What clinical experiences do students have during their preclinical years?
The integrated, multidisciplinary Case-Based Learning course provides a major clinical focus for first year medical students. In the Introduction to the Patient course first year students spend an afternoon a week in a clinical setting learning the “art” of medicine. Basic Life Support is offered during the first year. The second year provides more intense clinical experiences including Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making, Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making in Psychiatry, and Human Sexuality. In addition to the above required curriculum there are numerous preclinical electives including the Emergency Medicine Elective, Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Community Child Health, and Issues in Women’s Health to name but a few. Over sixty percent of our students participate in HIPHOP (Homeless and Indigent Population Health Outreach Project) during their first and second years. This student created and student run organization has numerous clinical opportuniti
