DERM310B

VISITING: Open to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Elective. DESCRIPTION: A dermatology advanced clerkship designed for medical students interested in pursuing dermatology 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, and the Palo Alto VA. 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: To enroll, please contact Madison Siemers at msiemers@stanford.edu for more information. Outside Rotators: To apply, please submit a 310B SlideRoom application by the deadline listed in SlideRoom. Please do not submit applications directly to the Clerkship Office unless instructed to do so by the 310B course directors. Please note that the 310B rotation has an earlier application deadline that differs from the Stanford Clerkship Office application and the SCORE application. You must apply through the 310B SlideRoom application to be considered for selection as an outside rotator. The selection of outside rotators for the 310B clerkship will occur during the month of April each year. Any applications submitted after the 310B application deadline will not be reviewed. Learn more by visiting the 310B course description tab at: https://med.stanford.edu/dermatology/Education/Medical_Students.html. SCORE PROGRAM: This clerkship participates in the SCORE program. Please see the following for further details: https://med.stanford.edu/visiting-clerkships/score-program/score-how-to-apply.html. Please note that the 310B rotation has an earlier application deadline that differs from the deadline for all other SCORE applicants. For all students applying to 310B via the SCORE program, please submit your SCORE application by the 310B application deadline. Any SCORE applications submitted after the 310B application deadline will not be reviewed. 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.