UTMB 3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship (outpatient portion)

Every third year medical student at UTMB is required to take the Internal Medicine Clerkship. The entire course is 12 weeks. The inpatient portion is eight weeks and the outpatient portion is four weeks (with a volunteer community teaching physician).

Community Teaching Physician Qualifications

MD or DO
Board certified in Internal Medicine (generalist or specialist)
Current license to practice in Texas
No disparaging marks on the Texas State Medical Board

If the student is placed with an IM specialist, please let UTMB know 3 weeks prior to the start of the Term. We will make sure to assign different IM specialties for the student's 2 months of inpatient service.

Community Teaching Physician commitment per student
4.5 days each week for 4 weeks

2012-2013 Academic Calendar

Term 1	Term 2
Term 1 schedules sent to AHEC: 05/21/2012	Term 2 schedules sent to AHEC: 08/13/2012
AHEC returns Term 1 schedules: 06/18/2012	AHEC returns Term 2 schedules: 09/10/2012
Period 01: 07/02/12 - 07/27/12	Period 04: 09/24/12 - 10/19/12
Period 02: 07/30/12 - 08/24/12	Period 05: 10/22/12 - 11/16/12
Period 03: 08/27/12 - 09/21/12	Period 06: 11/19/12 - 12/14/12
Term 3	Term 4
Term 3 schedules sent to AHEC: 12/03/2012	Term 4 schedules sent to AHEC: 02/25/2013
AHEC returns Term 3 schedules: 12/31/2012	AHEC returns Term 4 schedules: 03/25/2013
Period 07: 01/14/13 - 02/08/13	Period 10: 04/08/13 - 05/03/13
Period 08: 02/11/13 - 03/08/13	Period 11: 05/06/13 - 05/31/13
Period 09: 03/11/13 - 04/05/13	Period 12: 06/03/13 - 06/28/13

2013-2014 Academic Calendar

Term 1	Term 2
Term 1 schedules sent to AHEC: 05/20/2013	Term 2 schedules sent to AHEC: 08/12/2013
AHEC returns Term 1 schedules: 06/17/2013	AHEC returns Term 2 schedules: 09/09/2013
Period 01: 07/01/13 - 07/26/13	Period 04: 09/23/13 - 10/18/13
Period 02: 07/29/13 - 08/23/13	Period 05: 10/21/13 - 11/15/13
Period 03: 08/26/13 - 09/20/13	Period 06: 11/18/13 - 12/13/13
Term 3	Term 4
Term 3 schedules sent to AHEC: 12/02/2013	Term 4 schedules sent to AHEC: 02/24/2014
AHEC returns Term 3 schedules: 12/30/2013	AHEC returns Term 4 schedules: 03/24/2014
Period 07: 01/13/14 - 02/07/14	Period 10: 04/07/14 - 05/02/14
Period 08: 02/10/14 - 03/07/14	Period 11: 05/05/14 - 05/30/14
Period 09: 03/10/14 - 04/04/14	Period 12: 06/02/14 - 06/27/14

AHEC coordinators will receive blank schedules from UTMB six weeks prior to the beginning of each Term. The due date for all schedules is 2 weeks prior to the start of each Term. This gives the AHEC coordinators 4 weeks to locate a community teaching physician for each Term.

Course Links
UTMB Internal Medicine Clerkship syllabus
UTMB Internal Medicine website

Online Student Evaluation Instructions

This link will take you to instructions on how to log into the IM clerkship online student evaluation website.

Online Student Evaluation Website

This is a direct link to the online student evaluation website.

Student Evaluation Form (Paper Copy)
Completed student evaluations should be returned to the Galveston Clerkship Coordinator Antoinette Hickerson. Evaluations may be submitted via email or via fax to (409) 747-1901.

Course Contacts

Internal Medicine Clerkship Director (Galveston)	Karen Szauter, MD
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director (Galveston)	Bernard Karnath, MD
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director (Austin)	Sherine Salib, MD
Internal Medicine Clerkship Coordinator (Galveston)	Antoinette Hickerson
Internal Medicine Clerkship Coordinator (Austin)	Candice Russell
Ambulatory Month Coordinator (Galveston)	Brian Sullivan

If you are interested in teaching medical students for the UTMB 3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship, please contact Brian Sullivan.