students will be assigned clerkships that will require travel. The cost of possible temporary housing, meals and transportation is the responsibility of the student. All clerkship schedule decisions rest with the clinical coordinator. Once the final clerkship schedule is completed, student requests for changes will not be considered.
Cultural Issues The range of clinical experiences will include working with patients of varied racial, ethnic, economic, geographic, and cultural backgrounds. Students will be assigned to sites in various geographical areas or work with patient populations with which they may be unfamiliar. Providing care to all populations is a central part of the mission of our profession, and of the mission of our program. Students are expected to rotate to all sites to which they are assigned, regardless of their geography or patient population.
Student Initiated Clerkships At no time are students required to obtain their own clinical sites. Students occasionally wish to study in a clinical site that is not affiliated with the program. Students may initiate a clerkship if they are in good academic standing and adheres to the following protocol: Requests for clerkship sites outside of the University’s normal affiliation must meet all requirements as outlined by the clerkship description and affiliation agreement contract. The student will make the initial contact with the site to identify a potential preceptor. A minimum of three students per year is strongly recommended of all student-initiated clerkships. The student may participate in securing all necessary paperwork to execute an affiliation agreement. In hospital settings, this process can take several months. Therefore, the initial affiliation process must be initiated in the didactic year. All non-Hofstra rotations must be approved prior to the start of that rotation. The Program cannot guarantee the approval of student- initiated clerkships. The use of family members or personal acquaintances as preceptors is prohibited.
Registration for Clinical Courses: Students must register each semester for their clinical rotations. Since the clinical year does not follow the academic calendar, students must take responsibility for registering each semester. Students must register using the following schedule: Fall Semester Spring Semester: Summer I Summer III
Rotations 1-3 Rotations 4-6 Rotation 7 Rotation 8
Clerkships are considered courses. The codes for the clerkships are: Family Medicine PHA 250 Internal Medicine PHA 255 Ob/Gyn PHA 260 Surgery PHA 265 Emergency Med PHA 270 Pediatrics PHA 280 Psychiatry PHA 285 Elective PHA 290 9