CURRICULUM
Third Year Our core clinical rotations are primarily completed during your third year of coursework at hospitals or clinics generally located in greater Indianapolis.
The clerkship years in our DO program are carefully designed to ensure you have a variety of training opportunities and are exposed to a broad mix of practice environments, including large and small hospitals and clinics in urban and rural areas. Throughout your third year, you will participate in a longitudinal course on osteopathic manipulative medicine and have hands-on opportunities to develop your skills further. You will complete your core rotations in varied healthcare settings including rural hospitals, large metropolitan hospitals with residency programs and community based clinics. Your electives may include internships in a variety of specialty and sub-specialty fields of medicine. Students will also take part in the Professional Identity Formation (PIF) series across all four years of the curriculum, emphasizing five pillars: Wellness, Academic Success, Career Development and Planning, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and Leadership in Osteopathic Medicine. PIF focuses on developing leadership skills by exploring various aspects of medicine: interprofessional experiences, ethical and legal issues in healthcare, communication, osteopathic principle and practice, amongst other topics.
Third-Year Sample Schedule
July
Clinical Colloquium 1 Family Medicine 1 Family Medicine 2 Internal Medicine 1 Internal Medicine 2 Elective/Vacation
August
September
October
November December January February
Psychiatry Pediatrics
March
Obstetrics/Gynecology
April May June
Surgery 1 Surgery 2
Clinical Colloquium 2 OMM Longitudinal Curriculum
Fourth Year The core rotations continue through your fourth year, but you’ll also complete a number of elective courses, which can be hospital or out-patient based.
Fourth-Year Sample Schedule
July
Emergency Medicine
August
Elective Elective Elective
‘‘ “The introduction to clinical medicine course gives students the ability to see firsthand the clinical relevance of the foundational sciences in medicine. Through small group discussions, simulation exercises, and osteopathic manipulative medicine labs, our DO students have a positive, supportive learning environment. A high- impact curriculum prepares them for rotations and real patient interactions early in their first semester.”
September
October
November December January February
Elective/Vacation
Sub-Internship
Primary Care Selective
Surgery Selective
March
Internal Medicine Selective Elective OMM Longitudinal Curriculum
April
Luke Nelligan, DO Chair of Family Medicine
Electives are specialties requested by the student and approved by the Department of Clinical Affairs, while selectives are a group of limited specialties approved by the Curriculum Committee.
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