VCOM- Carolinas Campus Accepted Students’ Day

1. VCOM- Carolinas CampusAccepted Students’ Day Ronald Januchowski, D.O. Associate Dean for Medical Education

2. Block Schedule • B1 Foundations Aug - Oct 2014 • B2 Musculoskeletal Oct – Dec 2014 • B3 Neurology Jan – April 2015 • B4 Cardiopulmonary Apr – Jun 2015 • B5 Gastrointestinal Endocrine Aug – Oct 2016 • B6 Reproductive, Renal Oct – Dec 2016 • B7 Hematology, Dermatology Jan – Apr 2016 • B8 Comprehensive Review Apr – Jun 2016 • “Break” at end of each block (unless remediating) • COMLEX Level 1 before starting 3rd year rotations

3. Office of Medical Education & Instruction • Med Ed Specialist assigned to each class, and will follow your class through subsequent years • Responsible for allpostings to Scholar:all lecture Powerpoints and other materials (e.g., syllabi) • Responsible for allexam grading • Site for turning in all SDL work • All lectures recorded to VCOM TV, but attendance is mandatory • Computer-based testing

4. “Typical” Week at VCOM

5. Another “Typical” Week at VCOM

6. Weekly events • Testing • Laboratory • Microbiology • Primary Care / OMM • Anatomy

7. Other highlights from Year 1 & 2 • Early Clinical Experiences • Tutoring • Professor office hours • Mission trips • Research opportunities

8. Early Clinical Experiences • Every Friday starting at the end of Block 5 • Out of classroom experiences to advance clinical knowledge • Examples • ICU shadowing • EMT ride along • Pelvic model program

9. Learning Opportunities • Free Tutoring • Peer • Professors • Small group learning (SGL) • Student directed learning (SDL) • Office Hours

10. “Teacher”- Move from primary role as a dispenser of information to orchestrator of learning and helping students turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom. “Learn how to learn” The 21st century requires knowledge generation, not just information delivery, and schools need to create a “culture of inquiry”. *********** VCOM Carolinas has a great mix of seasoned & junior faculty. I have no particular talent…I am merely inquisitive

13. Clinical Rotations • 3rd Year Clinical Rotations are assigned and are four weeks each • Students request their preferred site locations and sites are assigned

14. 3rd Year Core Rotations • Family Medicine • Internal Medicine I • Internal Medicine II • Surgery • OB/GYN • Pediatrics • Underserved Care • Geriatrics • Psychiatry • Diagnostics (on campus / digital training)

15. 4th Year Selectives and Electives • Emergency Medicine • Medical Selectives (2 months) • Surgical selectives (2 months) • Electives (2 months-AOA approved site) • Electives (2 months approved site) • Research and Thesis (one month)

17. North Carolina REGIONIncludes North Carolina –Gastonia and Charlotte region and South CAROLINA – South Charlotte region Gaston Memorial Springs Memorial

18. Clinical training SitesUPSTATE REGION Wallace Thompson in Union

19. Clinical training Sites UPSTATE REGION Laurens County Hospital Clinton, South Carolina

20. Central Region Moncrief Army Hospital

22. Eastern RegionEastern Region Pilot Auburn (Opeilika, Alabama)

23. Special Considerations for Site Assignments • Special child care considerations • Children in school • Ill spouse or child requiring specialized care • Personal Illness/care that can only be obtained in a specific region • Married couples requesting to be together

24. Logistics • Most sites do not provide housing for core students • Core regions will have all core rotations (except Diagnostics – back on campus) • VCOM-TV and internet based items • Core sites will have reference materials / books available

25. Timeline

26. Timeline • GRADUATE!

27. QUESTIONS?