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School of Medicine 2024 - 2025 Catalog

Clerkships

Phase 2 Courses

In Phase 2, students move to the clinical arena on one of our four campuses: Amarillo, Lubbock-HSC, Lubbock-Covenant or Permian Basin. Each student focuses on one clinical discipline at a time, and rotates through six eight-week clerkships in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. Each student also participates in the Integration Seminar, a student-led Grand Rounds that explores the fundamental scientific basis of selected clinical cases. Our School actively promotes and monitors the quality and comparability of the educational experiences on each of the campuses and maintains equivalent methods of evaluation. Student performance is assessed at the end of each clerkship using three independent and complementary assessment components, an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), clinical performance assessments completed by faculty and residents and a subject-specific examination. Thus, student performance can be compared with national norms as well as with each other on the three campuses. The values are well correlated and thus, the second phase is equivalent to a single campus experience. We also closely monitor the number and diversity of patients to ensure the necessary breadth of exposure to clinically challenging patients.

Students who are granted short-term leaves of absence from clerkship(s) will be registered in Independent Study Period course(s) that correspond to the scheduled curriculum component


Independent Study

Course Number
Name/General Description
MIDS-7191
IDS-Period 01
MIDS-7192
IDS-Period 02
MIDS-7193
IDS-Period 03
MIDS-7194
IDS-Period 04
MIDS-7195
IDS-Period 05
MIDS-7196
IDS-Period 06

 
  • MFAM 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Covenant Branch HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Family Medicine Jr. Clerkship

    An eight-week core clerkship introducing students to the care of the undifferentiated ambulatory patient. Emphasis is on clinical problem solving, management of common problems, and prevention and health promotion.

  • MINT 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Covenant Branch HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Internal Medicine Clerkship

    In this eight-week rotation, the student participates as a member of the ward team, honing skills in performing histories and physicals, and in the collection, integration, and documentation of information for comprehensive diagnosis. Concepts of practical medical therapeutics and management are presented, but emphasis is on understanding pathophysiology and accurate diagnosis. Outpatient experience is provided in a community setting.

  • MOBG 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Covenant Branch HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Obstetrics-Gynecology JR Clerkship

    A study of the treatment of female patients by the primary care practitioner. Obstetrics-gynecology spans the entire age range of womanhood and is extensively health-oriented with emphasis on prevention of illness and on surgical and obstetrical techniques. The quality of human life is emphasized.

  • MPED 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Covenant Branch HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Pediatrics Clerkship

    During the clerkship, students rotate through the pediatric inpatient, ambulatory care and newborn nursery services, participating in the evaluation and management of children with a variety of problems. Emphasis is placed on a comprehensive approach to total child, including his/her family and environment. Learning is augmented by a lecture series and various case conferences coupled with close faculty support and supervision.

  • MPSY 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Psychiatry JR Clerkship

    The primary goals of this rotation are to provide educational experiences that facilitate continued learning regarding the diagnosis and management of psychiatric illness and clinical experiences that allow the student to further develop skills in evaluation and treatment of selected patients. The core clinical experiences for students consist of significant exposure to inpatient psychiatry, consultation psychiatry, ambulatory psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, ambulatory neuropsychiatry/behavioral neurology, and on-call emergency room coverage.

  • MSUR 7101 (Amarillo HSC, Covenant Branch HSC, Lubbock HSC, Odessa HSC) Surgery Clerkship

    An introduction to the pathophysiology of surgical diseases and the principles and techniques used in their diagnosis and management. The Clerkship includes participation in pre- and post-operative patient care, operating room and clinic experience as a member of a team of the surgical faculty.