Minimum requirements to pass the clerkship
The list below are the minimum requirements to pass. Achieving all of these will not guarantee success, but failure to achieve them will guarantee an incomplete or failing grade for the clerkship.
Professionalism
Demonstrate the following qualities:
- Compassion
- Respect for patients, peers and colleagues
- Responsibility
- Integrity
- Altruism
- Scholarship or Educational attitudes
Clinical Skills
The minimum requirement for passing is the Reporter level in the P/RIME evaluation system. In addition, in order to evaluate your skills you must be present for the clerkship. See our absence policy for details.
Patient Log
Use E*Value to track the number of patients you see with the following 12 core problems using our online patient log:
- Chest pain
- Dyspnea
- GI bleed
- Abdominal pain
- Altered mental status
- Preventive care
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Electrolyte disorder
- Kidney failure
- Joint or back pain
Mini-CEX
The course has one Mini-CEX evaluations on dyspnea. Please complete and hand in, either on the web or by fax(206-221-3559) before the final exam or you will receive an incomplete for the clerkship and be ineligible for honors regardless of your other grades.
Evaluation
We use the E*Value data managment system. You will evaluate your interns, residents and attendings, and they, in turn, will evaluate you.
Final Exam
The final exam is a standardized subject test from the NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners) Please see the final exam page for more details on the test. Although they are not required, we strongly encourage you to do the practice patient simulations at least 3-4 weeks before the test so you are comfortable with the format.
How to do better than just passing
The above are the bare minimum required for a passing grade. For tips on how to flourish in the course, please see the official guidelines for students and the student-authored "A Guide to Your First Clerkship: Internal Medicine"