Third Year Medical Students:

The third year of the UK College of Medicine curriculum allows the student to apply their core knowledge and skills to a variety of different medical disciplines. This also allows the student to gain exposure to multiple specialties and associated subspecialties through different clerkship rotations. Clinical experiences occur in a variety of settings, including inpatient hospital facilities, operating rooms, and ambulatory clinics, under the direction of clinical faculty and residents. Through these experiences, students have the opportunity to participate in team rounds, interdisciplinary meetings, and patient care discussions. Throughout, students are active participants in providing patient care and practicing their clinical skills by assessing patients, discussing plans with patients and colleagues, and directly participating in the delivery of medical care.

Students complete eight required clinical clerkships, one at a time, during the course of the academic year. Each clerkship varies in length and credit hours:

MD 830 | PEDIATRICS CLERKSHIP (7 weeks/credit hours)
MD 831 | EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLERKSHIP (2 weeks/credit hours)
MD 832 | NEUROLOGY CLERKSHIP (4 weeks/credit hours)
MD 833 | PSYCHIATRY CLERKSHIP (4 weeks/credit hours)
MD 834 | FAMILY MEDICINE CLERKSHIP (4 weeks/credit hours)
MD 835 | INTERNAL MEDICINE CLERKSHIP (8 weeks/credit hours)
MD 837 | SURGERY CLERKSHIP (7 weeks/credit hours)
MD 838 | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY CLERKSHIP (4 weeks/credit hours)
MD 839 | ENTRUSTMENT IN CLINICAL MEDICINE (5 weeks/credit hours)

South Central AHEC only assists UK M3 students with Family Medicine and Pediatrics Clerkships. 

Please note that we can potentially help some UK M4 students if you're from the area.

However, we cannot help with residency placements for any student. We do not have a residency at Western Kentucky University.

Second Year PA Students:

The first year and a half of the program is the didactic portion and the final year is the clinical rotations.  Clinical rotations are completed every 4 weeks and all students will return to the Lexington campus to take their End of Clerkship (EOC) exam and prep for the next rotation.  Clinical rotations are not in any particular order and are completed throughout the state of Kentucky.  All students must complete one rural clinical rotation and only three out-of-state rotations are allowed.  However, border cities such as Cincinnati are not considered out-of-state rotations.  The program also offers international clerkship opportunities to interested students. 

Students complete twelve required clinical clerkships, one at a time, during the course of the academic year. 

PAS 660 | Family Medicine (8 weeks)
PAS 669 | Internal Medicine (8 weeks)
PAS 661 | Pediatrics (4 weeks)
PAS 671 | Psychiatry (4 weeks)
PAS 662 | Women's Health (4 weeks)
PAS 670 | Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
PAS 663 | Surgery (4 weeks)
PAS 665 | Electives (12 weeks)

South Central AHEC can potentially assist with any of the above rotations if preceptors are available.