Inpatient Internal Medicine Clerkship

Medicine I

Medicine I and Medicine II are a continuous eight week rotation comprised of two, 4 week blocks. Students must complete Medicine I before Medicine II, and the clerkship cannot be divided: it must be completed within a continuous eight week segment. Conferences and teaching rounds are held daily.

The clerkship coordinator will email preference forms for choosing affiliate sites and specific services approximately two months in advance of the start date of the rotation. Either Medicine I or Medicine II must be completed at Y-NHH or the VAMC; the other rotation can be completed at an affiliate of Y-NHH (Waterbury Hospital). The rotation cannot be completed at any other location.

The entire medicine clerkship (including the 8 weeks of inpatient medicine and 4 weeks of ambulatory medicine) MUST be completed by the end of the third year.

The inpatient rotation is not a prerequisite for completion of the ambulatory medicine rotation.

On Medicine I, students will interview and examine patients, write admission and progress notes, and work with medical teams in the care of patients.

• Guidelines
  The following constitutes general guidelines of what is expected of you, and what you should expect from us during your inpatient clerkship rotation. Although minor variations may exist on different teams and different hospitals, the basic format will apply to all.
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• Case Conferences [PDF]