clerkship handbook - University of Hawaii – Department of Medicine

The Chief Medical Resident’s Role
1. Introduction:
The Chief Medical Resident (CMR) serves as a key faculty resource for the medical
student on the inpatient service. As supervisor for the medical teams and their
students, the CMR helps insure a good experience for the students.
2. Responsibilities:
a. The CMR will supervise and assist the Upper Level Resident in the
inpatient instruction of medical students. They are responsible for insuring
that students are instructed in, but not limited to, the following:
o Case presentations
o Interpretation of basic EKGs
o Interpretation of common imaging, including chest and abdominal x-
rays and CT, head CT and MRI
o Physiology and management of fluids and electrolytes
o Interpretation of arterial blood gases
o Basic physiology and management of shock
o Basic understanding and management of ventilators (at KMC)
b. The CMR will observe and evaluate student’s Observed History and
Physical during the student’s first two weeks of inpatient medicine, as
previously described.
c. The CMR will lead weekly Chief Rounds with the students as
previously described
d. The CMR will regularly discuss each student’s clinical performance
with the Hospital Site Coordinator.
The Site Coordinator’s Role
1. Introduction:
As a community-based clerkship, the Third-Year Clerkship in Internal Medicine
utilizes several clinical sites for medical student instruction. A major role of the
Site Coordinator is to provide students at his/her site with the best possible
educational experience and to insure that that learning experience is equivalent
to the educational experience provided at the other sites utilized by the
clerkship.
The Site Coordinator is selected for his/her knowledge and experience at the site and
the ability to work well with physicians, staff and administrators at the site, as well as
the ability to work well with medical students. The Site Coordinator may be inpatient
(Hospital Site Coordinator) or ambulatory (Ambulatory Site Coordinator).
2. Responsibilities of Hospital Site Coordinators and Ambulatory Site
Coordinators include, but are not limited to:
a. Selecting qualified faculty to provide a good learning experience for the
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