Course Offerings in the Fourth Year of Medical School: How U.S. Medical Schools Are Preparing Students for Internship

D Michael Elnicki1, Susan Gallagher, Laura Willett

  • 1D.M. Elnicki is professor and director, Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.S. Gallagher is clerkship director and associate professor, Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York.L. Willett is professor and associate program and subinternship director, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, New Jersey.G. Kane is interim chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.M. Muntz is clerkship director and associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.D. Henry is clerkship director, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.M. Cannarozzi is associate professor and clerkship director, Department of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Health Sciences, Orlando, Florida.E. Stewart is associate program director, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.H. Harrell is clerkship director, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.M. Aiyer is associate dean for academic affairs, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois.C. Salvit is director of medical student education, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.S. Chudgar is director, Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.R. Vu is associate clerkship director, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

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