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VCOM- Carolinas Campus Accepted Students’ Day Ronald Januchowski, D.O. Associate Dean for Medical Education Block Schedule • • • • B1 Foundations B2 Musculoskeletal B3 Neurology B4 Cardiopulmonary Aug - Oct 2014 Oct – Dec 2014 Jan – April 2015 Apr – Jun 2015 • • • • B5 Gastrointestinal Endocrine B6 Reproductive, Renal B7 Hematology, Dermatology B8 Comprehensive Review Aug – Oct 2016 Oct – Dec 2016 Jan – Apr 2016 Apr – Jun 2016 • “Break” at end of each block (unless remediating) • COMLEX Level 1 before starting 3rd year rotations Office of Medical Education & Instruction • Med Ed Specialist assigned to each class, and will follow your class through subsequent years • Responsible for all postings to Scholar: all lecture Powerpoints and other materials (e.g., syllabi) • Responsible for all exam grading • Site for turning in all SDL work • All lectures recorded to VCOM TV, but attendance is mandatory • Computer-based testing “Typical” Week at VCOM Another “Typical” Week at VCOM Weekly events • Testing • Laboratory – Microbiology – Primary Care / OMM – Anatomy Other highlights from Year 1 & 2 • • • • • Early Clinical Experiences Tutoring Professor office hours Mission trips Research opportunities Early Clinical Experiences • Every Friday starting at the end of Block 5 • Out of classroom experiences to advance clinical knowledge • Examples – ICU shadowing – EMT ride along – Pelvic model program Learning Opportunities • Free Tutoring – Peer – Professors • Small group learning (SGL) • Student directed learning (SDL) • Office Hours “Teacher” - Move from primary role as a dispenser of information to orchestrator of learning and helping students turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. “Learn how to learn” The 21st century requires knowledge generation, not just information delivery, and schools need to create a “culture of inquiry”. *********** VCOM Carolinas has a great mix of seasoned & junior faculty. I have no particular talent…I am merely inquisitive Clinical Rotations • 3rd Year Clinical Rotations are assigned and are four weeks each • Students request their preferred site locations and sites are assigned 3rd Year Core Rotations • • • • • • Family Medicine Internal Medicine I Internal Medicine II Surgery OB/GYN Pediatrics • • • • Underserved Care Geriatrics Psychiatry Diagnostics (on campus / digital training) 4th Year Selectives and Electives • • • • • • Emergency Medicine Medical Selectives (2 months) Surgical selectives (2 months) Electives (2 months-AOA approved site) Electives (2 months approved site) Research and Thesis (one month) North Carolina REGION Includes North Carolina –Gastonia and Charlotte region and South CAROLINA – South Charlotte region Gaston Memorial Springs Memorial Clinical training Sites UPSTATE REGION Wallace Thompson in Union Clinical training Sites UPSTATE REGION Laurens County Hospital Clinton, South Carolina Central Region Moncrief Army Hospital Eastern Region Eastern Region Pilot Auburn (Opeilika, Alabama) Special Considerations for Site Assignments o Special child care considerations o Children in school o Ill spouse or child requiring specialized care o Personal Illness/care that can only be obtained in a specific region o Married couples requesting to be together Logistics • Most sites do not provide housing for core students • Core regions will have all core rotations (except Diagnostics – back on campus) • VCOM-TV and internet based items • Core sites will have reference materials / books available Timeline OMS 1,2 • Match for rotations (January) • COMLEX 1 (must take) OMS 3 • Complete rotations • COMLEX 2 (must pass to graduate) OMS 4 • Elective rotations • ERAS • Match Timeline • GRADUATE! QUESTIONS?