The Clerkship Years - Third and Fourth Year Curriculum
In the clinical curriculum during the third and fourth years, supervised, clinical training affords progressive experiences in the development of technical and procedural skills through the completion of the PMSB curriculum requirements.
Graduation from UTRGV SOPM will require successful completion of pre-clerkship requirements (years 1 and 2), successful completion of the clerkship rotations (years 3 and 4), taking the Comprehensive Basic Science Exam (CBSE) as preparation for APMLE Part 1, and taking and passing the APMLE Steps 1 and 2.
Promotion from Year 2 to Year 3 will require that students meet all academic standards for completion of the Year 2 modules, take the Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) administered at the end of the second year, and sit for the APMLE Step 1 Exam.
Students who do not take the APMLE Step 1 examination before the start of the MS3 year will not be allowed to begin third-year clerkships. Students who have successfully passed their Step 1 Exam by December 15 of Year 3 and completed all academic standards of Year 3 are eligible for promotion to Year 4. Students must take and pass the Step 2 Clinical Skills Patient Encounter examination (CSPE) before graduation.
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Third Year Curriculum
| Course/Activity |
Weeks |
Credits |
|
Clinical Skills III PMSB 9000
|
4 |
3.000 |
|
Internal Medicine / Family Clerkship PMIM 9110
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
General Surgery Clerkship PMGS 9110
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Emergency Medicine / Critical Care Clerkship PMIM 9113
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Medicine Elective PMIM 9115
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Surgical Elective PMGS 9115
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Surgery Clerkship PMGS 9113
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Conference I PMSB 9301
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clerkship PMSB 9303
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clerkship PMSB 9305
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clerkship PMSB 9307
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clerkship PMSB 9309
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clerkship PMSB 9311
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Elective PMSB 9313
|
4 |
4.000 |
Fourth Year Curriculum
| Course/Activity |
Weeks |
Credits |
|
Medicine Elective PMIM 9500
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Conference II PMSB 9501
|
4 |
3.000 |
|
PMSB Externship 1 PMSB 9503
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
PMSB Externship 2 PMSB 9505
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
PMSB Externship 3 PMSB 9507
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
PMSB Externship 4 PMSB 9509
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
PMSB Externship 5 PMSB 9511
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clinic PMSB 9513
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clinic PMSB 9515
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Podiatric Medicine Surgery Clinic PMSB 9517
|
4 |
4.000 |
|
Residency Interview Prep & Review PMSB 9519
|
4 |
3.000 |
|
Surgery Elective PMGS 9500
|
4 |
4.000 |