CLINICAL CURRICULUM PHASES

The clinical curriculum emphasizes active student participation on patient care teams, and assignment of increased responsibility for patient management as students progress through the clinical phases of the curriculum. Students are expected to actively engage in independent learning/study about diseases encountered and to attend and participate in conferences. The professional development of students as patient care providers and team members is an essential component of teaching and role modeling within the clinical curriculum.

Students are expected to gain broad educational experience utilizing both the wide range of primary care and specialty clerkships in clinic and hospital settings across the WWAMI region. Students participate in these clinical experiences in a variety of locations, in both urban and rural settings throughout the WWAMI region. All students will travel throughout the WWAMI Region during their clerkship phases.

Students enter the clinical phases of their medical education the Spring quarter of their second year of medical school.  The clinical phase is broken up into two phases: Patient Care Phase and Explore and Focus Phase.

Additionally, in the clinical phases students complete a series of Integrative learning weeks, as well as Transition to Residency before graduation

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