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Definitions:
Away Clerkship – WWAMI - an elective clinical rotation/clerkship
scheduled with a facility that is not affiliated with the UWSOM and is located
within our five state WWAMI region (Washington,
Wyoming, Alaska,
Montana, and Idaho).
A non-WWAMI Away Clerkship is an elective clinical
rotation/clerkship scheduled with a facility that is not affiliated with the
UWSOM and is located outside our five state WWAMI region (eg
International elective). All elective
away clerkships must be approved by the UWSOM specialty department through an
application process if students wish to receive credit. If students are not registered for an
approved Away Clerkship liability insurance is not offered nor do students
receive credit. The application
process takes a minimum of two months and must be completed prior to
registration and beginning the rotation.
Clerkship: (Required
or Elective Clerkship) a course of clinical medical training
in a specialty offered for 2, 4, 6, or 12 week rotations taken during the
third and fourth years of medical school.
The third year primarily consists of the required clinical clerkships.
The required
third year clerkships are in Family Medicine (6 week rotation), Internal
Medicine (12 week rotation), Obstetrics and Gynecology (6 week rotation),
Pediatrics (6 week rotation), Psychiatry (6 week rotation), and Surgery (6
week rotation). Rehabilitation
Medicine/Chronic Care (4 week rotation), Emergency Medicine (4 week
rotation), Neurology (4 week rotation) and an additional four-week selective
in General Surgery or a surgical subspecialty are also required and may be
taken in the third or fourth year.
Because
of the regional nature of the School and the value of seeing health care
delivered in different settings, it is expected that ALL students will take
at least three clerkships outside the Seattle
area. There are six weeks allocated to electives in the third year, however,
most of the clinical elective clerkships are taken in the fourth year. During the fourth year, students typically
schedule rotations that permit advanced coursework in areas of specialty
interest and that provide a broad general medical education in preparation
for assuming patient care responsibility during residency training.
Clinical
Elective: an Elective
Clerkship performed in the clinical setting, generally taken during the 4th
year of medical school. Students
typically request rotations that permit advanced coursework in areas of specialty
interest and provide a broad general medical education in preparation for
assuming patient care responsibility during residency training. A total of 16 weeks/32 credits of clinical
electives are required for graduation.
Clinical
Selective: not a term used by UWSOM, refer to Required
Clerkships
Externship: not a term used by UWSOM, refer to Away Clerkship.
Fellowship: is the period of medical training
that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program.
During this time (usually more than one year), the physician is known as a fellow. Fellows are capable of
acting as attending physician or consultant physician in the generalist field
in which they were trained, such as internal medicine or pediatrics. After
completing a fellowship in the relevant sub-specialty, the physician is
permitted to practice without direct supervision by other physicians in that
sub-specialty, such as cardiology or oncology.
IHOP: The International Health Group sponsors the International Health
Opportunities Program which provides early international immersion and public
health experiences in health care settings to medical students between their
first and second year.
Internship: a period of
clinical service generally taken during the first year of residency, also
referred to as PG-Y1 or R1.
Non-Clinical Elective: An elective course that
occurs in a non-clinical setting (eg Ethics or
Global Health course).
Non-Clinical Selective: Special
electives relevant to medical education, not involving direct patient care,
that have been approved by the School
of Medicine, which
fulfill the graduation requirement of 4
credits required during the first two years of medical school. Students must complete all
non-clinical selective requirements prior to entering the clinical
curriculum. Only pre-approved
electives count toward the non-clinical selective requirement. WWAMI-Based Non-Clinical Selectives
Pathway - UWSOM has created four Pathways that
offer students the opportunity to pursue their interest and develop knowledge
and skills specifically tailored to working with vulnerable populations here
and abroad: The Hispanic Health Pathway, the Indian Health Pathway, the Global Health Pathway,
and the Underserved Pathway. Each Pathway allows students to: organize their courses, clinical rotations, and volunteer opportunities around a particular community, population,
or aspect of underserved medicine, as well as to explore career interests
with mentorship from
faculty, staff, and community providers and partners who share those
interests. Students may participate in a Pathway’s offerings without
completing all the Pathway requirements and may participate in and/or
complete more than one Pathway. Completion of a Pathway will be
recognized in students' Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) and
with a certificate at Graduation. The four Pathways are coordinated,
sharing resources, ideas, and the vision of encouraging careers with
underserved, diverse populations.
