The 1996-97 academic year has seen the development of an expanded Core Medicine I Clerkship that now includes one month of ambulatory experience in addition to the previous two months of inpatient experience.
All students start their three month experience with one month in the inpatient setting.
In months two and three, the students are divided into two groups, with one group having its ambulatory experience during the second month of the clerkship and the other group during the third month. Increase their exposure to medical problems that are encountered more in an ambulatory than an inpatient setting. Provide educational experiences in specialized fields that are primarily based in the outpatient setting, such as Dermatology and Ophthalmology. Students also have sessions in a Walk - In Clinic as well as regular meetings with an attending physician for rounds that are analogous to teaching rounds in the inpatient setting. An organized didactic curriculum is presented for both Dermatology and Ophthalmology, and students are also assigned to clinical sessions relating to these two disciplines.