The Department of Medicine provides a wide range of medical student education programs in both the pre-clinical and clinical years of training in the College of Medicine.  Please select the appropriate tab for additional information regarding these educational activities:

STUDENTS RETURNING TO HERSHEY for the second four-week block of their clerkship should report to at 8:00AM for Brief Orientation as outlined in the original orientation notification materials. 

All other students should report directly to their assigned affiliate location as instructed.

Medicine Clerkship Rotation Evaluations are sent to your student mailbox approximately mid-rotation (end of first 4-week block).  These evaluations MUST be completed and presented, along with other required documentation as outlined in the Clerkship Handbook, PRIOR to the NBME Subject Exam on the last Friday of the clerkship.

Medicine Clerkship "Single Day" Holiday Policy
According to the Department of Student Affairs Website:  (http://infonet.hmc.psu.edu/students-affairs/registrar.ms3/policy.html)

"Single day holiday vacations (i.e., Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day) are determined by the clinical service."

Medicine Clerkship students on rotation at Hershey during single day holidays will be given off the DAY OF the holiday (i.e. July 4th). However, regardless of what day of the week the single day holiday may fall on, that day and ONLY THAT DAY will be considered the holiday. Additional days before or after are to be treated as regular work days and all students are expected to report for regular hours.

Medicine Clerkship students on rotation at an affiliate site will be required to follow the guidelines of the respective sites holiday leave policy.

Any questions regarding this information should be directed to the Clerkship Coordinator:

Deb Lutz, Room C6860, Ext. -8390, dlutz@psu.edu

Distribution of Final Grades
Students must complete all clerkship requirements, as well as any remedial and/or retesting requirements before a final grade will be assigned.  Failure to successfully complete remedial information in a timely manner may result in a grade of "unsatisfactory" for the clerkship.  Students with incomplete clerkship grades may also be prohibited from participation in other medicine rotations/electives, which require successful completion of the clerkship as a prerequisite.