The Third-Year Core Clinical Clerkships phase is designed to enable students to interact and work with patients under the supervision of experienced senior colleagues and faculty at King-Drew Medical Center. After a 1-week orientation known as Clinical Foundations, students rotate through forty-eight weeks of core required clerkships. The core clerkships include: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Radiology, Surgery and six additional specialties or subspecialties: Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology and Urology.
The wide variety of patients encountered throughout the third year provides students ample opportunity to maximize their history taking and physical examination skills as well as apply pathophysiologic basis of disease to patient care to help formulate appropriate differential diagnoses and consider appropriate diagnostic studies as needed.
Internal Medicine Required Core Clerkships
Inpatient Internal Medicine Inpatient Internal Medicine is a required eight-week rotation, six weeks of wards and 2 weeks of critical care units. After a detailed orientation to the clerkship, students are assigned to inpatient Medicine teams. They are given the opportunity to conduct independent yet supervised assessments of assigned patients, present cases and discuss and provide input in to the diagnosis and management of various diseases. A series of organized daily didactics in a theme-specific format are built into the rotation. Shelf preparation questions and bedside rounds are regularly scheduled. Daily reading time is also provided as is a weekend day off. Students take call with their teams every fifth day. Patient encounters are tracked via a PDA log system. Evaluation and feedback is provided at the mid point of the clerkship. Final grading is based on performance on the National Board of Medical Examiner’s Subject examination and clinical performance during the clerkship. For further details regarding the clerkship curriculum please log into http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/Angel/frameIndex.htm
Ambulatory Medicine Ambulatory Medicine is a required four-week rotation which is aligned with Family Medicine in an eight-week Ambulatory Care block. Medical Students rotate through Internal Medicine specialty and subspecialty clinics. They have an opportunity to work with a variety of patients. Patient encounters (minimum of fifty encounters) are documented in a PDA log. Clinical evaluations are required weekly using the Mini CEX evaluation forms from supervising faculty or licensed physicians observing the student. Clinical teaching is built into the rotation. Didactic sessions on pre-assigned lectures are provided at UCLA every Fridays. The final examination is proctored in-house on the last Friday of the eight-week ambulatory care block. The final grade and clinical performance determines the criteria for a letter of distinction. For further details regarding the clerkship curriculum please log into http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/Angel/frameIndex.htm
FOURTH YEAR
The Fourth Year of Medical Education at UCLA is known as the College Phase. Medical Students enrolled in the Drew-UCLA Medical Education program are enrolled in the Drew Urban Underserved College.
Required Selectives The Drew College requires 9-weeks of specific subinternship completion prior to graduation.
These subinternships are offered in 3 selective block of options based on student career pathways.
Internal Medicine Selectives –3 weeks (300 level electives) Students many select any of the following options for their Internal Medicine Selective requirement. These include: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology- Oncology and Infectious Disease.
Intensive Care Unit Selectives—3 weeks (400 level electives) Students may select Coronary Care Unit or Medical Intensive Care Unit; other elective options are available in other specialties for students with career pathways interest in Surgery or Women and Child Health
Senior Selectives—3 weeks (300 or 400 level electives) Among miscellaneous options, Geriatrics is offered within this block For further details regarding the clerkship curriculum please log into http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/Angel/frameIndex.htm
