and cognitive abilities required for problem-solving and decision making in clinical medicine
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Medical ICU
Rotation at a glance
Available as a four-week sub-internship, or a two-week elective rotation, depending upon preceptor availability:
- Four-week rotations start on the first Monday of the month
- Two-week rotations start on the first or third Monday of the month
Offered: Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The medical intensive care unit (ICU) sub-internship allows 4th year medical students to act as sub-interns on an active medical and cardiac care unit, seeing a wide variety of diagnostic and acute care problems within internal medicine and its subspecialties. Emphasis will be placed on history taking, on performing complete and sophisticated physical examinations, and on making rational choices of diagnostic studies and therapies under the direct supervision of senior residents and attendings.
An ICU sub-internship is not equivalent to a medicine sub-internship. Students applying for an ICU sub-internship as a substitute rotation for a medicine sub-internship, which may be a medical school requirement, must obtain prior approval from their medical school.
Under the supervision of senior residents and teaching attendings, the sub-intern will:
- Experience the responsibility of caring for critical care patients
- Follow individual patients in a 24-bed, medical/cardiac intensive care unit
- Round with the multidisciplinary critical care team and attend daily intake rounds
- To gain exposure to a wide variety of acute medical and cardiac problems
- To understand pathophysiology of disease process
- To provide medical students clinical skills and cognitive abilities required for decision-making and problem-solving in diseases that require critical care consultation or intervention
- To identify conditions that require critical care intervention or consultation
- To establish effective clinical communication in an efficient and reliable manner with colleagues, patients and families
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Nephrology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near it, but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to Overlook Medical Center to round on patients, or for procedures.
Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The nephrology elective familiarizes 4th year medical students with the workup and treatment of patients with renal diseases.
Students will:
- Round with a physician in the hospital and dialysis unit
- Have directed involvement in nephrology consultations and the management of nephrology patients in inpatient and outpatient settings
- Become acquainted with dialysis modalities, including hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Develop an approach to the evaluation of chronic renal dysfunction, electrolyte disturbances and acid-based disorders
Students are welcome to attend daily house staff conferences and noon report.
- To become familiar with the evaluation and treatment of patients with acute and chronic renal disease
- To acquaint the student with dialysis modalities
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.
Message from the Overlook Chief Nursing Office Heather A. Veltre DNP, MS, RN, NEA-BC
Dear Nursing Colleagues, Patients, Families, Friends and Community Members,
When patients and families walk through the doors of Overlook Medical Center they can expect to receive the highest quality nursing care by some of the most phenomenal nurses.
With over 1,000 nurses, we embody the tenet that excellence is the anchor of our nursing practice. The ingenuity and creativity of nurses at Overlook, address the holistic needs of our patients and is reflected in our superior clinical quality outcomes, safety and patient experience. This commitment is consistent with the beliefs of Dr. Kristen Swanson, whose Theory of Caring guides our culture.
Overlook encourages professional development by supporting higher learning, professional education and nursing certification to make sure the nurses are prepared for what they encounter and ensuring excellent outcomes.
The nurses at Overlook are active in professional development, quality improvement and shared governance which allows them to have a voice in their professional practice environment.
There is continuous effort to recruit and retain the highest quality nursing professionals and provide an environment for their advancement and personal success.
In 2020, we achieved the highest standard of excellence for nursing care with our Magnet® designation. I truly believe that every nurse that encounters a patient has a part of how and why we are Magnet. We look forward in going above and beyond for our re-designation in 2024.
I am so proud to work among the exceptional nurses we have at Overlook.
Nursing
Atlantic Health recognizes the importance of nursing excellence and is committed to creating an environment where new practice methods are designed and implemented to benefit patients and improve outcomes. Our nurses support a wide variety of health care locations and services, ensuring the best care for every type of patient. Some of our most common service locations are shown below:
Nursing
Atlantic Health offers exciting opportunities to prepare the nurses of tomorrow. Our Summer Nursing Externship Program at Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center allows nursing students to gain hands-on patient care experience under the guidance of a certified preceptor. Those who graduate may be eligible for continued employment as a patient care technician or nursing assistant.
Nurse externs accepted into our program learn critical thinking and time management skills and practice basic nursing care with some exceptions. Students may treat wounds and insert suction lines and urinary catheters, but are not permitted to start an intravenous (IV), draw blood or administer medications, blood products or titrate vasoactive drips.
Students are assigned to a specific unit for the entire externship and must be willing to work there even if it wasn’t their first choice. We do our very best to accommodate individual preferences, but placement is ultimately determined by unit need. Externs receive their assignments just prior to the start of the program.
