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During this phase, students are required to complete a four-week Internal Medicine Acting Internship as a well as a second four-week Acting Internship of their choosing - Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, or Surgery.
Students will take 12 weeks of Intensive Clinical Experiences (ICE), which are electives with direct patient care and responsibility designed to teach medical students the importance of actively participating in the care of a patient independently under the supervision of physicians and as part of the health care team.
Students will select 12 weeks of General Electives to provides opportunities to broaden and balance their educational experience in preparation for intern year.
Away electives are needed for a variety of reasons: encouraged by some specialties or personal desire to investigate institutions. Up to 16 weeks of electives can be completed as away electives
There is an additional 20 weeks of flex time which permits students time to study for Step 2, interview for residency, and take personal time off.
By the end of Phase 3, students will solidify clinical competence, complete career preparation, foster personal growth, and be prepared to transition from medical student to resident physician.
Students must complete a total of 32 weeks of credit during their fourth year
Students must complete a total of 36 weeks of credit during their fourth year.
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Students mimic the role of an intern under the careful supervision of an attending physician and senior level resident physician. Acting Interns (AI) are the primary caregiver for patients, performing the history and physical, creating a differential, writing the orders, and managing the patient’s care. The AI also participates in call, cross coverage, and patient care transitions. Students are required to take an acting internship in Internal Medicine as well as taking a second acting internship from a specialty of their choice: anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, gynecology, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, or surgery. Beginning with the Class of 2028 only the AI in Internal Medicine will be required and a second specialty AI can be applied toward Intensive Clinical Experience credit.
Defined as intensive, direct patient care experience providing more than 20 hours/wk of direct clinical/patient care experience and responsibility. Designed to teach medical students the importance of actively participating in the care of a patient and the health care team. Students devote face-to-face patient interactions serving as a member of the medical team.
Students choose electives in various specialties that will support their interests as well as broaden and balance the overall educational experience.
Students can receive Phase 3 credit at other institutions by completing an away rotation (“audition”).
Defined as unscheduled time which students can apply toward interviews, vacation, etc.
Clerkship Director:Peirce Johnston, MDEmail: peirce.johnston@uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Sonya KirklandEmail: kirklasy@ucmail.uc.edu
The student will provide clinical care to patients with psychiatric disorders (i.e. bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, etc.
Clerkship Director:Thomas James, MDEmail: thomas.james@uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Julie KarpeOffice: Medical Sciences Building Room 3054Phone: 513-558-2426Email: karpeje@ucmail.uc.edu
Students are exposed to all aspects of general anesthesia, same day surgery, and PACU, including evaluation and management throughout the immediate perioperative period.
Clerkship Directors:John Campbell, MDEmail: campbejb@UCMAIL.UC.EDU
Clerkship Coordinator:Paula KlepperOffice: Medical Sciences Building Room 1654Phone: 513-558-8996Email: kleppepd@ucmail.uc.edu
Working one-on-one with faculty and senior residents, students will care for patients across the whole spectrum of acuity in the ED and simulation center and perform a variety of procedures. In this course, students learn how to approach the undifferentiated patient and build patient management skills by functioning as interns, formulating their own plans, placing orders, and documenting on all patient encounters.
Clerkship Director:Anisasattara Shomo MDEmail: drshomo@gmail.com
Clerkship Coordinator:Nancy JamisonOffice: Medical Sciences Building Room 4304Phone: 513-558-1435Email: nancy.jamison@uc.edu
The student will be an active team member of the Family Medicine Inpatient Service which cares for over 200 patients per month. Students will participate in general medicine inpatient care and consultations.
Clerkship Directors:Jane Morris, MDEmail: morri4j9@ucmail.uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Natalie CassadyOffice: Medical Sciences Building Room 4461Phone: 513-558-7653Email: cassadnc@ucmail.uc.edu
The gynecology AI is a member of the Gynecology or Gynecologic Oncology team at UCMC or Bethesda North Hospital. The student participates in surgeries and follows patients postoperatively. Inpatient and emergency department consults are also provided. They participate in specialty clinics as well. Weekend rounding will be required.
Working closely with faculty and senior residents, the student will care for patients across the whole spectrum of acuity and across the entire admission for patients on Labor & Delivery. In this course, the student will learn how to approach the undifferentiated obstetric patient and build patient management skills by functioning as an intern. The L&D AI will manage patients from admission to delivery and throughout the inpatient postpartum course while learning how to perform procedures such as a spontaneous vaginal delivery, cesarean section, OB laceration repair, etc.
Clerkship Directors:John Quinlan, MDEmail: john.quinlan@uc.eduStarla Wise, MDEMail: wises3@ucmail.uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Angela BustamanteOffice: StetsonPhone: 513-558-2968Email: bustamam@ucmail.uc.edu
The student will function as the primary caregiver in the inpatient setting as part of a team of residents and faculty. The student will complete admission orders, history and physicals, diagnosis, follow-up care, and discharge planning under the supervision of attending faculty and senior residents. Will attend neurology resident conferences.
The obstetrics AI is a member of the OB Specialist (low-risk OB) or Maternal Fetal Medicine (high-risk OB) services at UCMC or Good Samaritan Hospital. A gradual increase in responsibilities and complexity of postpartum, antepartum, and triage patients occurs over the 4 weeks. Students assist with preparing for Planned Procedures, which may include circumcisions. Students may also assist on vaginal deliveries and C-sections. The weeks may be divided between days and nights depending on the service and enrollment. Night or weekend rounding will be required.
Clerkship Director:Corinne Lehmann, MDEmail: corinne.lehmann@uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Mimi PenceOffice: Kasota 553 (Cincinnati Children’s Burnet Campus)Phone: 513-636-0339Email: mimi.pence@cchmc.org
The student will function at the level of an intern on in inpatient pediatric team. The student will admit new patients, perform history and physical exam, input orders in EPIC, provide follow up care, cross cover patients, and discharge patients. The student will follow an intern schedule with regards to daily and overnight responsibilities as well as attend all resident conferences.
Clerkship Director:Latifa SilskiEmail: sagesila@ucmail.uc.eduClerkship Coordinator:Nikki NormanOffice: Medical Sciences Building Room 1586Phone: 513-558-2134Email: normanno@ucmail.uc.edu
This course provides both inpatient and outpatient experience in general surgery at the acting internship level with preoperative, intra and postoperative exposure to a wide variety of patients.
Amy Guiot, MD, MEdProfessor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Phase 3 Curriculum Director
Dr. Amy Guiot oversees the Phase 3 Curriculum and elective experiences across all Phases. Dr. Guiot aims to ensure each medical student can explore career options, partake in special interests beyond their chosen specialty, and fulfill medical school Phase 3 requirements to become well -rounded, fully prepared resident physicians
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