Congratulations! You are in your last block of clerkships. You have learned a lot about medicine, about being a physician, and about what fields that suit you best.
The clerkship year will culminate on December 15th with post-cede activities for each of the clerkships. These activities are mandatory. Please do not arrange to travel out of town until after 5:00 pm unless you have heard directly from the clerkship leadership that the day will end sooner.
Opportunity to Pass on Your Wisdom
We are looking for upper class students, who have completed the clerkship year and would like to share their wisdom and advice with the newly starting clerkship students in a Transition course session called “Day in the Life”. The session is currently scheduled for Friday, December 15th, from 8:00 to 9:00 am. Please reach out to Gina Franco or Dr. Shefali Pathy if you are interested and available to join this session.
Updates in Clerkship Administration and Leadership
- Internal Medicine Director: Dr. Angela Kang
- Internal Medicine Associate Clerkship Director: Dr. Anna Zimmerman
- Surgery Associate Clerkship Director: Dr. Courtney Gibson
- Surgery Associate Clerkship Director: Dr. Anne Mongiu
- Pediatrics Clerkship Coordinator: Marleana Melvin
- OB/GYN Clerkship Coordinator: Lisa Andriole
We also want to make you aware of some recent changes in the naming convention for the discipline based rotations within each twelve-week integrated clerkship block. We hope this reduces confusion when discussing the integrated clerkships and the embedded discipline based rotations that you receive grades from.
Medical Approach to the Patient (MAP) Clerkship contains
- Internal Medicine Clerkship Component
- Neurology Clerkship Component
Surgical Approach to the Patient (SAP) Clerkship contains
- Surgery Clerkship Component
- Emergency Medicine Clerkship Component
Biopsychosocial Approach to Health (BAH) Clerkship contains
- Primary Care Clerkship Component
- Psychiatry Clerkship Component
Women and Children’s Health (WCH) Clerkship contains
- OB/GYN Clerkship Component
- Pediatrics Clerkship Component
Reporting Concerns About Mistreatment, Harassment, or Bias
At the end of each component of your clerkship blocks, you will have the opportunity to complete an evaluation of your experience on the clerkship. Similar to the courses, we ask about experiences of mistreatment, harassment, or bias. These reports will not be visible to your clerkship directors prior to completing their evaluations of you. The reports are reviewed on a quarterly basis and are shared with the Office of Academic and Professional Development. Clerkship directors and departments are expected to document how they are responding to every incident reported by a student. In collaboration with Dean Robert Rohrbaugh, Dean Illuzzi follows up with the Chairs of the Departments to monitor progress in addressing issues of professionalism and conduct in the learning environment.
There is also a way to report a concern on a real-time basis through the OAPD website and on your MedHub home page. Use this link for real-time reporting. This site also provides a more detailed description of how professionalism concerns are handled at YSM.
You may ALWAYS contact your clerkship/elective director, advisor, or medical education deans if you have a concern that you would like to discuss. We will respect your confidentiality and talk about ways to approach or address issues you may encounter.
Walking Maps
If you need to find your way around the Yale New Haven or Saint Raphael hospitals, walking maps can be found at Yale New Haven Hospital Walking Maps.
If you have any questions about the Clerkship curriculum, please contact the Director of Clerkships, Dr. Shefali Pathy or the Manager of the Clerkships and ATP, Gina Franco.