Clerkship Director: Dr. Benjamin Maddox Email: [email protected]
Clerkship Coordinator: Nicole Blount Email: [email protected]
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Students proceed directly into the Third Year Clinical Clerkships upon
successful completion of the Biomedical Sciences, and
obtaining a passing score on USMLE Step 1.
The Core Clerkship in internal medicine consists of an eight-week rotation during their third year, which is divided into two sections: six weeks of inpatient experience and two weeks of outpatient experience. At the Nashville campus, the clerk will rotate through Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital and the UT Internal Medicine Ambulatory Clinic
The educational effort of the Clerkship centers around the ward team (inpatient month). This will provide each student the opportunity to learn the basic principles of Internal Medicine, not only through direct patient contact, but also by observing and interacting with faculty and house staff. Each ward team will typically consist of an attending physician, a second or third-year resident, and two third-year medical students. The third-year clerk is a participating member of the ward team with responsibilities for patient care. The ward experience is enhanced by the faculty didactic series, Attending Rounds, Noon Conferences, and the Observed Structured Clinical Experience.
The outpatient rotation consists of two weeks of ambulatory clinic.
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