SCHOOL OF 2012-2013 - St. George's University

Four-Year Medical Program Objective Outcomes (continued)
School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
n. Continually reevaluate management plans based on
the progress of the patient’s condition and appraisal
of current scientific evidence and medical information.
3. Professional Behavior
a. Establish rapport and exhibit compassion for patients
and families and respect their privacy, dignity and
confidentiality.
b. Demonstrate honesty, respect and integrity
in interacting with patients and their families,
colleagues, faculty and other members of the health
care team.
c. Be responsible in tasks dealing with patient
care, faculty and colleagues including healthcare
documentation.
d. Demonstrate sensitivity to issues related to culture,
race, age including those related to geriatrics and
end of life, gender, religion, sexual orientation and
disability in the delivery of health care.
e. Demonstrate a commitment to high professional and
ethical standards.
f. React appropriately to difficult situations involving
conflicts, nonadherence and ethical dilemmas.
g. Demonstrate a commitment to independent and
life long learning including evaluating research in
healthcare.
h. Demonstrate the willingness to be an effective team
member and team leader in the deliver of health care.
i. Recognize one’s own limitations in knowledge, skills
and attitudes and the need for asking for additional
consultation.
j. Participate in activities to improve the quality of
medical education, including evaluations of courses
and clerkships.
conduct themselves in the professional role of physician
and are judged on their ability to take responsibility, relate
to and work harmoniously with professional colleagues,
exhibit maturity in conduct on the wards, and demonstrate
the disposition of a mature and qualified physician.
Curriculum
The third year of the four-year medical program consists
of 42 weeks of core rotations. These are structured
experiences required of all students, regardless of
where they train. The core rotations consist of 12 weeks
of Medicine; 12 weeks of Surgery; and 6 weeks each of
Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics/Gynecology. These
core rotations traditionally form the educational foundation
for all medical students regardless of future specialty.
In addition to the core rotations, all students must
complete six weeks of Family Medicine, a four-week
Medicine subinternship, a four-week Medicine elective,
a four-week Pediatric sub-internship or elective, and 20
weeks of additional electives in order to graduate.
Family Medicine: (six weeks) This mandatory rotation can
be done out of network at any hospital with an approved
ACGME residency in Family Medicine. The Family Medicine
rotation focuses on learning aspects of acute medical
problems commonly seen in outpatient settings, such as
respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, psychiatric, and
genitorurinary illnesses, as well as hypertension, diabetes,
pain management, and common mild musculoskeletal
injuries. Subsets of patients seen in this setting include the
clinically healthy, the socioeconomically disadvantaged, the
elderly, high medical utilizers, immigrants, and those with
chronic or terminal diseases.
A sub-internship in Medicine continues the educational
goals and objectives of the core rotation, but at a
higher level of responsibility. Sub-interns share patient
responsibility and participate in regularly scheduled night
and weekend calls. Sub-Interns follow a limited number of
patients very closely throughout the diagnostic workup and
management. In this way, sub-internships prepare students
for internships and first postgraduate years. A four-week
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