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Graduation Requirements

Renaissance Curriculum

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 same semester as graduation.