Clinical

This required clinical rotation places students in an outpatient setting with a licensed provider practicing family medicine. Emphasis is placed on comprehensive patient care, including acute and chronic disease management, health promotion, patient education, and disease prevention. Students will apply skills in the psychosocial aspects of healthcare, clinical reasoning, and medical decision-making. Students gain experience in medication management, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

This required clinical rotation places students in an outpatient and/or inpatient setting with a licensed provider practicing internal medicine. Emphasis is placed on comprehensive patient care, including the evaluation and management of acute and chronic conditions, complex medical conditions, and coexisting comorbidities. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while developing patient-centered assessment and management plans that incorporate health promotion and disease prevention. The rotation provides experience in medication management, treatment planning, patient education, and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

This required clinical rotation places students in an outpatient setting with a licensed provider practicing psychiatric and behavioral healthcare. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and management of common psychiatric, cognitive, and behavioral health conditions using a biopsychosocial approach. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while performing psychiatric evaluations and mental status examinations and developing patient-centered assessment and management plans. The rotation provides experience in medication management, treatment planning, patient education and counseling, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This required clinical rotation places students with a licensed provider practicing gynecological, sexual, and reproductive healthcare. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and management of common gynecological and reproductive health conditions, preventive care, prenatal care, and sexual and reproductive health counseling. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while developing patient-centered assessment and management plans in gynecological, sexual, and reproductive healthcare. The rotation provides experience in preventive screening, medication management, treatment planning, patient education and counseling, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This required clinical rotation places students in an outpatient setting with a licensed provider practicing pediatrics. Emphasis is placed on comprehensive care of infants, children, and adolescents, including the evaluation and management of acute and chronic conditions. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while developing age-appropriate, patient-centered assessment and management plans. The rotation provides experience in assessing growth and development, recognizing variations in normal pediatric health patterns, counseling patients and caregivers, medication management, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This required clinical rotation places students in a surgical setting with a licensed provider practicing in a surgical specialty. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and management of patients throughout the perioperative period, including preoperative assessment, intraoperative care, and postoperative management. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while developing patient-centered assessment and management plans for common surgical conditions. The rotation provides experience in surgical procedures and techniques, perioperative patient care, medication management, recognition and management of surgical complications, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This required clinical rotation places students in an emergency department setting with a licensed provider practicing emergency medicine. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and management of acute and emergent conditions, including rapid assessment, prioritization, and stabilization of patients. Students apply skills in clinical reasoning and medical decision-making while performing focused patient assessments and participating in appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The rotation provides experience in medication management, treatment planning, patient disposition, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

This required clinical rotation provides students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills in an area of clinical interest through an experience in a medical or surgical specialty or subspecialty. Students apply clinical reasoning and medical decision-making skills while gaining experience in the evaluation and management of conditions relevant to the selected area of practice. The rotation provides experience in treatment planning, medication management, specialty-specific clinical skills, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Elective experiences are selected based on student interests or identified experiential needs as determined by the program.