During the clinical applications phase students continue their training by being embedded within healthcare teams and meeting patients in the clinical environment. Students are assigned to the Kalamazoo campus or the Corewell Lakeland regional campus in Saint Joseph to complete their clinical applications phase.
Transition to Clinical Applications
This course is a bridge between Foundations of Medicine and your core clerkships, and prepares you to succeed in the clinical setting. You gain more experience using electronic health records and learn more about expectations in the clinical setting, clinical assessments, and common procedures.
Core Clinical
Core clerkships are traditionally considered to be one of the most transformative periods in a physician鈥檚 career. Core clerkships begin in January of your second year and are organized into seven blocks which include six clinical rotations plus a block dedicated to Clinical Reasoning & USMLE Step Preparations. Rotations occur across Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana.
Core Clerkships听
- Family and Community Medicine听
- Medicine
- Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine听
- Psychiatry
- Surgery听
- Obstetrics and Gynecology听
The first days of each core clerkship block provide specific preparation for the upcoming clerkships, including training using simulation and standardized patients. The last section provides capstone experiences and assessments. Throughout core clerkships there is further integration of basic science principles with clinical cases so students are well prepared for USMLE Step 2 CK.听
Advanced Clinical
Advanced clerkships continue to build clinical skills and allow students to explore and finalize their desired area of practice. Your transition into advanced clerkships begins with ACLS certification.听
Required Advanced Clerkships and Selectives听
- Advanced Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
- Advanced Critical Care Medicine (4 weeks)
- Advanced Hospital Medicine (4 weeks)
- Advanced Neurology (2 weeks)
- Advanced Anesthesiology (1 week)
The Advanced Clinical Curriculum at 91制牌厂视频 focuses on giving students an opportunity to experience a wide breadth and variety of pathology and recognition of the 鈥渟ick鈥 patient.听 Additionally, it affords students the opportunity to take ownership of patient care experience and become more confident with patient management so that students are fully prepared for the rigors of intern year of residency, no matter what specialty they choose.
Students have the opportunity during advanced clerkships to explore their options with a variety of local elective offerings, flexible time to accommodate residency interviews, and vacation weeks that you build into your schedule.听
All students are in Kalamazoo in March for Match Week, and a capstone course focused on biomedical ethics.听
Transition to Residency polishes clinical skills and prepares students to immediately excel as a new resident, with special emphasis in areas that directly relate to students' chosen residency program.
Clinical Affiliates
Students train at sites of our major affiliates: Beacon Health System, Bronson Healthcare, and Corewell Lakeland. These affiliates provide exposure to a wide range of pathology at over 190 training sites in Southwest Michigan and beyond. All three systems are nationally recognized for exceptional quality of care. The proven commitment to quality standards translates into a level of training experience that rivals major university medical centers while providing the advantage of a community-based, diverse patient population.听
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includes multiple hospitals in Indiana 鈥 Beacon Children鈥檚 Hospital, Beacon Granger Hospital, Community Hospital of Bremen, Elkhart General Hospital, Epworth Hospital, and Memorial Hospital of South Bend; and in Michigan 鈥 Three Rivers Hospital, Beacon Kalamazoo, Beacon Dowagiac, Beacon Allegan and Beacon Plainwell.听Beacon Health System provides care to more than 4,000 patients each day in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
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听is a not-for-profit, community-governed healthcare system based in Kalamazoo. Bronson offers clinical services throughout southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. The flagship hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital, is a 415-bed tertiary care hospital that received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2005 and has Magnet designation for nursing excellence. In addition to its Kalamazoo location, Bronson has three other hospital locations: Bronson Battle Creek, Bronson LakeView, and Bronson South Haven. Bronson also has many physician practices, outpatient and lifestyle improvement and research centers, home healthcare services, the Bronson Health Foundation, and Bronson Athletic Center. Bronson is one of the area鈥檚 largest employers, with a workforce of more than 9,000.听
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91制牌厂视频 Health practices are located on the Oakland Drive Campus, Crosstown Parkway, at the Department of Psychiatry on the Beacon Kalamazoo campus. There are five primary care practices and more than 20 specialty practices. 91制牌厂视频 offers a full range of ancillary services and care for a broad range of patients, serving as the medical home for a historically underserved and underinsured patient population. 91制牌厂视频 practices are accredited by The Joint Commission. The primary care practices鈥攆amily medicine, internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, and pediatrics鈥攈ave designations as a Patient-Centered Medical Home from both the National Committee for Quality Assurance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
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is a not-for-profit health system dedicated to enhancing health outcomes through innovation, strong community partnerships, and an exceptional team of over 65,000 people, including more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers. Corewell Health operates 21 hospitals and over 300 outpatient locations, providing a wide range of care and services across southwest Michigan. As a 91制牌厂视频 clinical affiliate and regional campus, Corewell Health offers medical students the unique opportunity to complete all core and advanced clinical rotations within their system, fostering an immersive, community-centered training experience. Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals in St. Joseph, Niles, and Watervliet provide state-of-the-art facilities, including a simulation training center, and residency programs in emergency, family, and internal medicine, all designed to prepare students with hands-on learning and mentorship.
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91制牌厂视频 students have the opportunity to rotate at Grace Health in Battle Creek, a federally qualified health center that serve historically underserved patient populations. Clinical rotations are also available at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center that serves more than 42,000 veterans in 22 counties of southwest Michigan, Goshen Health, the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital, Pokagon Health Services, and other private practice sites.听