Do's:

• Do participate to get the most out of the experience and from your teachers.
• Get involved, work hard. What you get out of it greatly depends on what you put into it.
• Do use the cases discussed in the lecture series to pace your general clerkship reading.
• Do be honest about what you know and don't know.
• Do maintain patient confidentiality.
• Do act professionally.
• Do remember to launder your white coat.
• Do call us if you are having a problem or concern.
• Do enjoy yourself; medicine is great fun!

Don'ts:

• Don't be late.
• Don't ask for vacation during clerkship.
• Don't bring coffee into a patient's room on rounds.
• Don't assume everyone else knows what you don't (they usually don't).
• Don't spend more than 11.5 hours in preparation for each one hour case discussion.
• Don't confabulate.

Other Resource For Success

• American College of Physicians