Clerkship Resources for MD Students
General Resources & Emergency Protocols/Procedures
Below you can find information on the various site location's emergency protocols and procedures, call/rest rooms, study spaces, meditation/relaxation rooms, lactation rooms and locker rooms accessible to all medical students.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms
- Location: Room H2271 and G407
Medical Student On-Call Rooms
- Location: Room H2271 and G407
- Study Spaces
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms
- Location: Room J340 on the 3rd Floor of 500P
- Location: Room L331 on the 3rd Floor of 500P
- Location: Staff Lounge Room L333 on the 3rd Floor of 500P
- Lactation Rooms
- Complete list of lactation spaces at Stanford can be accessed here.
- Locker Rooms
- Lockers available to medical student trainees to store their personal belongings. Please contact the Office of Medical Student Affairs at stanfordomsa@stanford.edu to request a locker for use.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Location: Room 3851
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Location: Sanctuary Room 135 on the 1st Floor of Stanford Children's Hospital
- Location: Healing Garden Room 136 on the 1st Floor of Stanford Children's Hospital
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- LPCH Main, Room G209; LPCH Main, Room 3124; LPCH Main, Room 5065; LPCH West, Maternity 292 Room 2922; LPCH West, Links Room 2871; Stanford Barn - Vintage Room, Room 107A; 4100 Bohannon, Room 200F; 4700 Bohannon, Room 137 and Room 264
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Room 4051
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Call Rooms: 5, 6, 7; Location: Unit 135 Tele
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Location: Room 228 2nd Floor
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Location: Room 464 MOB 4th Floor and Room 301 (H3071) 3rd Floor of the Hospital
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Location: Each department has classroom facilities with computers available for medical student use.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Location: Sobrato Building on the 1st Floor and Lavender Room
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Location: Room 6C009 6th floor
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Room 6C008 on the 6th floor
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Location: Bldg 101
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Location: Bldg 105 on the 1st Floor - 4 cubicles with computers available for use
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Location: Bldg 101
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Location: Bldg 101 on the 3rd Floor Room A3-104; Location: Bldg 101 on the 3rd Floor Room A3-106; Location: Bldg 100 on the 3rd Floor, MSICU Room F3-200; Location: Bldg 100 on the 3rd Floor, MSICU Room F3-202; Location: Bldg 6 on the 3rd Floor Room C3-63; Location: Bldg 5 on the 3rd Floor, Women's Health Resource Room Room A-352; Coming Soon: Building 520, 4, 7, 105
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Location: Bldg 62 Room 212A
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Bldg 324 Room D-103
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Room 1087A, 1st Floor; Room 2099, 2nd Floor; Room 3033B, 3rd Floor
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Room 1B706; Room 2A306; Room 2D202; Room 3D150; Room 3G206
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
- Emergency Protocols and Procedures
- Call/Rest Rooms: Intended for staff to rest in while they are on call.
- Study Spaces: Designated for quiet, independent study or work.
- Meditation/Relaxation Rooms: Available for students who desire a peaceful and quiet space.
- Lactation Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physician nursing mothers.
- Locker Rooms: Available to employees, trainees, and physicians to store their personal belongings.
Stanford Medicine recognizes that accommodations may be necessary for students with disabilities to access campus facilities at each clinical site. Below you can find information on the various site location's facilities and resources available for students.
Medical students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability must initiate the request with the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). Students should contact the OAE as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. Additional information can be found here.
PAVA; SHC; LPCH
All are wheelchair accessible.
M-F 6am-7pm, 2 Weekend shifts 6am-5pm
- Currently no overnight call shifts or late call shifts.
- 2 weekend call shifts from approximately 6am-5pm.
- If students to choose to stay to round with the night team one/night per week they are expected to be out of the hospital by 10pm.
- Students are expected to do a minimum of five hours of independent study during the weekend.
- Breakfast and dinner usually occur prior to shift start and after shift end.
- Lunch time is usually from 12-1 for most sites and often time coincides with an "eat and learn" model where lectures are scheduled.
- Food is not provided.
- Students are expected to take two breaks (15 min) and a lunch break during their day (30 min) at their own discretion/timing.
- Each site has their own mandatory lecture series.
