Preceptor Orientation Modules

During this clerkship, students participate and demonstrate competence in humanistic and evidence-based inpatient and outpatient care of patients with common medical disorders. The Internal and Family Medicine clerkship is held for 12 weeks, eight weeks are inpatient and four weeks are outpatient responsibilities. Students learn appropriate health promotion and health screening for adult patients. Students learn to work as part of a medical team in all settings and will understand the roles of the interdisciplinary patient care team. Learning activities include preceptor-supervised clinical experience, clerkship-specific didactics, use of standardized patients and medical simulations and self-directed learning utilizing information technology. The clerkship has specified the types of patients and clinical conditions students need to encounter, and the physical examination skills and testing and procedural skills that students need to master.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

The Surgical Clerkship introduces the student to the workup, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of a wide variety of surgical diseases. Evidence-based practices are emphasized. The student spends four weeks on a general surgery core rotation such as general, trauma or pediatric surgery ad the remaining four weeks on one surgical selective in specialties such as anesthesiology, colorectal surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, plastics and wound healing, thoracic surgery, urology or vascular surgery. Students also have a four week elective period within the 12-week course.

Students are responsible for the evaluation and workup of patients in the emergency room and wards as well as in the outpatient setting. Participation in daily inpatient multidisciplinary ward rounds is emphasized as well as active participation in a wide array of bedside surgical procedures and major operative interventions under general anesthesia. In-hospital call is a requirement. The student is also responsible for regular attendance at weekly didactic conferences; grand rounds; journal clubs; morbidity and mortality conferences; and simulator/animal lab experiences.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

Between 10% and 15% of primary care visits may involve complaints referable to the nervous system. Neurologic problems may account for up to 1 in 5 hospital admissions. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., and is the single most common cause of long-term disability, and Alzheimer’s disease is a growing public health problem. For these and other reasons, education of non-specialists in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurologic disease is essential to integrated health care delivery. The goal of the Neurology clerkship is to formulate a diagnosis, begin an appropriate diagnostic evaluation, and initiate a rational treatment plan for common neurologic conditions. The clerkship accomplishes these aims by application of clinical neuroscience to the neurologic history and examination. Inpatient and outpatient experiences expose students to the full spectrum of neurologic disease.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

 

During this clerkship, students participate in evidence-based and patient-centered inpatient and outpatient care of patients with psychiatric disorders. Learning activities include preceptor-supervised clinical experience, clerkship-specific didactics, use of standardized patients, and self-directed learning utilizing information technology. The clerkship has specified the types of patients and clinical conditions students need to encounter, and the physical/mental examination skills, and testing and procedural skills that students need to master.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

 

While on the Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship rotation, the student is considered an integral part of the clinical team and has the opportunity for a broad range of clinical experiences in the Labor and Delivery suite, operating room, ambulatory clinics and inpatient hospital services. Didactic sessions including lectures, clinical skills workshops and case study seminars supplement the core clinical experience. Students come away from the clerkship with an understanding of the role of the obstetrician/gynecologist as a primary health care provider for women of all ages, the importance of the gynecologic history and physical examination in the overall assessment of the health of women, and the major significance of competent obstetrical and gynecologic care in public health and preventive medicine.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

This clerkship introduces third-year medical students to the basic principles of general pediatrics. Through both inpatient and outpatient encounters with children across the age range of pediatric, from neonates through young adulthood, the student receives exposure to the clinical care of children. The learner participates in the newborn nursery and outpatient health supervision visits where the fundamental concepts of the pediatric interview and physical exam, growth and development, anticipatory guidance, primary prevention, screening, and vaccination are presented. Clinical experience with acute/chronic illness visits afford the learner exposure to common pediatric complaints and symptoms as well as common pediatric diagnoses. Participation in the inpatient component of this course solidifies students’ pediatric skills of data gathering, data synthesis, the development of problem lists and working diagnoses, and formulating therapeutic plans while being a member of a health care team providing family-centered care to children.

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit

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*up to 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credit