Third-Year Clinical Clerkship

During your Third-Year Clinical Clerkships, you have numerous opportunities to work with volunteer faculty in rural areas across the state. Volunteer faculty are physicians in group and private practice in their communities who welcome medical students into their practice for hands-on learning experiences. Medical students normally have the opportunity to see a broad range of clinical experiences during their rural rotation.

Choosing to complete all or part of a third year clerkship at a rural location is voluntary. Clerkships that offer rural rotations include pediatrics, family medicine, OB/GYN and surgery. Additional information for each rural rotation is outlined below. Location of availability for each clerkship is divided into five regions (Northwest, Northcentral, Eastern, Southwest, and Southcentral).  Each region has a Regional Network Site.  More information on the network sites follows.

If you have questions, contact:

Debra Lea, Administrator
Office of Rural Medical Education
913-588-8221
dlea@kumc.edu

Family Medicine

Clerkship Director                            Coordinator
John Delzell, M.D.                              Keisha Florez
1059 Delp                                          1059 Delp
913-588-1948                                     Phone: 913-588-1996
jdelzell@kumc.edu                             kflorez@kumc.edu

Length of rural rotation: Six weeks, with the first and second weeks of the rotation at KU for orientation and testing.

Location of rural rotations:

• Southcentral Region: McPherson
• Eastern Region: Marysville or Burlington
• Northwest Region: Quinter
• Southwest Region: Tribune

Note: Other locations may be available at the discretion of the Clerkship Director.

When to apply: At least eight weeks prior to the rotation.

OB/GYN

Clerkship Director                             Coordinator
John Caulkins, M.D.                            Lorraine Helm
3022 Wescoe Pavilion
913-588-3244                                      913-588-3244
jcaulkins@kumc.edu                           lhelm@kumc.edu

Length of rural rotation: Students can complete the first three weeks or the last three weeks of the rotation at a rural location.

Location of rural rotations:

• Northwest Region: Hays
• Southwest Region: Dodge City, Liberal
• Eastern Region: Chanute, Pittsburg, Junction City
• Southcentral: Hutchinson

When to apply: Students should submit their request forms at least six weeks before the start of the rotation. If more than one student is interested in a particular site then a lottery will decide who will get to go.  After the first day of classes, rural rotations will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

Pediatrics

Clerkship Director                            Coordinator
Mitzi Scotten, M.D.                            Debra Heisler
2006 Miller                                         2013 HC Miller
913-588-6203                                     913-588-6310
mscotten@kumc.edu                         dheisler@kumc.edu

Eligibility: Students must have successfully completed at least one clinical rotation to be eligible.  Also, the student (or rural site) must have high quality, reliable internet access.

Expectations: The medical student will attend the orientation session (on the first day of the Pediatric 900 rotation) at KUMC prior to going to the rural location.  During the rural rotation, the medical student is expected to read at least half of the USMLE Step 2 & 3, Blueprints in Pediatrics and Blackwell's Underground Clinical Vignettes.  Also, at least half of the Clinical Vignettes and Average Age at Diagnosis (on the Pediatrics medical student web site) will be completed during the rural rotation.

Length of rural rotation: Students can complete the first three weeks of rotation at a rural location.

Location of rural rotations:

• Southwest Region: Garden City, Dodge City, Liberal

When to apply: At least eight weeks prior to the rotation.

Surgery

Clerkship Director                            Coordinator
Chris Haller, M.D.                               Debra DeConink
5056 Sudler Hall                                 5056 Sudler Hall
913-588-3173                                     913-588-3173
challer@kumc.edu                             ddeconink@kumc.edu

Length of rural rotation: Eligible students will complete the first four weeks of rotation at KUMC, and complete the second four weeks at the rural site.  Two slots are typically available each rotation.

Location of rural rotations:

• Southcentral Region: McPherson

When to apply: Students should submit their request forms by May 13, 2012. If more than two students are interested then a lottery will decide who will get to go. After the first day of classes, rural rotations will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.