Essentials of Fourth Year Scheduling

Approved by Faculty Curriculum Committee, March 2006

The fourth year requires eight months of medical or medically related experiences including:

1. One month Emergency Medicine
2. One month Neurology
3. One month J-I in any of the six core specialties*
4. One month Surgery*
5. Four months of electives.

*The Junior Internship in Surgery may not be counted toward BOTH these requirements.

Excluding ER and Neurology (so from the remaining 6 months), every student must fulfill the Clinical Triad – three months of clinical rotations from three different departments.

• The triad must include one 'primary care' month, defined as any clinical rotation in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics.
• The surgical month and the J-I can be counted as part of the required clinical triad.

Don't forget:

• Two months (not including ER or Neuro) may be taken at an institution other than WSU and its affiliated hospitals. Special approval is needed for additional "away" months.
• Two months of the ‘identical educational experience’ may be allowed only if completed at two different institutions.
• Month blocks may be split into two two-week experiences. Only two split months are allowed.
• Only three student initiated electives will be allowed.