Fifth Year Curriculum

Fall Semester - 12 credits

Clinical Seminar III - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship I - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship II - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship III - 3 cr.

Spring Semester - 9 credits

Clinical Externship IV - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship V - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship VI - 3 cr.

Summer Semester - 9 credits

Clinical Externship VII - 3 cr.
Clinical Externship VIII - 3 cr.
Master's Independent Research / Study - 3 cr.

All students are assigned to 8 clinical rotations in each of the following areas of medicine:
• 1 Emergency Medicine rotation
• 1 Behavioral Health rotation
• 1 General Surgery Medicine
• 1 Pediatric medicine
• 3 rotations in Primary Care - (1 Family Medicine, 1 Internal Medicine, 1 Internal Medicine Specialty/Women's Health)
• 1 Elective

For those students who do not choose to complete a full women's health rotation as their elective or internal medicine specialty, each student must complete a 1 to 2 week women's health experience to satisfy the clinical requirements.