Meds 2014 London Clerkship
Contacts
Dr. Robby Stein, CEC Chair
Dr. Kevin Fung, CEC Deputy Chair
Ms. Becky Bannerman, Clerkship Administrator
Ms. Mary Peterson, Rural Placement Coordinator
robert.stein@lhsc.on.ca
kevin.fung@lhsc.on.ca
becky.bannerman@schulich.uwo.ca
mary.peterson@schulich.uwo.ca
Introduction
The Clinical Clerkship is a 52-week integrated program with six-week rotations in Family Medicine,
Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Paediatrics. There are twelve-week rotations in Surgery and
in Medicine. There are three weeks of vacation: one week over Christmas or New Years, one week in
March and one week at the end of August.
Introduction to Clerkship Week
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September 4 – 7, 2012
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Introduction to Clerkship sessions are part of the clerkship course and will provide you with core
content, including clinical skills instruction.
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Your attendance at all sessions is mandatory and attendance will be taken.
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A detailed Clinical Clerkship Handbook will be provided to you at the beginning of this week.
Assessment in Clerkship
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Each core rotation is assessed on a “Meets Expectations” or “Does Not Meet Expectations”
basis.
o Appears on MSPR (a.k.a. Dean’s Letter).
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Differential assessment within rotations.
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Must meet expectations for ALL rotations.
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Not meeting expectations in one rotation MAY be remediated.
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Not meeting expectations in multiple rotations is a MAJOR PROBLEM!!
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“Pass” or “Fail” for the overall Clerkship course appears on UWO transcript (60% is a pass).
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Summary of Clerkship Rotations
(‡ Core)
Family Medicine – 6 weeks
Coordinator: Kari McLennan, CSB 2735A
kari.mclennan@schulich.uwo.ca
‡ Family Medicine teaching unit in London or Mt. Brydges – 2 weeks
 Byron Family Medical Centre
 St. Joseph’s Family Medical Centre
 Southwest Middlesex Health Centre, Mt. Brydges
 Victoria Family Medical Centre
‡ Family Medicine practice in London or small community (rural) – 4 weeks
 Includes placements with ROMP, NOSM or ERMEP
The six-week Family Medicine rotation will be explained to you in detail by Kari McLennan, Program
Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine, at an information session to be held on Thursday,
January 12, 2012 at 3:30 pm in MSB 146. This meeting will appear in your One45 schedule. You will
receive additional information about the options available for your family medicine placements.
Internal Medicine – 12 weeks
Coordinator: Marika Wilton, UH ALL-140
marika.wilton@lhsc.on.ca
‡ General Admitting Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) – 6 weeks
‡ Emergency Medicine – 2 weeks
‡ Subspecialty Selective – 2 @ 2 weeks:
Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Cardiology
Neurology
Critical Care Medicine
Nephrology
Endocrinology
Oncology
Gastroenterology
Pathology
General Admitting CTU
Physical Medicine & Rehab
Geriatrics
Respirology
Hematology
Rheumatology
Obstetrics & Gynaecology – 6 weeks
Coordinator: Vicki Douvalis, VH B2-401
Core teaching unit at Victoria Hospital
‡ Obstetrics – 2 weeks
‡ Gynaecology – 2 weeks
‡ Out-Patient Clinic – 2 weeks
vicki.douvalis@lhsc.on.ca
Includes experience in delivery rooms and gynaecology ORs, and optional experience in Early
Pregnancy Assessment Clinic and Women’s Health Clinic.
Rural placements are available at sites in Sarnia, Stratford, Chatham, Owen Sound, St. Thomas
and Woodstock (6 wks). Please note that not all the rural placements are available for each
rotation.
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Paediatrics – 6 weeks
Coordinator: Rachel Huys, VH B1-431
rachel.huys@lhsc.on.ca
‡ Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) – 2 weeks
‡ Emergency – 2 weeks
‡ Subspecialty Selectives – 1 @ 2 weeks:
Cardiology
Genetics
Clinical Pharmacology
Haematology/Oncology
Community Paediatrics
Neonatology
Critical Care
Nephrology
Developmental Paediatrics
Neurology
Endocrinology
Respirology
Gastroenterology
Or
Four weeks in a regional placement plus 2 weeks in a Subspecialty Selective
Or
Six weeks in a regional placement.
The Department of Paediatrics offers rotations (minimum 4 weeks) in regional paediatrics at the
following sites: Chatham, St. Thomas, Sarnia and Stratford.
