Each student in a given section is assured of doing the same rotations at the same time as the other members of that section. They will not, necessarily, however, be assigned to the same preceptor groups, or even to the same hospital. During their Major Clinical Year students may also be assigned as follows:

Medicine

All students are assigned to Columbia-Presbyterian for 5 weeks. The other 5 weeks are spent at one of the following: Harlem, St. Luke’s, Roosevelt, Stamford or the Allen Pavilion.

Pediatrics

Students are assigned to one of the following: Columbia Presbyterian or Harlem Hospital.

Obstetrics/Gynecology

All students spend the full five weeks of clerkship at Columbia Presbyterian or St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital or Stamford.

Primary Care

Sites for the five-week clerkship are: Bassett HealthCare (Cooperstown, NY), or The Tulley Center (Stamford, CT), or Stamford Hospital (Stamford, CT), or Harlem Hospital Center, or St. Luke’s/Roosevelt or Presbyterian Hospital, or NH-Dartmouth —Concord, or Indian Health Service sites in Arizona and New Mexico.

Neurology

Students are assigned either to the Neurological Institute or Harlem Hospital Center.

Psychiatry

All didactic courses are taught at the Psychiatric Institute. Students are assigned for all or most of their clinical work to St. Luke’s or Roosevelt or Creedmoor Psychiatric Center or the Psychiatric Institute.

Subspecialties I

Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery and Anesthesiology are taught at Columbia-Presbyterian. Ophthalmology is taught at the Eye Institute.

Surgery

All students are assigned to either Columbia-Presbyterian or Allen Pavilion or Bassett or St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital.

Subspecialties II

Urology is taught at Columbia-Presbyterian.Orthopedics is taught at Columbia-Presbyterian or St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center.