Preceptorship: a
period of training under a preceptor.
Preceptor: a practicing physician who gives personal instruction,
training, and supervision to a medical student. A preceptorship experience during the first
two years of medical school is a ‘mentoring experience’. It is recommended that at least one
preceptorship experience is with a physician in primary care (Internal
Medicine, Family Medicine, or Pediatrics).
During a preclinical preceptorship it is hoped that students will have
the opportunity to follow a patient over time. Students are required to complete a
preceptorship during the first year of the basic science curriculum. Students need to complete a minimum of 8
four-hour sessions with a preceptor. Students may enroll in preceptorships in
Autumn, Winter, and/or Spring Quarters or Fall and Spring Semesters. Students are encouraged to take more than
one preceptorships during their first and second years in primary care and
specialty fields. Students are
required to register for all preceptorships.
R/UOP
– The Rural/Underserved opportunities Program
(R/UOP) is a four-week, elective immersion experience in community medicine
for students between their first and second years of medical school. During
their 4-week rotation, students live in rural or urban underserved
communities throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WWAMI ). They work side-by-side with local physicians
providing health care to underserved populations. Administered by the UW Department
of Family Medicine, R/UOP is a collaborative effort of the UW School of
Medicine, WWAMI campuses and the Area Health Education Centers
Selective: see Clinical
Selective or Non-Clinical
Selective
SMDEP: The Summer Medical Dental Education Program (SMDEP) is a
six-week enrichment program for talented underrepresented students interested
in medicine or dentistry. It is designed to meet two important
objectives including exposure to the fields of medicine/dentistry and an
academic component addressing test taking skills, time and stress management.
State
TRACK – (also referred to as WWAMI
Track) a select group of required clerkships scheduled in one specific
site/state throughout the WWAMI region.
Medical students must participate in an application process, whereby
select students are matched to State TRACK sites to fulfill their third or
fourth year required clerkships.
Students must complete 5 out of the 6 third year required clerkships
or all of the fourth year required clerkships at one State
TRACK location depending on whether the site offers a third or fourth
year State TRACK option.
Sub-Internship (subI): an
advanced clerkship in a given department; generally taken during the fourth
year of medical school involving a high level of patient care
responsibility. The
student selecting the sub internship will be responsible for the same
activities stated in the clerkship with the additional duties of managing
inpatient workups and therapeutic plans. There are generally registration requirements
and restrictions with subI rotations.
Surgery
Selectives:
Clinical selectives that have been approved by the Surgery
Department Director that meet graduation requirements. These additional four weeks of
surgery are designed to allow students to learn more about general surgery or
surgical subspecialties in a variety of inpatient and/or ambulatory care
settings. Students may select a single 4-week rotation or two 2-week blocks
available throughout the WWAMI region during their third or fourth year of
medical school.
Track schedule – one of several curricula of study to
which students are assigned according to their needs or levels of ability; the list of required
clerkships a medical student is registered for in a given order. A third
tear track schedule refers to the order and location in which a student
is registered to take their required third year clerkships. A fourth
year track schedule refers the order and location in which a student
is registered to take their required fourth year clerkships.
UDOC: a high school summer enrichment program that seeks to
foster, affirm and encourage student interest in the healthcare professions.
WRITE
– WWAMI Rural Integrated
Training Experience - The WRITE Program is a 20-week rural clinical medical
training experience in which medical
students must participate in an application process, where select students
are matched to specific WRITE
sites. During the student’s third year
and prior to embarking on the WRITE experience, they will complete: 8 weeks
of Inpatient Internal Medicine, 6 weeks
of Surgery, 6 weeks of OB/GYN, 3 weeks of
Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences, 3 weeks of Pediatrics in Seattle.
The students will then report to their selected WRITE site where they
must complete their remaining 20 weeks of third-year requirements, including:
6 weeks of Family Medicine, 4 weeks of Outpatient Internal Medicine, 3 weeks
of Psychiatry/Behavioral Sciences, 3 weeks of Pediatrics, 4 weeks of an
elective experience in Family Medicine, A Community Service Project. Following the WRITE site experience,
students are ready to begin their fourth year and complete their remaining
clinical requirements.
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