Core Clerkships
Family Medicine (Six Weeks)
The Aultman Clerkship in Family Medicine is designed to enable students to establish competencies in the family physician's approach to the practice of medicine. The approach emphasizes the provision of medical care for a broad spectrum of patients in an ambulatory setting. This training in family medicine will provide students the opportunity to strengthen basic skills which are essential in any specialty of clinical medicine. These skills include interviewing, history-taking, physical examination, and physical diagnosis. In addition, students will learn to assess the social and psychological context of illness and the therapeutic role of the family physician in that context. At Aultman, we will do everything possible to make this an enjoyable and productive learning experience. We want you to grow and learn in a supportive, nurturing environment.
Clerkship Director: Robert Brophy, M.D.
Internal Medicine (Nine Weeks)
The goal of the Internal Medicine M3 core clerkship at Aultman Hospital and Mercy Hospital is to enable the students to find and experience the physician within. With our uniquely designed Talking Medicine and one-on-one sessions with our clerkship director, it is learner-centered while synchronizing with the core clerkship requirements of NEOMED. While you are here, we provide you with a variety of clinical hospital and ambulatory venues and also expose you to experiences in subspeciality and ICU rotations. Our approach is to help you understand and practice the six core compentencies and align them with your principles in a whole person paradigm. Using the "core to apple" model, we strive to provide an optimal learning environment. We welcome you to experience the joy and service in the life of a physician during your journey in our clerkship.
Clerkship Director: Kevin Frey, M.D.
OB/Gyn (Six Weeks)
As a medical student in the Aultman Ob/Gyn Clerkship, you will rotate through Labor & Delivery, Clinic, and Gynecology operating rooms. Our patients will allow you the privilege of sharing in some of the most intimate aspects of their lives, such as the birth of a child, the vulnerability of undergoing surgery, and pelvic examinations to name a few. You will be exposed to extensive and unique experiences and will hopefully gain new insight into the exciting and challenging specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Clerkship Director: Jason Hoppe, D.O.
Surgery (Nine Weeks)
The Surgery Clerkship will provide the M3 student with one-on-one preceptor experience. The student will be exposed to patients through office time and surgery. Students are scheduled a minimum of five weeks of general surgery experience with two weeks of two chosen electives which include anesthesia, orthopedics, urology, cardiovascular, thoracic, vascular and ENT. The student will have scheduled didactics with the clerkship director and other faculty attendings. Students will have trauma experience during night call in the Emergency Department The student will receive outstanding first-hand surgical experience opportunities with our faculty.
Clerkship Director: Joseph Saadey, M.D.
Family Medicine (Six Weeks)
The Aultman Clerkship in Family Medicine is designed to enable students to establish competencies in the family physician's approach to the practice of medicine. The approach emphasizes the provision of medical care for a broad spectrum of patients in an ambulatory setting. This training in family medicine will provide students the opportunity to strengthen basic skills which are essential in any specialty of clinical medicine. These skills include interviewing, history-taking, physical examination, and physical diagnosis. In addition, students will learn to assess the social and psychological context of illness and the therapeutic role of the family physician in that context. At Aultman, we will do everything possible to make this an enjoyable and productive learning experience. We want you to grow and learn in a supportive, nurturing environment.
Clerkship Director: Robert Brophy, M.D.
Internal Medicine (Nine Weeks)
The goal of the Internal Medicine M3 core clerkship at Aultman Hospital and Mercy Hospital is to enable the students to find and experience the physician within. With our uniquely designed Talking Medicine and one-on-one sessions with our clerkship director, it is learner-centered while synchronizing with the core clerkship requirements of NEOMED. While you are here, we provide you with a variety of clinical hospital and ambulatory venues and also expose you to experiences in subspeciality and ICU rotations. Our approach is to help you understand and practice the six core compentencies and align them with your principles in a whole person paradigm. Using the "core to apple" model, we strive to provide an optimal learning environment. We welcome you to experience the joy and service in the life of a physician during your journey in our clerkship.
Clerkship Director: Kevin Frey, M.D.
OB/Gyn (Six Weeks)
As a medical student in the Aultman Ob/Gyn Clerkship, you will rotate through Labor & Delivery, Clinic, and Gynecology operating rooms. Our patients will allow you the privilege of sharing in some of the most intimate aspects of their lives, such as the birth of a child, the vulnerability of undergoing surgery, and pelvic examinations to name a few. You will be exposed to extensive and unique experiences and will hopefully gain new insight into the exciting and challenging specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Clerkship Director: Jason Hoppe, D.O.
Surgery (Nine Weeks)
The Surgery Clerkship will provide the M3 student with one-on-one preceptor experience. The student will be exposed to patients through office time and surgery. Students are scheduled a minimum of five weeks of general surgery experience with two weeks of two chosen electives which include anesthesia, orthopedics, urology, cardiovascular, thoracic, vascular and ENT. The student will have scheduled didactics with the clerkship director and other faculty attendings. Students will have trauma experience during night call in the Emergency Department The student will receive outstanding first-hand surgical experience opportunities with our faculty.
Clerkship Director: Joseph Saadey, M.D.