Advanced Clinical Elective in Dermatology

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: A dermatology advanced clerkship designed for medical students interested in pursuingdermatology residency training. It consists of a 4 week clerkship based at the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Clinic in Redwood City, Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, the Palo Alto VA, and/or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Students work closely with faculty to obtain strong clinical skills in the diagnosis and management of common skin disorders, participating in dermatopathology sessions, inpatient consultations, cutaneous oncology, surgery, and general and specialty adult dermatology clinics. Students are expected to attend Tuesday morning didactic teaching sessions as well as Dermatology Grand Rounds every Thursday morning. Students will be expected to give a case-based presentation at Grand Rounds during the rotation. Stanford medical students interested in enrolling should contact Madison Siemers at msiemers@stanford.edu for more information. Outside Rotators: To apply, please return the application along with your CV, USMLE, and clerkship grades by 12 PM PDT on April 6th to msiemers@stanford.edu. Please do not submit applications directly to the Clerkship Office unless instructed to do so by the course directors. The selection of outside rotators will occur at the end of April. Note that this clerkship employs a deadline that differs from that of the Stanford Clerkship Office. Unfortunately, there are no exceptions to the application deadline. You may apply through SlideRoom for Outside Rotators by visiting the 310B course descriptiontab at: https://med.stanford.edu/dermatology/Education/Medical_Students.html. SCORE PROGRAM: This clerkship participates in the SCORE program, a diversity promotion program run by the Stanford Clerkship Office that provides other support for outside rotators. Please note that individuals who has underrepresented in medicine, socially, economically, or educationally disadvantaged, and others whose backgrounds and experiences would diversify their clinical fields, may qualify for this program. Please see the following for further details: https://med.stanford.edu/clerkships/score-program.html. PREREQUISITES: Dermatology 300A for Stanford medical students and an equivalent intro dermatology course for outside rotators. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 2-12, full time for 4 weeks. 2 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Matthew Lewis, M.D. & Jennifer Chen, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Madison Siemers, msiemers@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: Palo Alto VA, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, Bldg. 100, Dermatology Clinic, Rm D1-227; Time: 8:00 am. CALL CODE: 0. OTHER FACULTY: VA & Stanford dermatology faculty. LOCATION: SUMC, VAPAHCS.