clerkship handbook - University of Hawaii – Department of Medicine

any area(s), the Site Coordinator should immediately notify the Clerkship
Director who may further discuss the student’s performance and possible
remediation with the Department of Medicine Student Education Committee.
(See Student Evaluation Form and Honors/AOA Evaluation Form)
i. Serving as a member of the Department of Medicine Student Education
Committee (SEC). The Site Coordinator attends the committee’s monthly
meetings to act as a spokesperson for the students assigned to his/her site,
reporting on students’ performance and progress and recommending
commendation and remediation when appropriate. In addition, SEC members
participate in the oversight, development and implementation of all of the
Department of Medicine’s 3 rd and 4 th year clinical rotations.
j. Monitoring students’ work hours, dedicated study time, days off and
absences. (See Work Hours, Dedicated Study Time and Days Off section.)
k. Serving as mediator in the event students encounter problems at their
assigned site. Problems may include clerkship requirements, clerkship
performance, absences, mistreatment, harassment and abuse. The Site
Coordinator should refer significant problems to the Clerkship Director and/or the
Department of Medicine Student Education Committee.
3. Additional responsibilities of Hospital Site Coordinators include, but are not
limited to:
a. Assisting in Team Assignments - the Hospital Site Coordinator will assist
the Chief Medical Resident with the assignment of students to medical
teams.
b. Leading PBL Tutorial. This should occur on average once a week
throughout the clerkship and each session should last on average 2 – 3
hours. (See PBL Tutorial description.)
c. Insuring that Bedside Clinical Skills occur 1 – 2 times each week and
Chief Medical Resident Rounds occur 1 time each week and monitoring
students’ attendance at these as well as at other hospital conferences
and rounds deemed to be of educational value by the Hospital Site
Coordinator.
The Ambulatory Attending’s Role
1. Introduction:
The ambulatory attending, or preceptor, is a critical element for student learning in
Internal Medicine as it is practiced in the ambulatory milieu. Although sometimes
lacking the drama of inpatient medicine, the outpatient setting offers special skills sets
in learning and teaching critical thinking, decision making, clinical skills and judgment,
and patient-physician communication in Internal Medicine
2. Responsibilities:
a) The ambulatory attending/preceptor will serve as a role model for excellence
in ambulatory primary internal medical practice, to include thoughtful, evidence-
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