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Building on the skills and knowledge developed during the preclerkship blocks, the clerkship phase contains seven core clinical clerkships that offer students a range of experiences and opportunities to learn the fundamentals of good patient care.

Family and Community Medicine

In this clerkship, core learning experiences take place in ambulatory clinic settings. Students work with experienced clinicians and senior residents, spending time in both university teaching practices and community-based practices. Students also may see patients in emergency room, hospital and nursing home settings. Students will encounter a high volume of patients of all ages with a wide range of problems as well as undifferentiated problems.

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Medicine

During this clerkship, students work with medicine inpatient services, where they learn to care for adult patients with acute and chronic illnesses. Emphasis is placed on the principles of differential diagnosis and problem-solving as well as the integration of basic science information into the art of patient care. Students also gain clinical experience in medical interviewing and physical examination.

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Neurology

During this clerkship, students see patients with common neurological disorders and neurological emergencies in the outpatient and inpatient settings.

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Obstetrics/Gynecology

In this clerkship, students rotate on the obstetric service, the gynecology service and the gynecologic oncology service, where they will see a broad range of patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. They also attend lectures and interactive case presentations.

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Pediatrics

During this clerkship, students have the opportunity to learn about common illnesses and abnormalities in children. Emphasis is placed on the importance of preventive and developmental aspects of child care. Lectures and case presentations correlate with the clinical experiences.

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Psychiatry

During this clerkship, students see patients with psychiatric disorders in outpatient clinics and hospitals as well as on consultation services.

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Rural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship

The rural longitudinal integrated clerkship (LINC) includes medical students in patient care over time, allowing enduring learning relationships to develop with patients and physician-teachers. Students meet all required core clerkship competencies through interwoven, longitudinal experiences in the clinical training year. In contrast to a block curriculum, students meet and follow their patients across multiple settings of care and different disciplines over several months. Students participate in the continuity care of rural patients across a spectrum of ages and conditions in the outpatient clinic, hospital, operating room, emergency department, and even at home. Students are exposed to the benefits and challenges of providing team-based rural medical care for these unique, diverse, and high-risk populations. Students in the Rural Scholars Program have the opportunity to participate in the LINC.

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Surgery

In this clerkship, emphasis is placed on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with surgical concerns and problems. Students spend brief periods of time on surgical specialty services and a longer period of time on a more general surgery service. Each student attends faculty discussion sessions that cover objectives in the required textbooks and takes call under the supervision of surgical residents. Students participate in preoperative examinations and evaluations, assist during surgical procedures, and follow the postoperative management process. Students are encouraged to be engaged and prepared.

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