Requirements for Graduation per Class

Requirements must be completed before ONE week prior to graduation

CORE CLINICAL PHASE REQUIREMENTS:

• Pass all third-year clerkships (9), including shelf examinations
• Pass ONE 2-week elective (added to the Pediatric Clerkship)
• Pass TWO sub-internships*
• Pass FIVE electives*
  • No more than TWO Pre-clerkship elective equivalents may be counted toward the total elective count
  • Two electives must be on campus (i.e. in our electives catalog)
    • Pre-clerkship electives are considered "on campus"
• Pass ONE PoM4: Transition to Residency (4 weeks)
• Complete an FRCT Scholarly Project
• Pass OSCE
• Take USMLE Step 2, Clinical Knowledge examination
• Complete an Exit Interview with Financial Aid

*Additional Requirements: Note: these are NOT in addition to the above, but fulfill an above elective or sub-internship requirement.

Ambulatory Requirement^: one (4-week) of the five above required electives or one (4-week) of the two above required sub-internships must be an Ambulatory rotation (as designated via the "Ambulatory" tab in the course catalog); in addition to the expectations of the elective, students will have designated curricular material to satisfy the ambulatory requirement; this requirement cannot be fulfilled with a pre-clerkship elective.

Internal Medicine Requirement^: one (4-week) of the five above required electives or one (4-week) of the two above required sub-internships must be in Internal Medicine (as designated via the "Internal Medicine" tab in the course catalog); cannot be fulfilled with a pre-clerkship elective.

^The same rotation cannot fulfill both the Ambulatory and Internal Medicine Requirement.

★ At least one clinical rotation (as designated via the "Clinical" tab in the course catalog) must be done in the second half of the 4th year.

Must be completed ONE week prior to graduation

• Pass all third-year clerkships, including shelf examinations
• Pass two sub-internships
• Pass one Ambulatory rotation
• Pass six electives
  • No more than TWO Pre-clerkship elective equivalents may be counted toward the total elective count
  • Two electives must be on campus (i.e. in our electives catalogue)
    • Pre-clerkship electives are considered “on campus”
• Pass OSCE
• Take USMLE Step 2: Clinical Knowledge 
• Complete Exit Interview with Financial Aid

      ★At least one clinical rotation must be done in the second half of the 4th year (as designated via the "Clinical" tab in the course catalog)

      ★IM requirement: one elective or one sub-internship must be in Internal Medicine

                 *Designation of the IM requirement will be noted in the course catalog (or equivalent)