INT 3001: General Internal Medicine Core Clerkship
The General Internal Medicine Core Clerkship will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of internal medicine. This clerkship offers a dynamic clinical experience, allowing students to develop essential skills in patient care, medical decision-making, and professional communication, while gaining clinical exposure to breadth and diversity of disease. Students will work closely with attending physicians and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to manage a diverse range of medical conditions commonly encountered in adult patients.
It is critical to note that the clinical clerkship experience is not intended to teach the student everything about Internal Medicine nor provide the student with clinical experience in every aspect of the discipline. The Clerkship Director and the assigned Preceptor may provide educational guidance, but it is each student’s individual responsibility to learn the subject content. Lifelong self-learning is the goal and is expected in this clinical clerkship. Students must show that adequate direct patient care experience has been achieved by demonstrating adequate patient log support of an average of at least 4 outpatients or 2 inpatients per day.
Successful completion of all pre-clinical (Year 1 and Year 2) coursework, and post initial attempt on COMLEX Level 1, with passing score reported to clinical education.