Psychiatry – 6 weeks
Coordinator: Melanie Vandenborre, VH B8-130
ugepsychiatry@lhsc.on.ca
‡ Adult Psychiatry (acute & chronic / inpatient & outpatient) – 2 @ 2 weeks
‡ London Selective – 2 weeks:
General Adult Psychiatry
Child Psychiatry – Inpatient, Outpatient
Chronic Psychiatric Care: Assertive Community Treatment
Consultation Liaison, Hospital
Developmental Disabilities
Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Psychosis Program (Acute)
Psychosis Program (Chronic)
Urgent Care Services
Or
Four weeks in a rural regional placement plus 2 weeks in a London Selective
Or
Six weeks in a regional placement (core rotation and selective at same site)
Rural Placements are available (4 or 6 wks) at the following sites: Chatham, St. Thomas, Sarnia,
and Stratford.
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Surgery – 12 weeks
Coordinator: Liz Radford, VH E2-619
‡ General Surgery – 4 weeks
‡ Anesthesia – 2 weeks
‡ Subspecialty Selectives – 3 @ 2 weeks each:
Cardiac Surgery
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Paediatric General Surgery
liz.radford@lhsc.on.ca
Paediatric Neurosurgery
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Radiology
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery
Selectives
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Subspecialty Selective choices in Surgery, Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Family Medicine and
Rural/Regional will be made after the determination of rotation order.
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Choices are made online via SingleSignOn under Clerkship  Selectives.
o Choices screen will be active beginning February 1, 2012 at 11:59 pm.
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Deadline for choosing selectives is February 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm and results will be
communicated by the clinical departments.
Rural Regional Program
During the clerkship year, all students will complete a minimum of four weeks of clinical training in a
small or mid-sized community in Ontario outside of London or Windsor. Students have the option of
completing up to 12 weeks in a community outside of these teaching centres.
Placements are available in:
 Family Medicine
 Obstetrics & Gynaecology
 Paediatrics
 Psychiatry
There are a limited number of clerkship placements available for each rotation in each community.
Priority for these placements will be given to students who have not yet met the curriculum
requirements. Requests will then be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. While we try
our best to accommodate students’ requests, some students may be required to complete additional
placements outside of London and Windsor, depending upon preceptor availability.
Selections will be made online via the Clerkship  Selectives section of SingleSignOn with a deadline of
February 21, 2012.
An information session will be held in early February to explain the rural regional choices. The session
will be noted in your one45 when the date and time are set.
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Schulich Regional Clerkship Program
New this year is the Regional Clerkship Program where up to six clerks will spend 30-36 weeks of their
clerkship year in the Chatham community depending up on the specialties chosen. These clerks will do
Medicine CTU and some specialty rotations in London.
 Chatham has long been a part of the SWOMEN rural program and is well suited for the new
clerkship program.
 Enrolment is limited to the first six applicants from the Meds 2014 class. If the cap is not
reached, the remainder will enter into the program by lottery.
 Participating clerks will pay for their own accommodation in Chatham but the cost of travel and
accommodation when they come to London for CTU and selectives will be covered by SWOMEN.
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Regional Clerkship Structure
o 12 weeks Medicine:
 6 weeks CTU – London
 2 weeks Emergency Medicine – Chatham
 4 weeks Selectives – Chatham or London
o 12 weeks Surgery:
 4 weeks General Surgery – Chatham
 2 weeks Anaesthesia – Chatham
 6 weeks Selectives – Chatham or London
o 6 weeks Paediatrics – Chatham
o 6 weeks ObsGyn – Chatham
o 6 weeks Family Medicine – Chatham and/or other rural
o 6 weeks Psychiatry – Chatham
Academic Half Days
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Seven Academic Half Days are scheduled within the clerkship year. The schedule will be
included in the Clinical Clerkship Handbook. Half Days take place on Thursday afternoons.
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Attendance is mandatory for London and Windsor students unless situated outside of these
centres on a rural rotation in a location where travelling back is prohibitive. These students
have the opportunity to participate through WIMBA, via WebCT.
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A detailed agenda will be sent out a week in advance.
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Portions of each session will be videoconferenced from London to Windsor. Sessions will also be
audio-recorded and posted to WebCT.
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PowerPoint slides from the sessions will also be posted to WebCT.
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Vacation Entitlement
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December: One week – seven consecutive days off to include either Christmas Day or New
Year’s Day. Normally, the weeks are December 24 to 30, 2012 or December 31, 2012 to January
6, 2013. The week off is the decision of the clinical department, although you may be asked for
your preference.
