Core Clerkships

Students complete clerkships in major specialties of clinical medicine (please also refer to the table below for more information):

Internal medicine (8 weeks)
Surgery (8 weeks)
Obstetrics and Gynecology (6 weeks)
Pediatrics (6 weeks)
Neurology (4 weeks)
Psychiatry (4 weeks)
Anesthesia (2 weeks)
Family and Community Medicine (longitudinal)
- The FCM Clerkship runs longitudinally during Foundations 2. Students spend one day every other week in their family medicine clinic and attend FCM Seminar on the morning of the IDS 113 course.

For an explanation of the grading process, please review the comparison of grading across the clerkships.

Clerkship	Description	Coordinator	Director	Duration	Sites
Anesthesia 110	A comprehensive experience in anesthesia and perioperative care. Clinical skills include airway management, IV insertion, drug administration, physiologic monitoring, sedation and acute pain management.	Vasilis Tabakis	Kristine Breyer, MD	2 weeks	Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt. Zion, San Francisco VA, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Family & Community Medicine 110	Primary care clerkship where students gain experience in outpatient chronic care, acute care and preventive care. FCM 110 is organized into a longitudinal model so that students may have more meaningful continuity with preceptors, patients and the clinical care team.	Irina Worthey	Erica Brode, MD	Longitudinal	Bay Area Kaisers, Family Health Center, Fresno, Lakeshore, SFHN Health Centers, UCSF Primary Care at Laurel Village, and other outpatient clinical practices in the Bay Area
Medicine 110	Clerkship in which students evaluate adult medical patients presenting to the wards for workup and management of acute and chronic illnesses. Students develop and apply frameworks for evaluating and managing adult medical patients, including conducting hypothesis-driven histories and physical examinations, interpreting findings, creating differential diagnoses, formulating diagnostic and therapeutic plans, and communicating with patients and interprofessional colleagues.	Amy Zhen	Cindy Lai, MD	8 weeks	Parnassus, San Francisco VA, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Neurology 110	Students are assigned neurology patients for study under the supervision of attendings and residents. They attend work rounds, attending rounds, clinic, grand rounds, conferences and lecture-seminars, emphasizing diagnosis and management of core clinical problems in neurology.	Karl Kanner	Megan Richie, MD	4 weeks	Fresno, Parnassus, San Francisco VA, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Obstetrics and Gynecology 110	Students provide antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care of pregnant women. Students participate in the operating room with ambulatory as well as major surgeries. Students also gain competency in the well woman exam, contraceptive counseling and osteoporosis counseling.	Kristin Olson & Steph Tillery	Jeannette Lager, MD	6 weeks	California Pacific Medical Center, Fresno, Highland, Kaiser Oakland, Kaiser San Francisco, Kaiser SSF/Daly City/Redwood City, Kaiser Union City/Hayward, Marin General, Mission Bay/Mt. Zion, St. Luke’s, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Pediatrics 110	Students develop a durable framework for evaluating the health of children in multiple settings: ambulatory, inpatient, and newborn nursery. Students evaluate pediatric patients, take histories and perform physical exams, interpret findings, create differential diagnoses, and formulate diagnostic and therapeutic plans.	Doris Masferrer	Erica Lawson, MD	6 weeks	Children’s Hospital Mission Bay, Children’s Hospital, Oakland, Fresno, Kaiser East Bay- Hayward, Kaiser Oakland, Kaiser San Francisco-Daly City, Marin General, Washington Hospital, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Psychiatry 110	Students are responsible for psychiatry patient evaluation and participation in treatment planning for inpatients, outpatients, and consultation/liaison. They attend seminars related to clinical work.	Tina Tai	Kewchang Lee, MD & Johnathan Sataloff, MD	4 weeks	Fresno, Kaiser Redwood City, Kaiser San Leandro, Parnassus, San Francisco VA, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Surgery 110	Students work both in the inpatient service and the outpatient clinic and follow-up on patients when they are admitted to the surgical service. Students take calls once a week and participate in team rounds, in clinics, and in the operating room. Students do work-ups on patients who present with acute surgical illness.	Frenni Enriquez	Jess Gosnell, MD	8 weeks	California Pacific Medical Center, Fresno, Kaiser San Leandro, Mt. Zion, Parnassus, San Francisco VA, Zuckerberg San Francisco General