CLERKSHIP YEARS
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The clerkship years usually comprises the third and fourth years and consists of rotations through required core clinical clerkships and electives.   This phase involves a greater responsibility for the care of patients under faculty supervision at the UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC), Medical School, affiliated hospitals and in ambulatory or community-based settings.   Students in the clinical years must follow the holiday schedule at their clinical sites.  Overnight call is expected of third-and-fourth year students.  Students are expected to follow the call schedules assigned to them at their clinical site (see: Student Duty Hours Policy). 

A mandatory clerkship orientation which includes BLS Level C Recertification is scheduled prior to the start of the first clerkship.  Several mandatory topic-oriented interclerkships are also scheduled for all third-year students.  All students must fulfill “competency” performance standards on a clinical skills assessment as a graduation requirement for UMMS (EOTYA).  All students are required to have and utilize a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).  Hardware and software requirements can be found in the Lamar Souter Library web site: http://library.umassmed.edu/.   Year three students are also required to complete a web- based clinical log of patient encounters.  The clinical years consist of a continuum of a minimum of 80 weeks.

The following are required core CLERKSHIPS taken in the third and fourth years:

CLERKSHIPS    
Family Medicine (6 weeks):    
Medicine (12 weeks):    
Obstetrics/Gynecology (6 weeks):    
Pediatrics (6 weeks):    
Psychiatry (6 weeks):    
Surgery (12 weeks):    

INTERCLERKSHIPS:      
EOTYA:      

FOURTH YEAR REQUIRED    
*Approved Subinternship* (4 weeks):    
Neurology (4 weeks):    
 
Senior Scholars Program:     

COORDINATOR/DIRECTOR 
Frank Domino, MD
Melissa Fischer,MD/Mary Hawthorne, MD
Edward Peskin, MD/Dawn Tasillo, MD
Lynn Manfred, MD
Debra Field, MD/Caroline Fisher, MD
Mitchell Cahan, MD   

Julie Jonassen, PhD
Sarah McGee, MD 


Melissa Fischer, MD
David Chad, MD

Anthony Rothschild, MD

*Internal Medicine, Family, Pediatrics or other approved subinternship as the required