- Some occur at 7am prior to rounds and others host noon time/lunch lectures.
- Core rotation across site didactics occur for simulation (Wednesdays from 12-5, twice per clerkship), orientation (2 hours during first two days of rotation), and Death and Debriefing session (2 hours last week of clerkship).
- Students from all sites gather for these activities.
- Afternoons (1-3, after 4) are usually the best time to schedule doctors' appointments in order to prevent missing morning rounds.
- Simulation sessions are on Wednesday afternoons and are mandatory and is truly the only "inopportune" time to schedule time away.
- The majority of the 12 hour shift is spent with activity.
- Students usually stand/walk on rounds (4 hours per day) and have opportunities to sit down the rest of the day while working on notes and in between patient encounters.
- Weight-bearing activities would include pushing a computer on wheels or an ultrasound machine.
- Students can request to sit on rounds and we make accommodations for this.
- Running can occur for code blues but is not mandatory.
- Students do physical activity during the code (chest compressions) which requires stamina and exercise.
- Performing procedures (arterial line, central line, IV, intubation) may require dexterity and agility for long periods of time (20-40 minutes).
- The majority of required hours are in-person.
- Self-directed learning (required online learning modules) can be done virtually and asynchronously.
- Many of the lectures and didactics (besides simulation) can be done virtually.
- We are currently not set up to do tele-medicine or virtual rounding so all patient encounters are currently in-person.
- Clerkship Director: Erin K. Hennessey, MD, erinkh@stanford.edu, cell: 314-323-4709
- Clerkship Coordinator: Bernie Carvalho, berniec@stanford.edu
Stanford Adult (500P) and Pediatric (300P) emergency departments. All are wheelchair accessible.
There are 3 “types” of shifts:
Morning (6a-3p, 7a-4p, 8a-5p, 9a-6p)
Afternoon into evening swing (2p-11p, 3p-12a, 4p-1a, 5p-2a)
Overnight (10p-7a, 11p-8a).
Students will work a mix of all 3, with an attempt to use circadian transition into nights. Then students will get 1-2 full days off after their night shifts to transition back to a daytime schedule.
No call shifts; night shifts only.
Students should expect to work all weekends in some part. It may be one day on, another off. If possible, a full free weekend will be scheduled but it may involve working another full weekend. Shift weekend is free unless needed for make up shifts.
Students are encouraged to take a meal break once per shift.
Teaching occurs on Monday mornings, and Wednesday mornings. Teaching days include a Simulation day.
Students will have several weekdays off, in part or in full, as a result of the different schedule patterns.
The ED can be very busy, but we work in pods and therefore patient rooms are all nearby. There is a lot of back and forth walking mixed with sitting to chart and make calls.
The majority of the clerkship requires in-person participation. Patient encounters could be made into virtual interviewing with iPads present in patient rooms.
Clerkship Director: Dr. Moises Gallegos
mgallegos@stanford.edu
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in EM: Dr. NouNou Taleghani
nounou@stanford.edu
Clerkship Coordinator: Maria Alfonso
malfonso@stanford.edu
Interim Coordinator: Kristen Kayser
kkayser@stanford.edu
Almaden UHA, Hoover Stanford, Kaiser Santa Clara, Los Altos Stanford, Mayview, O'Connor, PAMF, Portolla Valley Stanford, San Francisco Free Clinic, SCMVC, Humboldt Clinics. All are wheelchair accessible.
General schedule is Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm (Lunch break 12:00pm -1:00pm)
No call schedule
Students are not expected to work on weekends on this rotation.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Wednesdays
8:00am - 12:00pm
Student are expected to communicate their absence/future appointments with their Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, and Preceptor in advance
80% standing
10% walking
10% sitting
80% in-person, 20% virtual. It is difficult to convert to an all-virtual experience as not all providers have virtual visits. Can be doable but with enough time notification.
Clerkship Coordinator: Natalie Gonzalez
natg@stanford.edu
Clerkship Director: Tracy Rydel
tarydel@stanford.edu
SHC, PAVA, Santa Clara Valley Hospital, Kaiser Santa Clara
All are wheelchair accessible.
