Internal Medicine Clerkship

Catalog description

The MS III MEDICINE and the MIND block will cover a full semester in which the student will have an opportunity to integrate teaching experiences across multiple disciplines, learning and understanding the interface between medical and psychiatric conditions affecting patients across settings from the emergency department and hospital (inpatient and consultation liaison service) to the ambulatory clinic. The specialties of Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Neurology and Emergency Medicine will be integrated into a full-time clinical rotation in the format of a blended longitudinal integrated clerkship. During your third year Internal Medicine Clerkship you will develop basic competencies in the evaluation and management of adult patients and will build a core knowledge of common diseases seen in Internal Medicine. The Internal Medicine Core Curriculum is designed to complement learning experiences in wards, clinics, conferences, and at morning report by providing a structured review of the basic disease processes seen in Internal Medicine.