Students have the option of finding their own projects and faculty sponsors or contacting faculty who have provided specific project abstracts in response to our call for projects. ICM teaching in this year focuses on the history and physical exam of specific areas of the body such as heart, lung, abdomen, mental status, etc. Students gain clinical knowledge and gradually increase their clinical problem-solving abilities while working as junior members of a medical care team. Each team is led by a faculty clinician working in one of the medical school-affiliated hospitals or practice units. The third year primarily consists of the required clinical clerkships.
Students request a clerkship track during the second year.
The required third year clerkships are in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery. Rehabilitation Medicine and Emergency Medicine clerkships are required and may be taken in the third or fourth year. There is some time allocated to electives in the third year, however, most of the clinical electives are taken in the fourth year. Students are permitted considerable latitude in planning their fourth year, and typically schedule a program that not only permits advanced coursework in areas of specialty interest, but also provides a broad general medical education in preparation for assuming patient care responsibility in residency training. Please honor our copyrights and disclaimer .