Physician Assistant

Covers the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for learning clinical medicine.

Sophomore medical students will develop core medical knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to take an appropriate medical history, perform an appropriate physical examination and develop a reasonable differential diagnosis in the evaluation and management of a patient.

The clinical clerkship in Medicine is intended to enable the student to understand the clinical correlation of basic science knowledge and to acquire further medical information and clinical skills necessary for understanding and management of commonly encountered medical problems and diseases of adult patients

The Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN) Clerkship utilizes a variety of well-supervised clinical settings to provide students with a broad array of hands-on educational opportunities. Organized interactive learning experiences and directed self-study allow motivated students to establish a solid foundation of skills and knowledge essential for any future career choice.

The core clerkship in Pediatrics is an eight-week experience in which students care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient (ambulatory) settings. The clerkship focuses on general pediatrics, but students participate in the care of patients with sub-specialty needs as well.

The Surgery core clerkship is an eight (8) week experience served in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

This clerkship provides experience in caring for patients who present to the Emergency Department with a variety of acute and subacute problems. The emphasis is on learning to stabilize and correctly triage critically ill and injured patients, as well as common emergent conditions.

The psychiatry clerkship utilizes a wide variety of clinical settings including adult and child outpatient and inpatient settings. For most students, this will be their only supervised learning experience in Psychiatry. In such a short time, all of Psychiatry cannot possibly be covered.