Clinical Years

Ambulatory Care Clerkship

The Ambulatory Care Clerkship is a four-week experience in which students spend four days per week at an assigned clinical site taking care of several patients per day, and one day per week at the School of Medicine in small group learning sessions.

The clerkship is offered at Bellevue Hospital, Gouverneur Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYU Downtown Hospital and the Downtown Family Care Center, NYU Health Center (at Washington Square), North Shore University Hospital, and the VA Medical Center New York . The objective of the clerkship is to develop expertise in the following competencies: diagnostic decision making, case presentation, history and physical examination, communication and relationships with patients and colleagues, test interpretation, therapeutic decision making, prevention, bioethics of care, self-directed learning, and coordination of care and teamwork.