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Medicine Clerkship

Drexel University College of Medicine


Introduction

The Medicine Clerkship is the educational experience during which students are expected to gain the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to care for adult patients with medical disorders. Traditionally, this has been hospital based and geared to the diagnosis and management of acutely ill inpatients.

The striking changes in our new health care environment, marked by the ever-increasing proportion of care being delivered in the ambulatory setting and by the high demand for generalist physicians, has led to a renewed study of the medicine clerkship in all medical schools and the recognition that much change is necessary.

The collaborative efforts of the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine have provided a curricular model which places renewed emphasis on basic generalist competencies and on ambulatory as well as inpatient learning experiences.

Drexel University College of Medicine has adopted this clerkship model with modifications. The clerkship will focus on those basic competencies of general internal medicine we believe should be mastered by third year medical students. One third of the clerkship will be devoted to the study of patients in the ambulatory setting.

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Sites and Personnel

Site Name Contact Info
Hahnemann University Hospital
245 N. 15th St., MS 427 
Philadelphia, PA  
Janet Fitzpatrick, M.D. 
Clerkship Director (Inpatient) 
Phone: 215-762-1045
FAX: 215-762-3869
E-MAIL: janet.fitzpatrick@drexelmed.edu

 
Fairmount
2126 Fairmount Avenue 
Philadelphia, PA  
Mary Ann Kuzma, MD 
Clerkship Director (Ambulatory) 
Phone: 215-236-4605
FAX: 215-236-4609
E-MAIL: mkuzma@drexelmed.edu

 
Hahnemann University Hospital
245 N. 15th St., MS 427 
Philadelphia, PA  
Kate Lewyckyj 
Clerkship Coordinator (Inpatient) 
Phone: 215-762-7296
FAX: 215-762-3869
E-MAIL: klewycky@drexelmed.edu

 
 Debbie Wasco 
Clerkship Coordinator (Ambulatory) 
Phone: 215-762-1201
FAX: 215-762-7814
E-MAIL: dwasco@drexelmed.edu

 
 Dragos Vesbianu, M.D. 
Associate Director (Inpatient) 
Phone: 215-762-7296
FAX: 215-762-3869
E-MAIL: dvesbian@drexelmed.edu

 
 Kate Lewyckyj 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 215-762-7296
FAX: 215-762-3869
E-MAIL: klewycky@drexelmed.edu

 
 Debbie Wasco 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 215-762-1201
FAX: 215-762-7814
E-MAIL: dwasco@drexelmed.edu

 
Abington Memorial Hospital
1200 Old York Road, Ground Floor, Rorer Building 
Abington, PA  
Sunil Dhar, MD 
Associate Director (Inpatient) 
Phone: 215-481-4213
FAX: 215-481-3788
E-MAIL: sdhar@drexelmed.edu

 
 Elena Adamov, M.D. 
Associate Director (Ambulatory) 
Phone: 215-481-3780
FAX: 215-481-3788
E-MAIL: eklanama@drexelmed.edu

 
 Debbie O'Donnell 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 215-481-3780
FAX: 215-481-3788
E-MAIL: dodonne@drexelmed.edu

 
Allegheny General Hospital
490 E. North Ave., Suite 107 
Pittsburgh, PA  
Barbara Clark, MD 
Associate Director 
Phone: 412-359-8811
FAX: 412-359-8152
E-MAIL: bclark@wpahs.org

 
 Mamie Staudenmaier 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 412-359-8811
FAX: 412-359-8152
E-MAIL: mstauden@wpahs.org

 
Easton Hospital
250 S. 21st St. 
Easton, PA  
Stan Walker, MD 
Associate Director 
Phone: 610-250-4906
FAX: 610-250-4892
E-MAIL: denise_heaton@chs.net

 
 Denise Heaton 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 610-250-4906
FAX: 610-250-4892
E-MAIL: denise_heaton@chs.net

 
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
1500 Lansdowne Ave. 
Darby, PA  
Eric H. Green, M.D. 
Associate Director 
Phone: 610-237-4553
FAX: 610-237-5022
E-MAIL: egreen@mercyhealth.org

 
 Marge Anderlonis 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 610-237-4553
FAX: 610-237-5022
E-MAIL: manderlonis@mercyhealth.org

 
Monmouth Medical Center
300 Second Ave. 
Long Branch, NJ  
Sara Wallach, MD 
Associate Director 
Phone: 732-923-6537
FAX: 732-923-6536
E-MAIL: swallach@sbhcs.com

 
 Gwen Gunter 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 732-923-6540
FAX: 732-923-6536
E-MAIL: ggunter@sbhcs.com

 
Lehigh Valley Hospital
1240 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Suite 410 
Allentown, PA  
Stacey Smith, MD 
Associate Director 
Phone: 610-402-1150
FAX: 610-402-1153
E-MAIL: Stacey_J.Smith@lvh.com

See LVH website for additional mandatory pre-registration information
 

 Shelly Ketchens 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 610-402-4412
FAX: 610-402-1675
E-MAIL: shelly.ketchens@lvh.com

See LVH website for additional mandatory pre-registration information
 

PinnacleHealth Hospitals
205 S. Front St. 
Harrisburg, PA  
Sandeep Mehrok, M.D. 
Associate Director 
Phone: 717-231-8508
FAX: 717-231-8535
E-MAIL: smehrok@pinnaclehealth.org

 
 Sandy Newman 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 717-231-8508
FAX: 717-231-8535
E-MAIL: snewman@pinnaclehealth.org

 
Saint Peter's University Hospital
254 Easton Avenue 
New Brunswick, NJ  
Anne Marie Van Hoven, M.D. 
Associate Director 
Phone: 732-745-8600x8279
FAX: 732-745-0406
E-MAIL: avanhoven@saintpetersuh.com

 
 Aldo Damiani, M.D. 
Associate Director 
Phone: 732-745-8600x8279
FAX: 732-745-0406
E-MAIL: adamiani@saintpetersuh.com

 
 Tracey Hasse 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 732-745-8600x5189
FAX: 732-745-0406
E-MAIL: thasse@saintpetersuh.com

 
York Hospital
Pvt Practice address: Apple Hill Internal Medicine, 45 Monument Dr., Suite 140 
York, PA  
Rob Pargament, M.D. 
Associate Director 
Phone: 717-741-8160
FAX: 717-851-8016
E-MAIL: rpargament@yorkhospital.edu

 
 Missy Shelly 
Site Coordinator 
Phone: 717-851-3716
FAX: 717-851-5888
E-MAIL: mshelly2@wellspan.org

 

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The Medicine Clerkship description, including goals and objectives, curriculum outline, grading and learning resources may be found on the Medicine Clerkship web page at the link below.

The Medicine Clerkship Web Page and Clerkship Description

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