Listed below are 10 tracks that Kansas City students may choose from to complete their required and elective fourth year clinical rotations. Rank each track which includes both Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 courses. Rank your choices from 1-10 with 1 being your first choice and 10 your last choice. Every track must be ranked or your form will not be accepted.
Follow this link to a separate form to explain why you need to be assigned to a particular track. Please use the form to indicate any third year clerkships that still need to be completed at the beginning of the fourth year, time off for pregnancy, weddings, etc., Philmont in June, July or August, participation in an early match (Ophthalmology or Neurosurgery) etc. Consideration may be given if one or more boxes on the form is completed. Please rank all tracks that are acceptable to meet your special needs. Note that all required courses are to be taken during the dates specified. No alterations in schedules can be requested until you are notified of your track assignment. Changes will only be considered on a space available basis due to limitations placed by individual departments/courses. Students planning on participating in an International Health elective (does not count as a "special program") must choose a track that has Elective/Free Time in the second (February) Spring 2009 module.
The Sub I requirement can be completed at another institution, but only with prior approval and completion of the Sub I away form. The Critical Care requirement must be completed on the KC campus. Only two "special programs" (electives) can be taken at another institution (excluded are Wichita and Greater Kansas City area programs) and credit will only be received if a Special Program form is completed 4-6 weeks in advance of the rotation start date. The Special Program and Sub I away forms are also available in the Office of Student Affairs, 3040 Murphy.
Final 4th year track choices are due by Noon on Friday, February 29, 2008. Results of the track lottery will be available on or before March 10. Critical Care and Sub I lottery forms are due no later than Noon on Friday, February 29, 2008 regardless of when you intend to complete those courses. Elective lottery forms for the Fall semester are due no later than Noon on Monday, March 17. You will be sent your schedule by email when they are completed. If you need to make changes to your schedule, you can schedule an appointment to meet with Laura Zeiger between March 31 and April 11 to make adjustments to your schedule.
Want to know what electives are offered? The School of Medicine catalog is online.
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Fourth Year = 36 weeks
Health of the Public (4 wks)
Rural Preceptorship (4 wks)
Selectives:
Subinternship (4 wks) - Choose from: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine,
Ob-Gyn, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery or
Neurosurgery
Critical Care Selective (4 wks) - Choose from: ICU Medicine, CCU Medicine, Neonatology, Pediatrics, Burn Center, Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery or ICU Surgery
Electives (20 wks): No more than 8 credits of electives from the first two years of basic science can be counted toward graduation credits.
Clinical Obligations and Holidays
The beginning and ending dates of each fourth year module is listed above. Each module begins on Monday at 8:00 a.m. and ends on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Holidays are at the discretion of each attending physician for all clinical students. The rationale is that students are members of the health care team. They must act and be treated as professionals. Patient care responsibilities are their priority. Departments may choose to give their enrolled students “free days” on other state observed holidays, i.e. Martin Luther King, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following Thanksgiving. Students are already on break over the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays in both the third and fourth year.
School of Medicine Hooding and Awards Ceremony and University Commencement
Hooding Ceremony - Saturday, May 16, 2009 - University Commencement - Sunday, May 17, 2009 - SoM Diploma - May 24, 2009
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