HANDBOOK OF COURSES FOR FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS 2007-2008
Table of Contents
Section One: Clinical Years
	The Clinical Years
	Course Numbering
	Weeks of Instruction & Graduation Requirements
		UCLA & UCR/UCLA Students
		Drew/UCLA Students
		Registration Fees
		The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
		Health Clearance
		Clinical Performance Examination (CPX)
		United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE)
		Pagers
		PDA’s
		E-mail
		Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Graduation Questionnaire (GQ)
		Elective Clerkships
		Fourth Year Colleges
	Clinical Policies
		Learning Objectives
		Student Responsibilities
	Grading/Evaluations
		Pass/Fail Policy
		Retaking an Exam
		Remediation of Coursework
		Incompletes
		Letters of Distinction
		Feedback to Students
		Medical Student Performance Evaluations
		Student Evaluations of Clerkships and Faculty
		Professionalism
		Medical Student Summative Evaluation (Sample)
		Viewing Your Medical Student Performance Evaluations
		Collecting Medical Student Performance Evaluations
	Absences and Leaves
		Absences
		Types of Leaves of Absences
		Procedure for Requesting a Leave of Absence/Reinstatement
	Internship/ Residency Application Process (Timeline)
	Major Affiliated Hospitals (Map)
		Directions to the Affiliated Hospitals
		Hospital Abbreviations
	Class of 2008 Calendar
Section Two: UCLA Required Clerkships
	Calendar of Weeks
	UCLA Required Clerkship Listing (Chart of Starting Dates)
	Clerkship & College Contact Information
	Course Descriptions:
		Clinical Foundations
		Doctoring 3
		Longitudinal Preceptorship
		Longitudinal Radiology
		Inpatient Internal Medicine
		Surgery
		Obstetrics and Gynecology
		Pediatrics
		Psychiatry/Neurology
		Ambulatory Internal Medicine
		Family Medicine
Section Three: Drew/UCLA Required Clerkships
	Calendar of Weeks
	Drew/UCLA Required Clerkship Listing (Chart of Starting Dates)
	Clerkship & College Contact Information
	Course Descriptions:
		Clinical Foundations
		Longitudinal Primary Care
		Longitudinal Radiology
		Surgery
		Obstetrics and Gynecology
		Pediatrics
		Psychiatry/Neurology
		Inpatient Internal Medicine
		Family Medicine
		Ambulatory Internal Medicine
Section Four: ESS Clerkship Scheduling Process
	ESS Passwords
	How ESS Schedules Your Clerkships
	Entering your Clerkship Scheduling Request
	Elective Drop/Add Procedures
Section Five: Elective Clerkships
	Summary of Course Changes for 2006-2007
	Index By Department
	Index of Electives Without Prerequisites
	Index By Duration
	Elective Drop/Add Procedures
	Elective Course Descriptions
		Anesthesiology
		Emergency Medicine
		Family Medicine
		Multi-Disciplinary
		Medicine (ME205.01-ME260.03)
		Medicine (ME260.04-ME470.04)
		Medical Informatics
		Neurology
		Obstetrics/Gynecology
		Ophthalmology
		Orthopaedic Surgery
		Pathology
		Pediatrics
		Psychiatry
		Radiology
		Surgery
		Urology
	Electives Addendum