YEAR FOUR calendar

Class of 2012

 

(July 5, 2011 - May 19, 2012)

Week

Number

Week

Starting

Week

Number

Week

Starting

1

July 5, 2011

24

December 12

2

July 11

25

December 19       Holiday Break

3

July 18     (Clinical Competency Exam)

26

December 26       Holiday Break

4

July 25     (Clinical Competency Exam)

27

January 2, 2012

5

August 1  (Clinical Competency Exam)

28

January 9

6

August 8

29

January 16

7

August 15

30

January 23

8

August 22

31

January 30

9

August 29

32

February 6

10

September 5

33

February 13

11

September 12  (Year 3 Option Period) 

34

February 20

12

September 19  (Year 3 Option Period)        

35

February 27    (Doctoring Year 4:

13

September 26

36

March 5           The Physician and Society)

14

October 3

37

March 12     (Match Week)

15

October 10

38

March 19

16

October 17

39

March 26     (Year 3 Option Period)

17

October 24

40

April 2          (Year 3 Option Period)

18

October 31

41

April 9          (Year 3 Option Period)

19

November 7

42

April 16        (Year 3 Option Period)

20

November 14

43

April 23

21

November 21   (Thanksgiving Week)

44

April 30

22

November 28

45

May 7       

23

December 5

46

May 14         (Graduation – May 19, 2012)

For your convenience, important dates/events that may affect your schedule have been indicated on the calendar. Shading appears every other 4-week session.  Two and four week courses will normally begin on odd numbered weeks (e.g., weeks 1, 3, 5, etc.).  Brackets have been placed around 5-week blocks for extended electives (5 weeks = 1 block). Extended electives will begin on weeks 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 27, 37, & 42.  Students cannot schedule electives during their Neurology Clerkship rotation or the Doctoring Medical Humanities Clerkship.

Course Requirements in Year Four:

  • Neurology Clerkship (4 Weeks)
  • Doctoring Year Four:
    • Medical Humanities Clerkship: The Physician and Society (2 weeks: #35 & #36)
    • Year Two/Year Four Mentoring Program
    • Geriatrics Initiative
  • Clinical Competency Exam (2 Days)
  • Electives:  30 Weeks
  • Residency Requirement:  20 Weeks On-Campus Credit
  • Core Department Requirement:  12 Weeks (Must meet Policy 2.2.1)
  • Intensive Clinical Experience:  One Four-Week Course from Approved ICE List
  • Basic Science Electives: 4 Weeks from Approved BSE List

Time Requirements in Year Four:

 46.0     Weeks     =    Weeks in Year Four

-30.0     Weeks     =    Required Elective Credit (20 Weeks On-Campus)

- 6.5      Weeks     =    Required Clerkships (6 wks.), CCX (.5 wk.)

  9.5      Weeks     =    Open time