ACADEMIC YEARS 3 & 4 is GCCR – GRADUATE CLINICAL CORE ROTATION period.
The Clinical Years – Year 3 and 4 of academic years comprises a total of:
These rotations are assigned by the Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs.
In the Years 3 and 4, while doing clinical rotations; students will also attend scheduled didactic sessions at assigned hospitals.
CLINICAL ROTATIONS / CLERKSHIPS / PRECEPTORSHIP
During these YEAR 3 AND 4 students will be required to successfully complete the entire clerkships or preceptorship.
Each of the clerkship is for a period of four weeks and is defined as one clinical rotation. Thus, in total it is 82 weeks
Clinical training is directed toward the field of medicine that are important in clinical practice, for a total of 240 credit hours.
CORE ROTATIONS
YEAR 3 – CLINICAL TRAINING (126 Credit hours)
Year III | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours | |
Internal Medicine | 12 Weeks | 12 | 36 | |
General Surgery | 12 Weeks | 12 | 36 | |
Paediatrics (Adolescent) Medicine | 06 Weeks | 06 | 18 | |
Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 08 Weeks | 06 | 18 | |
Psychiatry | 04 Weeks | 06 | 18 | |
TOTAL Year 3 | 42 Weeks | 42 | 126 |
ELECTIVES & SUBINTERNSHIPS
YEAR 4 – CLINICAL TRAINING (114 Credit hours)
Year IV | Duration (Weeks) | Credits | Credit Hours | |
Family Medicine | 04 Weeks | 04 | 12 | |
Additional Electives | 36 Weeks | 34 | 112 | |
TOTAL Year 4 | 40 Weeks | 38 | 114 |
GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK
BIMS SOM-HP recognises the importance of integrating the Global Health Track programme as a comprehensive, four-year longitudinal track into its curriculum.
GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK (Basic Sciences Component)
6. The Global Health Track is a Nine (9) Week course, contained within the 2-year PRECLINICAL SCIENCES as:
Four x 2-week blocks (spread before the completion of all the Semesters in Year 1 and 2),
One x 1-week block before the Basic-Science-Integration course and longitudinal coursework during YEARS 1 through 4.
Stringent regulation:
NB:
GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK (CLINICAL SCIENCES component)
This is conducted at BIMS SOM-HP clinical sites in the USA and other BIMS affiliated clinical sites in Jamaica and other associated overseas territories.
At the completion of the program, a student should be able to:
NB:
Upon completion of the Global Health Track (GHT), completion of requirements of the GCCR – Graduate Clinical Core Rotation Certificate Program and all requirements for graduation from BIMS SOM-HP (including but not limited to passing all in-house and external exams and passing all required courses and clerkships) the student will receive the MD degree and the Global Health Certificate from BIMS SOM-HP as well as the certificate of completion of the Graduate Clinical Core Rotation Certificate Program from our clinical sites.
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