Arrival - 7:00am
End of shift - 5:00pm during non call days
End of shift - 9:00pm during call days
One day off per week
Every third day is a longer day with arrival at 7:00am and students are expected to be out of the hospital by 9:00pm
Students are expected to work weekends. Students get one day off per week which is generally a weekend day unless they are on-call on Saturday which means they will take Friday off.
Weekend hours are the same as weekday hours with respect to call but generally shorter when not on-call (shift is finished by 3:00pm-4:00pm instead of 5:00pm).
Patients require care 7 days a week and the only difference between weekend and weekday is that there are no scheduled lectures or teaching sessions only patient care.
Most students eat breakfast before arrival. There is a 9:30am break most days when a student can grab a bite to eat while attending a lecture (this is recommended). Lunch each day is 12:30pm and is provided Monday-Friday and there is a regularly scheduled lecture at this time. Some student choose to bring dinner on call days, others eat when they go home.
Generally, there are two mandatory teaching sessions per day; morning report and noon conference. The degree to which they are mandatory is also context and day dependent with discretion available for students to achieve optimal learning goals. For example, students may "miss" a lecture to help run a family meeting for their patient. Missing the lecture generally requires a message to the site director to advise them of their absence.
Afternoons are always best for doctors' appointments as the morning is more structured and quite busy. Each student will have a different call schedule. It is best to not leave on call days, however the student will not know their call schedule far in advance. Site directors will ask students who has accomodations on Orientation Day so that they can try to assign you a team when you will not be on call to the extent that is possible. It is up to the student to speak up and say they have a commitment on a particular afternoon.
This is very difficult to estimate how much standing, walking, and physical acitvity is needed for this rotation. Students need to walk to their patients' rooms before after and during rounds. This can be a substantial number of steps. On most call days can be approximately >10,000 steps. Rounds require that a student is on their feet for at least 90 minutes most days.
There is no virtual participation in this clerkship and it cannot be covered in a virtual experience.
Clerkship Coordinator: Nancy D'Amico
ndamico@stanford.edu
Clerkship Director: John Kugler
jkugler@stanford.edu
Note: Med300A is very happy to make accommodations with the goal of optimizing the learning environment for each student who require accommodations. It is always best to communicate needs as early as possible since some accommodations may require additional time on the clerkship to get an equal learning experience.
Stanford, PAVA, SCVMC, Kaiser Fremont and Kaiser Santa Clara. All are wheelchair accessible.
Mon AM didactics - 8:00am-12:00pm
Generally Monday PM is study time
Tuesday - Friday clinics 8:00am-5:00pm
No call schedule for this rotation
Students are rarely expected to work weekends on this rotation. Occasionally if there is a dearth of weekday opportunities, we use the CFC clinics. But this has not been an option since the pandemic.
Breakfast and dinner would likely be outside clinic hours
Lunch would generally be 12:00pm-1:00pm between AM and PM clinics (there is variability in individual clinic schedules)
Monday AM didactics
Preferred days to schedule doctor's appointments:
Monday PM during study time
Evenings
Weekends
Mostly sitting and just moving between exam rooms in a clinic. There is sometimes travel between AM and PM clinics, generally within the same campus, but occasional requiring transportation.
Didactics are currently by Zoom. Clinics are mostly in person at this point, but a minority of them are remote. It would likely be challenging to create a schedule of purely remote clinics, as most clinicians are back in-person.
Clerkship Coordinator
Maria Alfonso: malfonso@stanford.edu
Kristen Kayser: kkayser@stanford.edu
Clerkship Directors
Dr. Nancy Cuan: cuannan@stanford.edu
Dr. Jackie Tai-Edmonds: jstai@stanford.edu
SHC, LPCH, SCVMC, PAVA
All of the sites above are wheelchair accessible.
Mandatory orientation day from 8:00am-5:00pm first day of rotation.
Mandatory Wednesday afternoon didactics from 3:00pm-6:00pm.
Work hours are generally 5 days a week without weekends, except for students assigned to inpatient services we have them do one weekend day morning rounds in the entire rotation. There is no night call.
SCVMC, PAVA, Outpatient adult clinics begin (at 8:30am) after morning report at 8am. Students don't stay later than 5:00pm and often are excused earlier than this.
