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Annual Report

University of Missouri- Columbia

clerkship

specialty clinics to gain a broader understanding of the field of
medicine in the outpatient setting.
In addition to their clinical experiences, clerkship students engage
in high fidelity simulations in the Sheldon Clinical Simulation
Center to further develop their clinical decision making skills.
Interprofessional faculty and staff also facilitate small group
discussions on ethical dilemmas in health care and patient safety.
We continue to partner with the Sinclair of School of Nursing to

Carla Dyer, MD

William Roland, MD

Clerkship Director

Co-Clerkship Director

offer medical and nursing students an opportunity to work together
to educate their patients about reducing the risk of falls in the
hospital setting, while learning general principles about patient
safety and quality improvement. This collaboration began through

Our Medicine faculty continue to be actively involved in Medical

a Retooling for Quality and Safety grant from the Josiah Macy

Student Education throughout the curriculum. Many faculty serve

Foundation and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement which

as Block Directors and small group facilitators during the first two

ended in 2011.

years. Fifty-two faculty, fellows, and residents partner with second
year medical students to teach second year medical students
interview and physical exam skills through the Advanced Physical
Diagnosis course, led by Dr. William Salzer, Division of Infectious
Disease.
Each year, select second year medical students participate in
the American College of Physicians Summer Externship Program
and spend four weeks learning more about a career in Medicine.
Students are paired with faculty and community preceptors across
the state in a wide variety of general medicine and specialty
clinical settings. During the summer of 2012, 18 students
participated and 8 students participated in 2013.
Third year medical students continue to rotate through the
Department of Medicine for eight weeks. They join faculty and
residents on the general inpatient medicine services at the
University Hospital and the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’
Hospital to learn the fundamentals of internal medicine. In
addition, they rotate through general internal medicine and

The department continues to partner with five sites around the
state through the Area Health Education Centers to offer our
students Rural Track opportunities in medicine. Twelve students
completed their medicine clerkships with internists in Lebanon,
Maryville and St. Joseph in 2011-2013, with Sikeston, West Plains,
and Joplin as other available sites.
MU School of Medicine students continue to exceed expectations
on their national board examinations, consistently scoring above
the national average on the medicine end-of-block exam, as well as
their Step 1 and Step 2 USMLE Board Examinations.
In 2013, 12 students, entered residency programs in medicine
and 6 students began training in Medicine-Pediatrics residency
programs. Overall 19% of the graduating class entered training in
medicine and medicine-pediatrics and 33% of those students are
training in University of Missouri Health System Programs.