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You will work with various types of people in various settings

Grading is a 4-tier system: Honors- High Pass- Pass- Fail in the clinical curriculum effective with students who matriculated Fall 2014.

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Phase II - Required Clerkships:

The Clinical Grading Rubric can be viewed here.

The Grading Tool for Core Clerkships in 2018-2019 can be viewed here.

Ambulatory Internal Medicine

Chairs:
Arthur Gomez, MD
(818) 891-7711x5129

Mark Munekata, MD, MPH 
(310) 222-1691

Coordinator:
Andy Romney

(310) 206-2006

Psychiatry/Neurology

Chair (Psychiatry):
Brandon Ito, MD 
(310) 825-1309

Coordinator:
Jewelle Dela Cruz

Chair (Neurology):

Yvette Bordelon, MD 
(310) 825-6681

Coordinator:

Jennifer Martinez
310-825-6681

Clinical Foundations

Chairs:

Areti Tillou, MD
(310) 267-9600

Antonio Pessegueiro, MD

Coordinator:
Desiree White

(310) 825-6717

Family Medicine

Chairs:
Dan Vigil, MD
(310) 319-4700

Assistant Chair:

Charles Cardenas, MD

Denise Sur, MD

(310) 319-4709

Coordinator:
Barbara Zolkin

(310) 825-1048

Surgery

Chairs:
David Chen, MD
(310)319-8822

Dennis Kim, MD
(310) 222-1912

Coordinator:
Iris Mau

(310) 206-2567

Systems Based Healthcare

Chair:
Margaret Stuber, MD
(310) 825-5213

Coordinator:
Renea Fuller

(310) 825- 2571

Inpatient Internal Medicine 

Chair:
Wendy Simon, MD
(310) 825-6205

Coordinator:
Andy Romney

(310) 206-2006

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Chair:
Lisa Nicholas, MD
(310) 825-0787

Coordinator: 
Jesus Garcia
310-206-5151

Longitudinal Preceptorship

Chair:
Tahlia Spector, MD

Coordinator:
Renea Fuller

(310) 825-2571

Pediatrics

Chair:
Deborah Lehman, MD
(310) 206-6384

Coordinator:
Stella Tripp

Longitudinal Radiology

Chair:
Theodore Hall, MD

Coordinator:
Lara Gold

(310) 825- 5806

 


Continuity Experiences

Cedars Continuity
Nicolas Melo, MD (Surgery)
(310) 423-5874

Bobbie Rimel, MD (OB-GYN)
(310) 794-7329

Kaiser Continuity (Medicine)
Peter Chee, MD
(323) 783-3836

Thomas Y. Tom, MD
(323) 783-3810

Harbor Continuity
Ramy Eskander, MD (OB-GYN)

Tom Kallay, MD, (Peds)
(310) 222-4002 

VA Continuity (Medicine)
Gregory Brent, MD
(310) 268-3125

Emily Cantor, MD
(310) 478-3711 Ext. 42473

Olive View Continuity (Medicine)
Soma Wali, MD

Sherwin Hsu, MD

Ronald  Reagan Continuity (Medicine)
Wendy Simon, MD
(310) 267-9643

PRIME Continuity
Gloria Sanchez, MD (Harbor)

Drew Continuity/Longitudinal Primary Care Clerkship
Jimmy Hara, MD

Drew Primary Care Research
Director: Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, PhD

Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)

At the end of your third year, you are required to complete and pass a Clinical Performance Examination (CPX) which consists of eight clinical cases portrayed by standardized patients. Each case requires a focused work up and is followed by a written exercise. Individual feedback is provided for purposes of improving history taking, physical examination, information sharing, and patient/doctor relationship skills during College Foundations. Poor performance will require remediation and retesting.

Revised: August 2015


Phase III - Colleges & Clinical Electives:

Students must successfully complete Phase II Curriculum before proceeding to Phase III. Access the College Elective Catalog.

The MS4 Grading Tool for 2018-2019 can be viewed here.

For information about the new Clinical Elective level designations beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, please click here.

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Please note that our affiliated hospitals are located throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

 

Hospital Abbreviations:

 

Hospital Code Hospital Name
BVA VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (Brentwood Division)
CS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
FONTANA Kaiser Fontana
GLENDALE Glendale Adventist Hospital
HARBOR, HARBR, or HA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
KAISER or KAISER.SUN Kaiser Sunset
KAISER.CUL Kaiser Culver-Marina
KAISER.WH Kaiser Woodland Hills
LONGBEACH Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
MLK-MACC Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center
MIDVALLEY MidValley Family Health Center
NORTHRIDGE Northridge Hospital (San Fernando Valley)
OVH or OV Olive View - UCLA Medical Center
POMONA Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
S.MONICA UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
SFVMP San Fernando Valley Medical Program (SVA & OVH)
SVA Sepulveda VA Medical Center
UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Mattel’s Children Hospital, Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center, 100, 200 and 300 Medical Plaza
VENTURA Ventura County General Hospitals & Clinics
WHITTIER USC-Whittier Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
WVA VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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