On SHC adult and child neuro inpatient services (which are no more than 2 weeks of the entire rotation) students are required to pre-round (at 7:00am) prior to morning report (at 8:00am) and then are expected in clinical duties until 5:00p (unless active clinical issues are ongoing and the student opts to stay longer).
Neurosurgery begins earlier per a surgical schedule arriving no later than 6:00am and goes until 5:00p (unless active clinical issues are ongoing and the student opts to stay longer).
Neurosugery, Child Neurology, and SHC inpatient adult services are only 2 weeks of the entire rotation and the remaining time is paired with outpatient adult neurology.
There are no overnight shift or calls, and only one 1/2 day on one weekend per rotation if students on an inpatient service only.
Only 1/2 day on one weekend per rotation if students assigned to inpatient services.
Pre-covid continental breakfast was provided to students at morning report. Post-covid we expect students to eat prior to arrival to clinical duties.
In outpatient sites (including outpatient adult neurology, SCVMC, and PAVA) students have a break in their schedule during approximately 12:00-1:00pm where they can eat lunch. On inpatient the student is responsible to get lunch after rounds or during a break in the OR schedule.
Since students are not generally expected to stay past 5:00-6:00pm, they are responsible for acquiring their dinner.
Orientation day from 8-12p, afternoon orientation from 1:00-5:00pm first day of clerkship
Wednesday afternoon didactics 3:00-6:00pm every week
Morning report M-Th 8-830a and Grand round on Fridays 8:00-9:00am
15-min mandatory Mid-Rotation Feedback once per rotation
Appointments are best not to be scheduled during above mandatory teaching times.
All sites may be more conducive to afternoon scheduled appointments (although we can be flexible).
For all inpatient sites (SHC, Neurosurgery, LPCH), students are expected to be on their feet approximately at least 6-8 hours per day. Accomodations can be made as necessary for sitting during rounds or in the OR, but are best when pre-arranged and alternative site may be advised.
For outpatient clinical sites (outpatient adult SHC, SCVMC, and PAVA), students are expected to be on their feet approximately 6 hours per day with regular seated breaks.
Inpatient sites (SHC, OR, and LPCH) can not be converted to virtual experiences and are completely in person
Oupatient adult SHC clinic can be made almost fully virtually, however it is generally otherwise a 60/40 mix (in person vs virtual) and clinical subspecialty topics may be restricted in such a scenario. A fully virtual experience will be less educational in Neurology than one with in person learning and this site is offered for only up to 1/2 of the clerkship in order for students to fully experience the field of neurology.
SCVMC and PAVA in which 1/2 of every day is outpatient clinic is currently almost all virtual, however in person consultations are done in the afternoons snd there may be occasional in person outpatient clinic visits. Accomodations with ipads could be explored for in person inpatient consults at these sites only if needed.
Clerkship Coordinator: Christine Hopkins
chopkins@stanford.edu
Clerkship Director: Veronica Santini, MD, MA
santiniv@stanford.edu; cell: 954-632-8899
Kaiser, Valley, Stanford, Planned Parenthhood, PAG Clinic, REI Clinic
All are wheelchair accessible
<12hr shifts both inpatient and outpatient
Clinic days 8:00am-4:00pm
Inpatient days 6:00am-6:00pm or shorter
2 weekend calls/6wks, one week of night float.
2 weekend calls/6wks
Meal times likely not consistent - vary by OR, L&D activity, probably only consistent on outpatient clinic days.
Required orientation day + Monday AM didactics (currently remote via Zoom)
Depends on site and also depends on each weekly schedule
A lot of walking/standing esp on L&D and OR, OBGYN definitely involved a lot of "manual labor".
1/2 day per week = virtual, rest of time in-person.
Clerkship Coordinator: Yedda Prophet
yprophe1@stanford.edu
Clerkship Director: Rachel Seay, MD
rseay4@stanford.edu
LPCH, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Clinics, Gardner Packard Children's Health Center, Peninsula Pediatrics, Kaiser Santa Clara
All are wheelchair accessible.
6:00am to 6:00pm inpatient
8:00am to 5:00pm or 6:00pm outpatient
One weekend call in eight weeks - 6:00am to 6:00pm
One weekend call in eight weeks - 6:00am to 6:00pm
Assigned randomly
Site dependent. Usually there is a break at noon for lunch.
Friday afternoons - didactics, discussion or SP exercise.
