Required Clerkships
| Required Clerkships | ||||
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Syr/Bing Course # |
Course Title | Syr/Bing Credits |
Director | Site Director |
| CBHX2400/ INTD9500 |
Clinical Bioethics and Communications | 1/1 | Gregory Eastwood, MD | Dominick R. Prato, MD |
| EMED1300/1400 | Emergency Medicine Clerkship | 2 | Paul Ko, MD | Stephen Gomez, MD |
| FAMP1600/1500 | Family Medicine Clerkship | 5/5 | Tom LaClair, MD | |
| MDCN2000/2100 | Medicine Clerkship | 10/10 | Sarah Lappin, DO | Linda E. Fort, MD |
| OBGY3600/3800 | Obstetrics/Gynecology Clerkship | 5/5 | John Folk, MD | Iskandar Kassis, MD |
| PEDS5600/5800 | Pediatrics Clerkship | 5/5 | Anne Sveen, MD | Gregory Scagnelli, MD |
| PYCH6800/6900 | Psychiatry Clerkship | 5/5 | Tom Schwartz, MD | Leslie Major, MD |
| SURG8200/8300 | Surgery and Surgical Subspecialities Clerkship | 8/8 | Kwame Amankwah, MD |
Leonard Anderson, MD |
| NEUR3000/2800 | Neuroscience Clerkship | 5/5 | Michael Vertino, MD | Yahia Lodi, MD |
Clinical Bioethics and Communication
In this longitudinal concurrent case-based course which spans the third year, students meet in small groups with a faculty tutor to discuss ethical issues presented in patient care and practice communication skills. Students bring their own cases for discussion, and faculty provide other cases to provide the opportunity to discuss and learn about ethical principles and a method of case analysis for ethical concerns raised in patient care. Advanced communication skills are addressed in this course.
Emergency Medicine Clerkship
This two week rotation introduces students to core concepts and principles in Emergency Medicine. Emphasis is on focused history and physical examination skills, developing a differential diagnosis, and developing clinical care plans. Principles of trama care, shock and critically ill patients, and other acute life threatening illness will be taught in the clinical setting as well as in the Simulation Center.
Family Medicine Clerkship
This ambulatory-based clerkship provides training in the basic tenets of primary, family-based care. Clinical preventive medicine and the treatment of acute and chronic diseases are emphasized in both clinical and didactic aspects of the clerkship.Medicine Clerkship
Through active participation in the care of inpatients and outpatients, the third-year student continues to develop knowledge and skill in diagnosis and acquire experience in the fundamentals of treatment.Students take medical histories, perform physical examinations and outline programs of treatment on assigned patients. Understanding of the biochemical, physiological and psychosocial phenomena which underlie the patients illnesses is developed in conferences and seminars.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
Core lectures and active participation in patient care form the basis for this clerkship. Provides clinical opportunities for students to develop skills and knowledge related to antepartum care, management of normal labor and delivery, care of the newborn, postpartum care, and common ambulatory and inpatient gynecologic concerns.
Pediatrics Clerkship
Provides students with a basis for understanding the interrelationships of growth factors and development in health and disease. Students develop basic skills in taking pediatric histories; perform physical examinations on newborns, infants and older children; assess the children’s developmental levels; and interpret clinical data. Preventive pediatrics is emphasized.
Psychiatry Clerkship
In this five-week clerkship, students learn interviewing techniques, refine diagnostic skills, prepare case studies and participate in the treatment programs of the ward to which they are assigned. Liaison/consultation psychiatry is also emphasized. Students learn to evaluate patients in the ER and outpatient clinics. Faculty provide seminars to review psychopathology and treatment methods.
Surgery and Surgical Subspecialities Clerkship
During this clerkship, the student participates in the care and management of patients on general surgical services as well as subspecialty services. Bedside and operating room instruction is supplemented by lectures on selected surgical topics. Students learn to recognize problems of a surgical nature, to understand the relevant pathophysiology and to gain some familiarity with surgical therapy.
Neuroscience Clerkship
This five-week clerkship integrates neurology and neurosurgery instruction. Students see common and uncommon neurological disorders and obtain concentrated training in taking a neurological history and performing a neurologic examination. A core curriculum emphasizes neurologic topics common in general practice. Core Topics in ophthalmology are also included.