YEAR 3 - CORE CLINICAL CLERKSHIPS
Goal: convert knowledge into safe, supervised patient care and standardized clinical-exam performance.
| Clerkship | Core competency |
|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | History/exam, differential, diagnostics and management of common adult inpatient/outpatient disease; chronic disease; acute decompensation. |
| Surgery | Pre/post-op care, surgical abdomen, trauma, fluids/electrolytes, wound/infection, common procedures and surgical decision making. |
| Family Medicine | Preventive care, undifferentiated outpatient problems, chronic disease, pediatrics/women's health overlap and continuity. |
| Pediatrics | Growth/development, preventive care, neonatal issues, common acute/chronic pediatric disease and pediatric emergencies. |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Prenatal care, labor/delivery, pregnancy complications, gynecologic disease, contraception, cancer screening. |
| Psychiatry | Diagnostic interviewing, risk assessment, mood/psychotic/anxiety/substance disorders, pharmacotherapy and disposition. |
| Neurology | Localization, stroke, seizures, headache, movement, neuropathy, neuromuscular disease and neurologic emergencies. |
| Emergency Medicine | Stabilization, resuscitation, undifferentiated complaints and disposition; core at some schools and Year 4 at others. |
| OPP/OMM - DO | Apply osteopathic concepts/OMT appropriately within clinical rotations and COMAT/COMLEX preparation. |
Goal: convert knowledge into safe, supervised patient care and standardized clinical-exam performance. — CLERKSHIP STUDY RULE
Study from the patients you see, but do not study only the patients you see. Shelf/COMAT exams sample the full discipline, including topics your rotation may not expose you to.