Although the course requirements assure similarity across sites, each clinical site offers the opportunity for individuality to enrich the student's experience. On-Call Students assume night call responsibility from the first day through the last Tuesday of the rotation, including weekends. The night call is a vital part of the clinical rotation which allows the student the opportunity to gain significant clinical experience. A standard text, Essentials of Family Medicine by Sloane, et al. is suggested . Return to top of page Evaluation Students receive a clinical evaluation including evaluation for their projects and participation in the small group discussions that together comprise 80 percent of the final grade.
Formative evaluation occurs throughout the six weeks of the clerkship.
A written shelf exam given on the final day counts for 20 percent of the final grade. The students, in turn, evaluate the clerkship, preceptors and clinical sites. The Family Medicine Faculty monitors these evaluations. Pooled evaluations are shared with the clinical sites and their faculty so they may regulate their performance. The provisions of The Student Handbook of MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine are not to be regarded as a contract between any student and the School of Medicine.