This 2-week required course prepares learners to move from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of the curriculum. The course occurs at both the Charlottesville and Inova campuses. Students have the opportunity to practice skills and demonstrate knowledge necessary for the first day of clerkships.

Students will maintain a longitudinal relationship with their patient while balancing other clinical responsibilities; integrate topics learned across multiple clerkships and apply them to their patient; independently research a topic of their choosing and write a report on how they would apply what they learned to their patient's unique situation.

In this course, students enhance clinical learning through activities designed to revisit basic science, incorporate curricular threads, and practice clinical skills such as physical exam, diagnostic reasoning, quality improvement, communication, and other clerkship-specific procedures and skills.

This 6-week clerkship provides exposure to a spectrum of common acute & chronic medical conditions encountered in the inpatient Internal Medicine setting. Learners work closely with patients, practicing skills ranging from history taking & physical diagnosis to ordering diagnostic studies & developing treatment plans. Students practice evidence-based medicine & coordination of care across disciplines with a wide range of health professionals.

The Pediatrics clerkship is a 6-week experience designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of caring for children from birth and infancy to adolescence and into young adulthood. The clerkship is divided into a three-week inpatient experience and a three-week ambulatory experience. Learners have the opportunity to participate in both general pediatric and specialty care.

During this 3-week rotation, students will learn the fundamentals of assessing, diagnosing, and treating major psychiatric illness as well as common medical and nervous system disorders related to psychiatry practice. Learners explore the interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors in patients' lives in a variety of settings, including the acute inpatient psychiatric unit, the psychiatric consultative service, and outpatient clinic.

This 6-week rotation increases understanding of outpatient medicine through engaging clinical experiences and high-value teaching workshops. Students take an active role in caring for patients across a range of practices -- including Family Medicine, Ambulatory Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics -- and learn to identify the shared goals and differentiators among these disciplines.

During this 12-week rotation, students rotate through ambulatory, inpatient and operating room settings of the surgical, women's health, and anesthesiology services. This includes time on the labor and delivery unit learning about childbirth and management of women's health issues. High fidelity simulation opportunities reinforce concepts learned in the clinic, providing additional hands-on training.

Clinical elective rotations for medical students.

Develops knowledge in fundamental neurological concepts. Builds competence in pertinent history-taking and examination skills to support recognition and initial management of neurological problems and emergencies. Based in small groups, students are expected to demonstrate self-directed learning.