The third and fourth years use clinical clerkships to reinforce and expand on the training of the first two years. All clerkships are identified in terms of blocks which are either four weeks or one month in duration. Additionally, traditional learning objectives will be provided to enhance student learning. The fourth year experience expands student responsibility through a sub-internship or extended family medicine experience.
Additional experience is provided in cardiology, critical care and emergency medicine.
Four months of electives are included in the fourth year. For those students interested in rural practice, a rural tract program will be offered. Third and fourth year clinical clerkships are done at designated training sites around the country. Locations include the Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri rural sites, and locations in Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Assignments to sites are determined by a lottery process conducted in the second semester of the second year curriculum.