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# Clerkship Key Dates

## <mark style="color:blue;">**Psychiatry**</mark>

<mark style="color:$success;">**FlexTime**</mark>**:** 3rd Thursday Off- Starts at 1pm

**Assessments:**

<mark style="color:orange;">**Direct Observation:**</mark> 3rd Week of the Clerkship PM

<mark style="color:purple;">**Shelf Exam (AM):**</mark> 6<sup>th</sup> Friday of the Clerkship — administered on the **final Friday of the clerkship**

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="96" align="center"></th><th width="109.60000610351562"></th><th width="113.60000610351562"></th><th width="167.19998168945312" align="center"></th><th width="132.79998779296875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center"><strong>Rotation</strong></td><td><strong>Clerkship Start Date</strong></td><td><strong>Clerkship End Date</strong></td><td align="center"><strong>FlexTime</strong> <br>(3rd Wednesday Off- starts at 1pm) </td><td><strong>Direct Observations</strong></td><td><strong>Final Grades Due</strong></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>1</strong></td><td>2/23/2026</td><td>4/3/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 3/13/2026</td><td>5/15/2026</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>2</strong></td><td>4/13/2026</td><td>5/22/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 5/1/2026</td><td>7/3/2026</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>3</strong></td><td>6/1/2026</td><td>7/10/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td><strong>Thursday, 6/18/2026</strong></td><td>8/21/2026</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>4</strong></td><td>7/27/2026</td><td>9/4/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 8/14/2026</td><td>10/16/2026</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>5</strong></td><td>9/14/2026</td><td>10/23/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 10/2/2026</td><td>12/4/2026</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>6</strong></td><td>11/2/2026</td><td>12/11/2026</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 11/20/2026</td><td>1/22/2027</td></tr><tr><td align="center"><strong>7</strong></td><td>1/4/2027</td><td>2/12/2027</td><td align="center"></td><td>Friday, 1/22/2027</td><td>3/26/2027</td></tr></tbody></table>