"I
think the joy, the ecstasy of taking care of patients is something
unlike any other. That's why most of us went into the profession of
medicine: to take care of patients and to be their doctors. " Cyril
Grum, M.D., Clinical Director, Third and Fourth Years.
Clerkship
Education
Years
Cyril
Grum, M.D.
Clinical Director,
Third and Fourth Years
Clinical Director,
Third and Fourth Years
3,
4
Foundations
and Practice
Years
1, 2
1, 2
1 - 4
Community
Outreach
Years
1
- 4
The bulk of patient care takes place during the clinical
years (years three and four) in which students begin to assume the role
and the responsibilities of physicians. However, the foundation that
allows students to work with patients in the clinical years is laid down
in the first two years in programs such as the Family Centered Experience
(FCE), the Standardized Patient Program (SPP), and in the Clinical Foundations
of Medicine (CFM) course.
Finally, in addition to the feedback and training students get on the wards and in the clinics from the faculty, a carefully designed set of exercises using simulated patients to teach professional behavior and communication skills is given to students in the third and fourth years through the SPP program.
Click on the highlight links in the table above to meet the faculty and students as they talk about the programs and their patient care experiences.