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The core
clerkships in medicine,surgery,pediatrics,
family medicine, obstetrics/ gynecology
and psychiatry are the basic areas of medical
practice about which all physicians need
to be knowledgeable.They are included in
the curriculum of every medical school.
Participation in these clerkships also provides
students with an under-standing of the various
specialisations in medicine.
The 24 additional weeks
are spent in elective clerkships;these must
include eight additional weeks of Medicine,which
may be spent in general medicine or in medical
subspecialities, and four additional weeks
of surgery,which may be spent in general
surgery or in surgical subspecialities.Clerkships
are currently being arranged at St.Elizabeth
Hospital on Curacao, in the UK,US,South
Africa and Canada.
Placement
of students into various hospital clerkships
is done by the Office of the Dean of Clinical
Sciences.Under no circumstances is a student
permitted to enter a clerkship without the
written consent of that office.
After
they have met all the requirements (academic,financial,and
administrative),students will be permitted
to begin clinical clerkships.Students who
have completed the Basic Sciences Curriculum,and
who have submitted passing scores for the
USMLE Step 1,will be placed in the earliest
available clerkship.
As soon
as students receive their USMLE Step 1 grades,they
must forward them to the St.Martinus
University, P.O.Box 2050,Brionplein 1,Otrobanda,
Curacao, Netherlands, Antilles .The
office of the registrar subsequently clears
the student to the Clinical Department which
allows the student to begin the placement
process.
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