- Timeframe: Eight weeks from the end of May through July (dates TBD)
- Shifts: Days, nights, weekends and holidays
- Work schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week working side-by-side with a preceptor according to his or her schedule
- Vacation: Not permitted
- Pay: Bi-weekly pay at a rate determined by Atlantic Health
Atlantic Health’s Nursing Externship Program is intended only for students obtaining their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) who have completed their junior year. Those enrolled in an associate program or a registered nurse (RN) to BSN program are not eligible.
Applicants must present an official transcript showing a minimum 3.0 GPA and two letters of recommendation from instructors. Interviews are held during the break between the fall and spring semester of the student’s junior year.
Applications can be found on the Atlantic Health Careers website starting early November by searching “Summer Nursing Externship.” Due to the high volume of applicants, only those selected for an interview will be notified or contacted.
Nursing at Overlook Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center strives to deliver high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care in a healing culture environment that promotes the health and safety of our patients, community, health care partners and staff.
Our nursing team leads and promotes excellence in care delivery.
Overlook Medical Center achieved Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest national honor for nursing excellence, as a reflection of Overlook’s nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.
Nursing at Overlook Medical Center is based on a commitment to:
Patients – Guided by Dr. Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring, we take a patient- and family-centered approach along each step of the continuum of care.
Health care delivery teams – We believe in building collaborative relationships with health care partners that are based on open communication, transparency and accountability. Amongst our own team, we encourage ongoing professional development and recognize those who excel.
Community – Our nurses address the needs identified in Atlantic Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment and actively volunteer in outreach activities.
Nurses of all levels at Overlook Medical Center share in the decision-making process through a councilor structure and are accountable for both their practice and practice environment.
Represented by a nautical anchor, our professional practice model defines the components of nursing in a way that brings significance to our daily work and unifies nurses throughout every department. It follows Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring, which consists of five processes — knowing, being with, doing for, enabling and maintaining belief. It also takes into account our own C.A.R.E. model:
- Commitment to professional values and relationships
- Accountability through shared decision making and transformational leadership
- Recognition of professional development
- Excellence in nursing and patient care delivery
Nursing plays a vital role in The Joint Commission Disease Certifications received at Overlook Medical Center. We currently hold Center of Excellence status in bariatrics, spine care, wound care, comprehensive stroke care, endoscopy, and total hip and knee replacement. See all of our awards and certifications >
A career in nursing at Atlantic Health is a rewarding experience, where you can share your talents with other professionals in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Our nurse leaders are on the forefront of advances in patient care and inspire excellence in our nursing staff.
Our nurses form the front line of care for our communities. Year after year, their teamwork, dedication and endless compassion garner great satisfaction from our patients and national recognitions for clinical excellence.
“Our nurses lead from the bedside, from patients’ homes and from community practices, where strong connections with their interdisciplinary team members are in place to improve patient care. Their clinical expertise, along with the best available scientific, evidence-based practice guidelines are the cornerstone to our health system’s stellar quality successes, making the patient care experience consistently safer and more reliable, year after year.
Our nurses truly are the heart of our system — for their commitment to extraordinary caring — for our patients, our communities, and now, more than ever, for each other as well.”
Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President, Atlantic Health President, Morristown Medical Center
Chilton Medical Center, Morristown Medical Cente, Overlook Medical Center
Pulmonology
Rotation at a glance
Medicine subspecialties are taught one-on-one by physicians who practice in the field and are a blend of outpatient and inpatient teaching experiences (depending upon the physician’s patient mix during rotation dates). Medical students meet their preceptors at their preceptors’ offices (which may be on campus at Overlook Medical Center, or near it, but not necessarily on campus) and may or may not be traveling to Overlook Medical Center, to round on patients, or for procedures.
Year-round
Successful completion of all third-year core clerkships
The elective is designed to provide a broad exposure in pulmonary medicine emphasizing the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pulmonary diseases, the pulmonary function laboratory and procedures.
Students will:
- Be involved with pulmonary consultations and procedures such as thoracenteses and bronchoscopies
- Work closely with attending physicians, performing appropriate histories and physical examinations on pulmonary consultations
- Attend daily rounds with the consulting physician and house staff assigned to the elective and will see a wide variety of pulmonary diseases including participation in a robust outpatient clinic
- Gain insight into the use of history, physical examination, pulmonary function testing and appropriate procedures in the diagnosis and treatment of common pulmonary diseases as seen both in outpatient and inpatient settings
- Develop proficiency in reading chest x-rays, interpreting pulmonary function tests and blood gas analysis
- Learn to recognize the physiology of respiratory disease and be able to use pulmonary medications accordingly
Students are welcome to attend daily house staff conferences and noon report.
- Provide a broad exposure in pulmonary medicine
- Emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to pulmonary disease
- Introduction to the pulmonary function laboratory
- Overview of pulmonary medicine procedures
Feedback and evaluation will be done by attending preceptors and residents. Students will also evaluate their preceptors and residents, and the elective.