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Year IV Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of the fourth year are best achieved by a combination of inpatient, outpatient, and consultative experience in multiple settings which allows for exposure to clinical role models. The student and his/her advisor should strive to construct a balanced program of clerkships, with regard to his/her intended specialty choice's). You will become a specialist during your residency. The goal is to graduate from medical school a well-rounded but "undifferentiated"  physician. The Year IV clerkships have been assigned a category to assist you in balancing your program (shown below); it is unlikely that the YR. IV Committee will approve a program with more than two electives in any category other than primary care:

PRIMARY CARE
SURGERY & SURGICAL SUB-SPECIALTIES
SUPPORT SPECIALTIES
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY
MEDICAL SUB-SPECIALTIES
PSYCHIATRY, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, NEUROSCIENCES
PEDIATRICS
MISCELLANEOUS
RESEARCH

A B C
PRIMARY CARE SURGERY & SURGICAL SUB-SPECIALTIES SUPPORT SPECIALTIES
Maternal & Child Health Services

Geriatric Family Medicine

Michigan Family Medicine Preceptorship Program

Family Practice in UP Community Hospital

Family Practice

Community Health Care System and the Patient

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Adult Inpatient Medicine Subinternship

Family Practice Office Experience

Rural Clinical in UP

Suburban Family Practice

Ambulatory Family Practice

Internal Medicine

 General Surgery

Plastic Reconstructive & Hand Surgery

Cardiopulmonary Surgery

Emergency Surgery

Gastrointestinal Fiberoptic Endoscopy

Pediatric Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Urology

Surgical Survey I & II

Surgical Physiology

Vascular Surgery Subinternship

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Ophthalmology

Neurosurgery

Orthopaedic Surgery

Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery

 Anesthesia

Pathology

Radiation Oncology

Radiology

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear Medicine & Thyroidology

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D

E

F

OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY

MEDICAL SUB-SPECIALTIES

PSYCHIATRY/BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES/NEUROSCIENCES
Gynecology

Gynecologic Oncology

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Reproductive Endocrinology & Thyroidology

High Risk Obstetrics

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Reproductive Genetics

Intrapartum Obstetrics

Urogynecology

Nurse Midwifery

Clinical Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

Cardiology

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Hemodynamics

Critical Care Medicine

Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolic Hypertension

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Hematology

Hematology/Oncology

General Medicine

Subinternship HIV/AIDS

Infectious Disease

Nephrology

Pulmonary Medicine

Rheumatology

Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Medical Oncology

Pulmonary Medicine

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology/Hematology

 Neurology

Movement Disorders Clinic

Neuro/Oncology

Protective Mechanisms in the

Nervous System

Clinical Neurology of AIDS

Sleep Disorder Medicine

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Neurorehabilitation

EMG and Adult Rehabilitation

Addiction Psychiatry

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Psychosomatic Psychiatry

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G

H

I
PEDIATRICS MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH
Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Genetic, Metabolic & Development Disorders

Endocrinology & Diabetes

Hematology-Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Intensive Care

Neonatology

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition

Neonatology

Urology

Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology

Acute Care Clinic

General Pediatrics-Inpatient

Emergency Medicine

Clinical Genetics

General Pediatrics-Outpatient

Toxicology and Poison Control

Pharmacology/Toxicology

Pathology/Autopsy & Surgical

Pediatric Cardiology

Ambulatory Adol Medicine

Neurology

Developmental-Behavioral Peds

Nephrology

Brain Imaging

 Special Topics in Anatomy

Law & Medicine

Public Health Services

Medicine & Interpersonal Violence

Substance Abuse as a Public Health Problem

Health Care for Confined Populations

Alternative/Complementary Med

Molecular Basis of Development & Disease

Medical Toxicology & Poison Control

Pharmacology

Medical Management & Computing

International Health Systems

 Community Health

Research: Cardiology

Research: Endocrinology

Research: Gastroenterology

Research: Infectious Disease

Research: Rheumatology

Research: Oncology

Research: Neurosurgery

Ophthalmic Research

Research: Otolaryngology

Research: Membrane Physiology

Research: Mood Disorders

Research: Neuroscience

Research: Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance Abuse Research Methods

Arranged by research preceptor

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Remember your goal is to propose a well balanced program:

  1. The student should further develop and refine the ability to perform and document a history and physical examination, obtain laboratory evaluations, formulate an appropriate differential diagnosis, develop a provisional diagnosis, and institute effective management which includes further diagnostic evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation programs.
  2. The student will develop basic skills in triage of emergency patients and subacute and ongoing outpatient management of primary care patients.
  3. The student should be able to monitor the course of an illness and appropriately revise the treatment and rehabilitation planned.
  4. The student should have an understanding of the psychological, social, and economic principles involved in illness and in the delivery of health care.
  5. The student should understand the role of both non-physician health care workers and other physicians in the delivery of health care.
  6. The student should be able to recognize personal educational needs, and should be able to select and utilize the appropriate learning resources to meet his or her objectives.