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Introductory Clerkship

Course Director: Mai Mahmoud, MBBS
Clinical Curriculum Coordinator: Deema Al-Sheikhly, MRes
Senior Curriculum Assistant: Sohaila Cheema, MBBS

The goal of this clerkship is to provide students with the basic knowledge that is needed to enter the major clerkships with some degree of comfort.

By the end of the Introductory Clerkship, students should be able to:

1. Write and organize an admission note that would be suitable for a hospital chart
2. Write and organize a progress note that would be suitable for a hospital chart
3. Present a patient as one would on rounds in the hospital
4. Read and interpret electrocardiograms
5. Interpret abnormal laboratory values in a variety of clinical scenarios
6. Be credentialed in venipuncture
7. Understand basic intravenous fluid management
8. Understand the management of common clinical problems
9. Be comfortable in the hospital environment

The Introductory clerkship is a 3 week course taken at the beginning of the third year immediately prior to entering the clinical clerkships. The course is taught in lecture and small group format. There is an inpatient component to the course in which some mornings and afternoons are spent at Hamad General Hospital, where students will see hospitalized patients, write notes and present them to a preceptor/ tutor.

In the Introductory clerkship the student responsibilities include:

1. Attending and participating in all classes and small group sessions.
2. Attending and participating in all inpatient sessions.
3. Writing at least one admission note and one progress note.

Most of the course is taught in lecture format followed by small group case discussions. Students will also participate in small group tutorials with their inpatient preceptor.

Each student will be given a take home exam consisting of multiple-choice questions at the end of the course.

The course is graded on a pass-fail basis. There is no honors grade for this course.