Medical Student Education
Residents work closely with medical and PA students during their IM clerkship. Students spend eight weeks on their IM rotation (six weeks on the general wards teams at St. Francis and two weeks in the ambulatory clinic). Residents play an integral role in medical student education, supplementing the medical student curriculum with more clinically-relevant teaching. Residents also supervise medical students in the student-run free clinic for patients without health insurance, the Bedlam Evening Clinic.
Information for Fourth-Year Medical Students
We love to host visiting fourth-year medical students who are interested in our program. We have designed a sub-internship rotation that allows interested fourth-year students to get a taste of what it feels like to be part of our team. Visiting students will gain a blended experience of training with both the inpatient general medicine teams as well as the outpatient internal medicine clinic. They will also participate fully in resident didactics and Academic Afternoons. Sub-interns are expected to function as a member of the team while on the inpatient wards following a minimum of 4-5 patients daily, developing independent assessment & plans for patient care in conjunction with the residents, and assisting the inpatient teams with answering pages, calling consults, and admissions and discharges. We believe these responsibilities help prepare fourth year students for their future as physicians and allow students to get the resident experience. This also allows visiting students to fully see the culture and team dynamics of our program. Sub-interns will also prepare a patient case presentation to present in a conference with Internal Medicine faculty and other sub-interns. In addition to the Internal Medicine sub-internship, there are elective opportunities available for visiting students in both the OUSCM Obesity Medicine clinic as well as the department of Medical Informatics, both of which are led by OUSCM Internal Medicine faculty. Current OU medical students may register for these experiences through the Student Services office. Visiting students will need to submit the appropriate forms through VSLO, which may be located at: https://students-residents.aamc.org/visiting-student-learning-opportunities/visiting-student-learning-opportunities-vslo.
