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Clinical Year Clerkships
Clinical Year Clerkships
Each clinical year student completes ten (10) clerkships of five (5) weeks in length. The faculty creates an individual rotation schedule for each clinical year student. The student must return to the LIU campus at the end of each clerkship for a two-day End-of-Rotation Meeting with the faculty.
Students must rotate in each of the following clerkships during the clinical year:
| Course |
Credits |
| Internal Medicine |
2 |
| Surgery |
2 |
| Family Medicine |
2 |
| Emergency Medicine |
2 |
| Pediatrics |
2 |
| Obstretrics & Gynecology |
2 |
| Psychiatry |
2 |
| Internal Medicine Elective |
2 |
| Surgical Elective |
2 |
| Clinical Elective |
2 |
In addition, each clinical year student must complete the following courses:
| Course |
Credits |
| Clinical Seminar I |
1 |
| Clinical Seminar II |
1 |
| Clinical Seminar III |
1 |
| Summative Evaluation |
1 |
| Capstone Project |
2 |
TOTAL: 26 CREDITS