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sessions including lectures, clinical skills workshops and case study seminars supplement the
core clinical experience.

55. General Surgery
The Surgical Inpatient Clerkship introduces the student to the workup, diagnosis, treatment and
follow-up of a wide variety of surgical diseases. Evidence-based practices are emphasized. The
student spends 7 weeks on a general surgery core rotation such as general or oncologic surgery,
or pediatric surgery. This clerkship is complementary to the fifth year ambulatory emergency
surgery and trauma clerkship. Students are responsible for the evaluation and workup of
patients in the wards.
56. Pediatrics

This clerkship introduces third-year medical students to the basic principles of general
pediatrics. Through both inpatient and outpatient encounters with children across the age range
of pediatric, from neonates through young adulthood, the student receives exposure to the
clinical care of children. The learner participates in the newborn nursery and outpatient health
supervision visits where the fundamental concepts of the pediatric interview and physical
exam, growth and development, anticipatory guidance, primary prevention, screening, and
vaccination are presented.
57. Medical Specialties

The Medical Specialties Clerkship introduces the student to the workup, diagnosis, treatment
and follow-up of a wide variety of medical domains. The student spends 8 weeks on different
subspecialties, such as chest, cardiology, tropical medicine; oncology, clinical pathology,
dermatology; and rheumatology. Students are responsible for the evaluation and workup of
patients in the wards. Participation in daily inpatient multidisciplinary ward rounds is
emphasized as well as active participation in a wide array of bedside evaluation and
examination. In-hospital call is a requirement.

58. Surgical Specialties
The Surgical Specialties Clerkship introduces the student to the workup, diagnosis, treatment
and follow-up of a wide variety of surgical domains. The student spends 7 weeks on surgical
specialties such as anesthesiology; ophthalmology; otolaryngology, orthopedics, neurosurgery,
thoracic surgery, & urology. Students are responsible for the evaluation and workup of patients
in the wards.

59. Research Project
The central purpose of this module is to allow each student to independently pursue an area of
passion that brought him or her to medical school or interesting areas that were discovered
during his study. Students had already received courses, training, tools, and mentorship
enabling them to successfully conduct a rigorous, independent, and scholarly research project.

60. Prepare to Clinical Science Exam (TLE2)

Passing the TLEII exam is mandatory for graduation. The student will take one month after the
start of second semester. If the student was one of the highest rankers and was able to finish
the electives earlier in the previous summer, once he pass this semester and pass the TLE II
exam, he is legible for early graduation.