Required Clinical Experiences (RCE)

RCE ensure that students have adequate exposure to a variety of specialty-relevant presenting complaints commonly seen in the clerkship’s clinical setting. RCEs are logged online in One45. This process tracks that students are meeting the educational goals of the clerkship.

Students MUST have logged all RCEs in One45 by the day of the clerkship’s shelf exam in order to pass the clerkship.

You can read more about RCEs in our policy in the Student Handbook under Year 3 and 4 Policies and Procedures and Assessment and Grading.

Students will perform all components listed next to each RCE:

Inpatient Medicine Clerkship

Abdominal Pain (Adult)	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam
Acid-Base Disorder	interpret pertinent patient data
Altered Mental State	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam
Anemia	interpret pertinent patient data
Chest Pain	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Chest X-ray Interpretation	Interpret pertinent patient data
Congestive Heart Failure	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Electrocardiogram (EKG) Interpretation	Interpret pertinent patient data
Diabetes Mellitus	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam
Dyspnea/Shortness of Breath	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Fever (Adult)	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Fluid or Electrolyte Disorder (Medical)	interpret pertinent patient data
Gastrointestinal Bleeding	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Liver Disease/ Injury	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam
Pneumonia	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam
Renal Disease	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam interpret pertinent patient data
Thromboembolic Disease	obtain patient history conduct a physical exam