3rd Year Family Medicine Clerkship - Ambulatory Site Preferences

Due Date:  April 26, 2013
Contact for assistance:  Layne Dearman
Every 3rd Year Family Medicine Clerkship student must fill out ambulatory site preferences.

3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship - Inpatient Site and Specialty Preferences
Due Date:  April 26, 2013
Contact for assistance:  Antoinette Hickerson
Fill out your IM Clerkship rotation preferences before filling out your IM ambulatory site preferences.  If you choose to do one block of primary care over another month of inpatient service, then you will need to go to the next link and fill out your IM ambulatory site preferences.

3rd Year Internal Medicine Clerkship - Ambulatory Site Preferences
Due Date:  April 26, 2013
Contact for assistance:  Brian Sullivan
If you chose to do a block of primary care over another month of inpatient service during the 3rd Year IM Clerkship, please use this link to tell us where you have available housing across the state and/or where you would like to work with a community teaching physician for four weeks of this clerkship.  Be as accurate as you can when using the drop down boxes.  If you don't see the exact city listed in the drop down boxes, tell us in your own words where you have available housing in the state of Texas using the text box at the bottom of the online form.

3rd Year Pediatric Clerkship - Ambulatory Site Preferences
Due Date:  April 26, 2013
Contact for assistance:  Brian Sullivan
Every 3rd Year Pediatric Clerkship student will work with a Pediatrician out in the community for 3 weeks of this 8 week course.  Use this link to tell us where you have available housing around the state of Texas.

4th Year Ambulatory Community Selective (ACS) - Ambulatory Site Preferences
Due Date:  April 26, 2013, but may edit until 60 days prior to start date of the course
Contact for assistance:  Sommer Madrigal
Every 4th year student is required to fill out ACS site preferences.  Tell us where you have available housing in Texas and/or where you would like to work with a community teaching physician for 4 weeks.

What is the deadline to have my site preferences submitted online?
MSIII and MSIV students must have their site preferences submitted online by April 26, 2013.

MSIV students - Your ACS site preferences are due by April 26, but you may edit or change these site preferences up to 60 days prior to the start of the course.

What happens if I miss these deadlines?

We will place you somewhere in the state where we have housing and a community teaching physician.  Even if you fill out site preferences, we cannot guarantee you will get your preferred sites.  This website gives us a good idea, however, where you have housing and where you would like to do your rotation.

What is meant by commutable vs. non-commutable?

Commutable means that you prefer to be placed within 50 miles of where you are based.  Non-commutable means that you would like to leave the area where you are based and do the outpatient portion of your rotation in another part of the state.

What is a Student-Created site?

A student created site means that the medical student finds their own community teaching physician and does so in an area where they also have housing.  Students may not work with physicians who are relatives, but students are allowed to find their own community teaching physicians.  If you want to ask a physician that you know to be your preceptor, they must be board certified in the same discipline as the course they are expected to teach.  For example, the 3rd year Pediatric Clerkship must be taught by a physician that is a board certified generalist in Pediatrics.  If you decide to create your own site, please contact the course coordinator for the necessary forms.

Why do I have to give a reason for staying commutable to where I am based?

Most students will choose their preferences in this order:  Galveston, Houston and Austin.  It is impossible for us to place everyone in these three locations.  Therefore, we ask you to justify the reason we should keep you commutable to the Galveston area.  If you choose these three cities as your top three choices, please give us a 4th and 5th option.  There is a chance that we will have to send you to your 4th or 5th option.

What if I do not see the city listed where I would like to do this rotation?

Use the text box at the bottom of the form to tell us specifics about your site request.  Remember to provide as much information as possible, including the zip codes where you have housing in major metro areas like Dallas and Houston.

For example, if you actually want to be in Arlington for your outpatient rotation, select Dallas at the top of the form and then tell us Arlington in the text box at the bottom of the form.  Include the Arlington zip code where you have housing.