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March: Nine consecutive days off, normally the week of March 9-17, 2013 (5 weekdays plus the
weekend before and after). During the Internal Medicine rotation, the specific dates of the nine
days off will be confirmed by the Department of Medicine.
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August: One week following the completion of clerkship on August 23, 2013.
Note: If you are on a rural rotation during March Break, you may have to take a different week of
vacation or pay your own travel to and from the placement as there is no funding to cover travel for
vacations.
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Clerkship Lottery Web Page
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Clerkship Lottery
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We can appreciate that you would prefer to be matched to your first choice of rotation order.
Every attempt will be made to accommodate your choice; however, this may not be possible if
requests for a particular group exceed availability.
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There are eight possible choices of rotation order.
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The Undergraduate Medical Education office staff cannot alter the rotation order. If you have
extenuating circumstances, please contact Dr. Michael Rieder to discuss the matter before the
lottery runs.
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The Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry reserves the right to alter your clerkship
assignment at any time to accommodate circumstances within the teaching hospitals.
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You will be assigned to the hospitals by the clinical departments. The Undergraduate Medical
Education office cannot schedule you to a specific hospital.
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Clerkship Lottery registration is through SingleSignOn and opens at 11:59 pm on Sunday,
December 18, 2011.
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The Lottery will close at 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 15, 2012.
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Results of your rotation order should be available via SingleSignOn by Wed., February 1, 2012.
Lottery Process:
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Go to https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/sso after lottery opens (December 18, 2011 at 11:59 pm).
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Use your UWO email login and password.
o If you cannot remember your password, please use the “Forgot Password?” form on the
SSO login page to have it emailed to you.
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Select Clerkship  Clerkship Lottery.
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Rank your choices from 1 – 8. Please note that you may only rank choices as 1-8. You may not
place choice 1, for example, in more than one box. When you click on the Save button, the
system will display an error message if you have used the same ranking against more than one
group and will not allow you to submit your selections until this has been corrected.
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Choose “Chatham” if you would like to do your clerkship year in Chatham. If you are a London
student who wants to stay in London, choose “London”. If you are a Windsor student who wants
to stay in Windsor, choose “Windsor”. If you don’t have a preference, choose “Either London or
Chatham”.
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Click on Save button to save choices.
o You may go back into the clerkship lottery screen again if you change your mind but only
up until the online registration closing date (Jan 15, 2012 at 11:59 pm). However,
please do not wait until the last minute to make your selections.
An email documenting your selections will be sent to your Email-For-Life account.
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Important Dates for Clerkship – Meds 2014
December 2011
December 15; 3:30 pm
December 18; 11:59 pm
Introduction to Clerkship Session; M146; vc to Windsor
Clerkship Lottery Registration Opens in SSO
NOTE: New option for up to 6 clerks to go to Chatham
January 2012
January 12; 4:00 pm
January 15; 11:59 pm
Family Medicine Information Session
Clerkship Lottery Registration Closes
February 2012
February 1
February 1; 11:59 pm
February - To be announced
February 21; 11:59 pm
Rotation Results should be available
Selective Choices Opens in SSO
SWOMEN Rural Regional Choices Info Session
Selectives Choices Deadline
April/May 2012
Exact Dates TBA
Online Hospital Education Modules
N95 Mask Fit Testing Sessions (notified by email)
September 2012
September 4 – 7
September 10
Introduction to Clerkship Week
Clerkship Rotations Begin
August 2013
August 24; 6:00 pm
Clerkship Rotations End
Rotation Dates
Rotations
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Start Date
September 10, 2012
October 22, 2012
December 3, 2012
January 21, 2013
March 4, 2013
April 22, 2013
June 3, 2013
July 15, 2012
End Date
October 21, 2012
December 2, 2012
January 20, 2013
March 3, 2013
April 21, 2013
June 2, 2013
July 14, 2012
August 23, 2013 – 6 pm
# of Weeks
6
6
7 (incl 1 wk vacation)
6
7 (incl 1 wk vacation)
6
6
6
Christmas/New Years vacation weeks (seven consecutive days):
- normally, one of:
December 24 to 30, 2012 inclusive
December 31 to January 6, 2013 inclusive
March Break (nine consecutive days):
- normally: March 9 to 17, 2013 inclusive
- dependent upon sufficient hospital coverage – exact vacation week determined by the departments
Disclosure: Please note that information in this document is accurate as of the date printed but
could possibly be altered due to circumstances within the clinical departments or the university.
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