Elective Clerkships Available
Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency offers 3rd year student Core Clerkships to the Boston University School of Medicine, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine and Tufts University (MMC campus).
The following elective clerkships are available at CMMC (clerkships are only scheduled when they will not conflict with resident education) and are coordinated by the Family Medicine Residency office. We only approve rotations that offer the most optimal education. We offer these rotations to students from U.S., Canadian and offshore medical schools.
Family Medicine (sub-internship)
- 4 week clerkship
- Combination of Inpatient and Outpatient experience
- Hours: (inpatient)6:00am – 5:30pm or later Monday-Friday
(outpatient) 7:30am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday - Can take a short call if desired
- Didactic sessions weekly
- Participate as a member of the team
GI
- 2 week clerkship
- Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday (or as negotiated with the GI group)
- No required call (discuss expectations of the GI group re: call)
- Inpatient consults
- outpatient experience is not available
- Procedures include endoscopy, upper and lower GI’s, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy
- Surgery
- Can attend noontime didactics a the FP Residency with attending approval
Orthopedics
- 4 week clerkship
- Hours: 7/8 a.m. to 5/6 p.m. Monday – Friday
- No required call
- Surgery
- Outpatient care
- Casting/splinting
- Fracture care
- Can attend noontime didactics at the FM Residency with attending approval
- This is an off-campus rotation, own transportation is required
Radiology (1 student per quarter)
- 2 week clerkship
- Hours: 9 a.m – 4 p.m. Monday – Friday
- No required call
- Reading plain films, CT, MRI
- Exposure to high tech radiologic procedures
- Can attend noontime didactics a the FM Residency with attending approval
We offer other rotations on a case-by-case basis. These specialties can include: Infectious Disease, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine and Rural Family Medicine. If there is a rotation you are interested in and did not see listed, feel free to contact us to determine if it might be something that can be arranged.
If you have questions regarding a clerkship, contact Katrina Perkins, Student Education Program Assistant, at Katrina.Perkins@cmhc.org or 207-795-2824
