Explore and Focus

This 15-month phase of the curriculum is designed to allow students to explore potential specialty careers, through a combination of required and elective clinical clerkships. Students will participate in required Advanced Patient Care clerkships, required Neurology/Neurosurgery and Emergency Medicine, and clinical elective opportunities. Students will finish the Explore and Focus phase with a requires Transition to Residency experience. At the UW School of Medicine, students participate in 20 weeks of clinical electives across 19 specialties:

• Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks, 8 credits
• Neurology or Neurosurgery – 4 weeks, 8 credits
• Advanced Patient Care Sub-Internship – 4 weeks, 8 credits
• Advanced Patient Care Clerkship – 4 weeks, 8 credits
• Clinical Electives – 20 weeks, 40 credits
• Transition to Residency – 2 weeks