VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S009

standardized patient, interprofessional educational experiences, and community clinical outreach. The required core clinical curriculum in the third and fourth years of the osteopathic medical education program is completed in a VCOM clinical education core site. Each clinical education core site provides a mix of hospital-based and ambulatory practice based experiences. VCOM requires a formal affiliation agreement with each hospital or ambulatory medical institution serving as a core clinical training site for VCOM 3rd and 4 th year student required rotation, assuring clinical educational experiences and the appropriate oversight. In the ambulatory setting not affiliated with a hospital rotation, each individual clinical faculty member holds a clinical contract for teaching (individual or through a group practice). The VCOM core clinical education sites are structured with a VCOM contracted Director of Student Medical Education and a Clinical Coordinator to support the program and the students. Each clinical core site offers the third year required rotations and approved fourth year required selective rotations. In the fourth year, students seeking specific clinical skills may also spend time on campus to refine those clinical skills in a simulated setting such as participating in an ultrasound rotation, surgical anatomy and surgical procedures rotation, Osteopathic Manipulation (on campus and clinical), and Sports Medicine (on campus and clinical). Students are also allowed to complete a portion of their fourth-year clinical experiences in elective sites. 3. DUTIES OF THE CLINICAL AFFAIRS DIVISION The college provides an on-campus Division for Clinical Affairs supporting clinical education across the four years of medical education. The faculty and staff supporting this Division include: • Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs • Associate Dean for OMS 4 and Graduate Medical Education • Clinical Discipline Chairs (core disciplines include: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Rural Primary Care, and Emergency Medicine) • Support staff for the Clinical Chairs and the Division The Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs oversees the clinical sites and the OMS 3 students and holds the responsibility of assuring all OMS 3, including core site, rotations are available and of appropriate quality. This includes oversight of the Directors of Student Medical Education in the core clinical sites, the Clinical Discipline Chairs, the Director of OMS 3 Clinical Rotations, and the Clinical Affairs support staff. The Associate Dean for OMS 4 and Graduate Medical Education (GME) oversees the Director of 4th year Rotations and is responsible for counseling students on the OMS 4 year and residency across the four years. This occurs by providing counseling to the class as a whole in the early years (and individually when needed) and to individually to • Director for OMS 3 Clinical Rotations • Director for OMS 4 Clinical Rotations

VCOM Policy on Assuring the Clinical Education Curriculum

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