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Clerkship Curriculum

The Integrated Clerkships Feature 12-week Interdisciplinary Clerkship Blocks, With Opportunities For Continuity, Flexibility And Integration. These Clerkship Blocks Are Organized Around Themes

The Medical Approach to the Patient (Internal Medicine and Neurology), The Surgical Approach to the Patient (Surgery and Emergency Medicine), Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Biopsychosocial Approach to Health (Primary Care, Psychiatry and Pediatrics).

Each block begins with a shared “Precede” experience to that brings all students together to focus on topics and skills that build developmentally as the year progresses. Following the Shared precede period, students will enter their respective clerkship blocks where they will begin with a “boot camp” that focuses on knowledge, skills and behaviors specifically related to the specialties featured in that clerkship.

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Surgical Approach to the Patient (SAP) Integrated Clerkship Block

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Surgical Approach to the Patient (SAP) is a 12-week integrated clerkship block that is comprised of Surgery and Emergency Medicine rotations. As disciplines with a heavy emphasis on procedures and management of acute disease, Surgery and Emergency Medicine share didactic sessions and simulation-based training over the course of the rotation. An appreciation of the basic and clinical sciences, critical thinking and problem-solving in a fast-paced varied environment will be experienced by learners. Given the complexity of patients with acute and critical illness, a high degree of professionalism and emotional intelligence is an essential skill during these rotations.

Surgery Component

The Surgery component spans 9 weeks and is comprised of three 3-week blocks chosen from a wide variety of surgical disciplines, made up of core surgical and surgical subspecialties.

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Emergency Medicine Component

The Emergency Medicine component is a 3-week rotation focusing on the care of patients with undifferentiated chief complaints.

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Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (POG) Integrated Clerkship Block

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Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology (POG) is a 12-week integrated clerkship block that comprises Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN). The combination of these two disciplines allows students to experience and appreciate the continuum of health in pediatrics and OB/GYN. Students experience this interconnectedness through their clinical encounters, integrated didactics, and a combined postcede at the end of the integrated clerkship block.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Component

The Obstetrics & Gynecology component is a 6-week course which incorporates clinical experiences on both inpatient (4 weeks) and outpatient (2 weeks) rotations.

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Pediatrics Component

The Pediatrics component is a 6-week immersive course structured to give clerkship students a breadth of experience in caring for children in partnership with their caregivers.

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Biopsychosocial Approach to Health (BAH) Integrated Clerkship Block

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Biopsychosocial Approach to the Patient (BAH) is a 12-week integrated clerkship block comprised of Psychology and Primary Care. Integration of training in Primary Care and Psychiatry occurs in two areas. First, in didactics, all students assemble together to complete “Top Ten” workshops on topics spanning both disciplines, e.g., assessment of competency, treatment of chronic pain, motivational interviewing, diagnosis and treatment of somatic symptoms, addressing social determinants of health. Additionally, students participate in three individual workshops a) introduction and rationale for the biopsychosocial approach with readings (e.g., George Engel, Barbara Starfield), b) clinical approach to the biopsychosocial model and c) how patients access community health and psychiatric resources. In the clinical realm, many sites have embedded psychiatric services, e.g., West Haven VA Medical Center, the New Haven Health Consortium, Cornell Scott Hill Federally Qualified Health Center, and Yale Internal Medicine Associates. Course Directors (CDs) communicate with preceptors at all sites before students arrive, emphasizing the clerkship’s goal to teach a holistic approach to patient care. Additionally, to promote exchange of ideas across Primary Care and Psychiatry faculty, CDs prepare and host regular evening faculty development events focusing on topics of interest to both Primary Care and Psychiatry faculty.

Primary Care Component

The Primary Care component takes place over 6 weeks, wherein students work in outpatient settings under the supervision of primary care clinicians for 9 clinical sessions per week split between pediatric and adult settings and attend didactics for one afternoon.

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Psychiatry Component

Psychiatry is a 6-week component during which students care for patients with a breadth of psychiatric diagnoses across the lifespan.

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Medical Approach to the Patient (MAP) Integrated Clerkship Block

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Medical Approach to the Patient (MAP) is a 12-week integrated clerkship block that is comprised of Internal Medicine and Neurology rotations. The course is structured to give clerkship students in-depth experience with the diagnosis and management of adult medical issues. Because of the significant clinical overlap between internal medicine and neurology, these two components are combined to form the MAP experience. Students will rotate through eight weeks of internal medicine and four weeks of neurology during their MAP experience. In addition to rotation-specific didactics, students will attend the “Top Ten” series of didactics throughout their MAP block, covering common chief complaints that encompass diagnoses specific to internal medicine and neurology.

Internal Medicine Component

The Internal Medicine component is an immersive 8-week course which gives clerkship students extensive experience with the diagnosis and management of hospitalized adults.

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Neurology Component

The Neurology component is a 4-week experience divided into two 2-week blocks offering students a variety of care settings and subspecialties.

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Palliative Care

How does Yale train students to provide palliative and end-of-life care to help prevent and relieve suffering, and improve the quality of life of people facing serious, complex and advanced illness?

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Director of Clerkships

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Shefali Pathy, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Site Director, Women's Health Sargent Drive; Clerkship Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Aimee Andrews

Manager of Clinical Medical Education Programs

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Surgery Component

The Surgery component spans 9 weeks and is comprised of three 3-week blocks chosen from a wide variety of surgical disciplines, made up of core surgical and surgical subspecialties.

Emergency Medicine Component

The Emergency Medicine component is a 3-week rotation focusing on the care of patients with undifferentiated chief complaints.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Component

The Obstetrics & Gynecology component is a 6-week course which incorporates clinical experiences on both inpatient (4 weeks) and outpatient (2 weeks) rotations.

Pediatrics Component

The Pediatrics component is a 6-week immersive course structured to give clerkship students a breadth of experience in caring for children in partnership with their caregivers.

Primary Care Component

The Primary Care component takes place over 6 weeks, wherein students work in outpatient settings under the supervision of primary care clinicians for 9 clinical sessions per week split between pediatric and adult settings and attend didactics for one afternoon.

Psychiatry Component

Psychiatry is a 6-week component during which students care for patients with a breadth of psychiatric diagnoses across the lifespan.

Internal Medicine Component

The Internal Medicine component is an immersive 8-week course which gives clerkship students extensive experience with the diagnosis and management of hospitalized adults.

Neurology Component

The Neurology component is a 4-week experience divided into two 2-week blocks offering students a variety of care settings and subspecialties.

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