GIMS Clerkship Information

Junior Medical Student Responsibilities

Students are required to perform at least three H & P's per week. One H & P per week should be handed in to the teaching attending who will read and critique the work-up.

Students are required to do oral presentations at the bedside during attending rounds (or outside of the patient room which is more likely the case).

Attendings or senior residents will observe your physical diagnosis skills at the bedside.

Night call : Sunday through Thursday nights, students on the medical services will be expected to take call one night per week for each week on the service. They will be expected to take short call from 5 pm until 8 pm. Students should take call on the same nights that their intern is taking short call. They are expected to take direction from their interns or from the senior resident on the short call team. The goal of the night is for the student to do H+P's and deal with issues that an intern normally deals with at night. There will be no night call on the weekends / holidays for students .

Teaching rounds are Monday through Saturday. Students start their day at 7:00 a.m.

Student interactive conferences are mandatory. There are 12 core conferences - There is also a Medical Student Report 3 times each month, and a Radiology conference Wednesdays from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. in the Radiology Department conference room.

At the end of the medicine clerkship, students will return to their medical school for a final exam. They are required to stay at the LVHN rotation through Wednesday.

Teaching attendings, senior residents, and interns will complete a written evaluation on each student at the end of their rotation. Each evaluation should include written comments by the attending and housestaff. Please be sure to let Shelly Ketchens know before you leave, which attendings, residents, and interns you would like to complete your evaluations.