Clinical Curriculum

After successful completion of the pre-clinical curriculum (years 1 and 2), students continue with the clinical phase (years 3 and 4). During the clinical phase students complete multiple core rotations, required rotations, electives, a patient safety course, and professional identity and health system practice courses.  Students are provided an opportunity to further develop and demonstrate competency in medical knowledge, patient care, communication, professionalism, practice-based learning, systems-based practice, and osteopathic principles and practice/osteopathic manipulative treatment in a wide variety of clinical specialties and environments.

The Office of Osteopathic Clinical Education oversees the clinical curriculum.

Year 3, Semesters 5 and 6

Students are required to take (2) Electives (8 weeks)

• MEDE 8400 Intro to Core Clerkships*
• MEDE 7212 Patient Safety
• MEDE 7517 Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice 5*
• MEDE 7518 Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice 6**
• MEDE 8405 Core Clerkship – Obstetrics and Gynecology
• MEDE 8408 Core Clerkship – Pediatrics
• MEDE 8417 Core Clerkship – Manipulative Medicine
• MEDE 8611 Core Clerkship – Surgery
• MEDE 8809 Core Clerkship – Family Medicine
• MEDE 8810 Core Clerkship – Internal Medicine

Year 4, Semesters 7 and 8

Students are required to take: (7) Electives (28 weeks) from MEDE 9401-9476 and (2) Optional Months (8 weeks)

• MEDE 8403 Required Course Emergency Medicine OR MEDE 8404 Required course Emergency Medicine Pediatric
• MEDE 7519 Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice 7*
• MEDE 7524 Professional Identity and Health Systems Practice 8**

*Fall Term
**Spring Term