The Clerkship Scheduling Process 2025
- All students will participate in the Clerkship Draw (i.e., there will be no petitioning for exemption from the Draw.)
- Each student will propose a schedule (according to rules specified for the Clerkship Draw) covering both clinical years that includes all of the following clerkships: Ambulatory Medicine (MED 313A), Critical Care (ANES 306A or ANES 306P), Emergency Medicine (EMED 301A), Family Medicine (FAMMED 301A), Internal Medicine (MED 300A), Neurology (NENS 301A), Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN 300A), Pediatrics (PEDS 300A), Psychiatry (PSYC 300A), Surgery (SURG 300A).
- Clerkships will be filled each period only to a maximum number as determined by the clerkship director. No exceptions will be made.
- Internal Medicine 300A and Surgery 300A must be scheduled within the first twelve periods of starting clinical clerkships.
- Two additional clerkships must be scheduled within the first twelve months of starting clinical clerkships. (Note: Critical Care will only be scheduled after the prerequisites are scheduled. Prerequisites: ANES 306A – SURG 300A and MED 300A; ANES 306P – SURG 300A and PEDS 300A.)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology 300A must begin no later than Period 2B of the final clerkship year.
- Pediatrics 300A must begin no later than Period 7 of the final clerkship year.
- Ambulatory Medicine 313A, Emergency Medicine 301A, Critical Care 306A or 306P, Family Medicine 301A, Neurology 301A and Psychiatry 300A must be started by P10 of the graduating year.
- To allow time away for residency interviews, Periods 5 and 6 of the second clerkship year will automatically be blocked from scheduling of any core clerkships. Students planning to do a specialty with early or late interviews must contact their academic advisor for approval to change the blocked periods.
- In the second clerkship year, Periods 11 and 12 will not be included as an option for scheduling as students cannot complete this prior to graduation.
- In submitting their proposed schedule, students can block up to two clerkship periods in Draw 1 and four clerkship periods in Draw 2 to be held as “open” or “unscheduled” when the program runs. Students will be encouraged to block at least two months between Period 11 of the first clerkship year and Period 3 of the second clerkship year for their subinternships.
- The Draw will generate a schedule for every student containing all of the clerkships specified above. Cases where a student wishes to adjust the “blocked” period or to request consideration for exception to the scheduling rules will be handled on an individual basis through the petition process.
- An NBME subject examination is currently administered for Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
- Using the weekly shuffle every Monday, students will schedule the Fundamentals of Clinical Care Selective, the Subinternship, and any elective clerkships they wish to take.
- Students cannot drop any core clerkships scheduled through the Draws from their MEP clerkship schedules through the weekly shuffles (i.e., all of the specified core clerkships must appear on a student’s MEP clerkship schedule at all times). Students may move their core clerkships if there is an empty slot or if they can identify another student with whom to swap by contacting the Associate Director of Clerkship Administration.