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 interested in enrolling should contact Madison Siemers at msiemers@stanford.edu for more information. Outside Rotators: To apply, please submit a SlideRoom Application by 12 PM PDT on March 31st at: https://dermclerkship.slideroom.com/#/login/program/70011. 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 during the month 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. 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, 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.