Avoiding morning appointments during the inpatient rotation avoids missing rounds.
Avoiding Friday afternoon appointments avoids missing didactic sessions.
Variable and not easy to quantify.
Inpatient rounds usually run for 3-4 hours and involve standing, walking.
Outpatient clinic work involves a mix of sitting and standing.
Didactics right now are virtual.
Orientation is in person.
Clinical care is all in person at this time, with providers calling patients for telehealth visits from a common workroom - or seeing patients in person.
Clerkship Director: Elizabeth Stuart, MD
aestuart@stanford.edu
Outpatient - Menlo Park VA, wheelchair-accessible
Inpatient - Palo Alto VA, not wheelchair-accessible
Consult-Liaison - Palo Alto VA, not wheelchair-accessible.
Stanford sites:
C/L: wheelchair-accessible since we only work in the hospital.
Inpatient sites: not wheelchair-accessible
Orientation and lecture on the first day 8-11am on campus.
Didactics on Thursdays 1-5pm via Zoom (at the moment due to COVID, but could return to in person)
Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm at PAVA and MPVA
Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm at Stanford sites
3 call nights, one per week for the first three weeks (from 5pm-9pm at Stanford or 4:30-9:30pm at PAVA) or can choose a Saturday or Sunday from 8:00-4:00pm and that would count as 2 call dates.
No weekends unless the students are on call.
Students may have breakfast before 8:00am and dinner after 4:30pm.
Lunch break is 30-60 minutes between 12:00pm-1:00pm.
Thursday afternoon didactics are mandatory for students. There is also a required didactic on Monday afternoons with the VA clerkship director from 1-130pm, and a presentation session during the final week of the rotation.
In general, afternoon times other than Thursdays work best. If late afternoon is possible and the student may leave early (around 2 or 3pm) that is the easiest.
For the Outpatient Psychiatry rotation, the clinic is wheelchair-accessible and 90% of the patient interaction occurs via telehealth during the pandemic. Pre-pandemic: ~1hr daily standing/walking to and from the waiting area with patients. Currently: 0.5hr weekly standing/walking during interactions with patients who are arriving in-person.
A fair amount of walking/standing is required on Inpatient psychiatry and CL at Palo Alto Division. This is attenuated by current telehealth practices but inpatient teams do still round on the unit/patio where there is not a lot of seating. Pre-pandemic: expect ~2 hours/day of standing/walking on inpatient psychiatry, 3-4 hours/day of standing/walking on consults. Currently: ~1-2 hours standing/walking on inpatient psychiatry, 0 hours on consults.
For the Outpatient Psychiatry rotation @MPVA, 90% of the patient interactions currently occur via telehealth, with a plan for 40-60% telehealth after resolution of the pandemic. Students who cannot attend in person may be accommodated.
For the Inpatient Psychiatry rotation @PAVA, 90% of the patient interactions occur in person, even during the pandemic. The clerkship cannot feasibly be converted to a virtual experience given the in-person setting and sensitive nature of psychiatric hospitalization (the potential harms of cameras/recording devices on the unit may outweigh the benefits).
For Inpatient and C/L @Stanford - 90%
For the Consult-Liaison Psychiatry rotation @PAVA, 90% of clinical interactions occur via telehealth at this time, and a virtual experience may be possible at the discretion of the site director.
Clerkship Coordinator: Quynh Dang
qdang@stanford.edu
Clerkship Director: Charles DeBattista, MD
debacorp@stanford.edu
Stanford, LPCH, Veterans Affairs, Kaiser Santa Clara, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
All are wheelchair accessible
8-10 hour days
No call
Yes - 1 weekend day a week
No set meal times, depends on workflow, availability.
Tuesday afternoons are mandatory teaching sessions
Any day expect Tuesday
Moderate amout of physical activity including standing and walking.
Mostly in person participation. Virtual experience can be accommodated for.
Clerkship coordinator: Karen Cockerill
misskay@stanford.edu
Clerkship director: Thomas Pham, MD
thomas.pham@stanford.edu
Questions, corrections, or additions to the content above can be directed to Mary Devega, Assistant Director for Clerkship Education, (650) 725-4677 or mdevega@stanford.edu.
updated May 10, 2023