Major Clinical Groups & Sections

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The class is divided into five major groups of approximately 30 students each. These determine the sequence in which third year rotations are done, that is:

Group 1

Pediatrics (5 weeks)/Subspecialties II (Urology 2 weeks, Orthopedics 2 weeks, Vacation 1 week)
Medicine (5 weeks Presbyterian, 5 weeks affiliated hospital)
Primary Care (5 weeks)/Neurology (5 weeks)
Surgery (5 weeks)/Subspecialties I (one week of each of the following: Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Anesthesiology)
Ob/Gyn (5 weeks)/Psychiatry (5 weeks)

Group 2

Medicine
Primary Care/Neurology
Surgery/Subspecialties I
Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
Pediatrics/Subspecialties II

Group 3

Primary Care/Neurology
Surgery/Subspecialties I
Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
Medicine

Group 4

Surgery/Subspecialties I
Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
Medicine
Primary Care/Neurology

Group 5

Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
Medicine
Primary Care/Neurology
Surgery/Subspecialties I

Each of the five Major groups is divided into two sections, A and B, of approximately 15 students each. The section A or B determines which subgroup within each quintile is done first and which second, that is:

Section A Always Does:

Medicine/Presbyterian first,
then Medicine away
Pediatrics, then Subspecialties II
Primary Care then Neurology
Surgery then Subspecialties I
Ob/Gyn then Psychiatry

Section B Always Does:

Medicine away then Presbyterian
Subspecialties II then Pediatrics
Neurology then Primary Care
Subspecialties I then Surgery
Psychiatry then Ob/Gyn