Clinical Education

Third-year rotations will be six weeks in length, instead of the traditional four weeks, and will cover the six primary areas of specialty (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB-GYN/Women’s Health, Pediatrics, Surgery, and Psychiatry/Behavioral Health). Weeks one and six are accomplished on-campus (or virtual option available), with weeks two through five on service.

In week one, Noorda-COM faculty will prepare students for discipline-specific content through a blending of:

• Holographic, animated, and live patients
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR) documentation
• Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) to include Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM)
• Augmented, virtual reality, and manikin-based task trainers
• Learning objective videos to include Q-Bank material
• Hands-on skills

Students will then complete four weeks of clinical service at one of our clinical partners. On service, core clinical rotation academics are supported from campus through online, asynchronous, learning objective-driven content, to include performance feedback using the same format students experienced in years one and two. Clinical Adjunct Faculty will evaluate students on service-related competencies and milestones. During week six, end-of-service skills assessments, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), and shelf exams are accomplished on-campus (or virtual) and led by Noorda-COM faculty.

Want to know more about clinical rotations? Read through our Clinical Education Handbook or visit the “Clinical Education and Rotations” section of our FAQs.