Please refer to the Clinical Training Manual for details of reading materials and web-based assignments for cores.
Reading should proceed on four levels, each with a different goal:
- Reading about your patient in order to “learn from your patients” and to develop a deeper understanding of the comprehensive issues affecting patient diagnosis and care.
- A systematic and thorough reading about the overall field of internal medicine in order to prepare for the end of clerkship NBME exam and the Step 2 CK. This cannot be over emphasized.
- Detailed in depth reading about specific topics of interest and for assignments.
- A review of basic science and relevant research in order to reinforce the fundamental principles of clinical medicine and understand advances in patient care.