The class is divided into five major groups of approximately 30 students each. These determine the sequence in which third year rotations are done, that is:

Group 1

• Pediatrics (5 weeks)/Subspecialties II (Urology 2 weeks, Orthopedics 2 weeks, Vacation 1 week)
• Medicine (5 weeks Presbyterian, 5 weeks affiliated hospital)
• Primary Care (5 weeks)/Neurology (5 weeks)
• Surgery (5 weeks)/Subspecialties I (one week of each of the following: Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Anesthesiology)
• Ob/Gyn (5 weeks)/Psychiatry (5 weeks)

Group 2

• Medicine
• Primary Care/Neurology
• Surgery/Subspecialties I
• Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
• Pediatrics/Subspecialties II

Group 3

• Primary Care/Neurology
• Surgery/Subspecialties I
• Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
• Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
• Medicine

Group 4

• Surgery/Subspecialties I
• Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
• Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
• Medicine
• Primary Care/Neurology

Group 5

• Ob/Gyn / Psychiatry
• Pediatrics/Subspecialties II
• Medicine
• Primary Care/Neurology
• Surgery/Subspecialties I

Each of the five Major groups is divided into two sections, A and B, of approximately 15 students each. The section A or B determines which subgroup within each quintile is done first and which second, that is:

Section A Always Does:

• Medicine/Presbyterian first,
  then Medicine away
• Pediatrics, then Subspecialties II
• Primary Care then Neurology
• Surgery then Subspecialties I
• Ob/Gyn then Psychiatry

Section B Always Does:

• Medicine away then Presbyterian
• Subspecialties II then Pediatrics
• Neurology then Primary Care
• Subspecialties I then Surgery
• Psychiatry then Ob/Gyn