The Academic and Clinical Educational Affairs department coordinates the efforts of medical educators to implement ATSU-KCOM’s teaching and assessment programs during the first through fourth years. To accomplish this mission, this department:
- Supports the first and second-year curriculum
- Supports third- and fourth-year clinical rotations
- Develops and monitors KCOM’s teaching and assessment criteria for the third and fourth year
- Facilitates the regional site match process for second-year students
- Coordinates clinical activities and assessment requirements in the core regional sites
- Residency match placement support
- Career advising
- Facilitates the excused absence process
Clinical requirements
The academic program for Years 3 and 4 of the osteopathic medicine (DO) program is designed to reflect the College’s strong commitment to primary care and includes both hospital and ambulatory-based rotations. In the last two years of the program, students are based in regional clinical sites and participate in a total of 88 weeks of rotations plus 6 additional weeks of flex/vacation and commencement preparation. Students also complete online coursework and clinically-related didactic coursework.
Clinical rotation requirements include:
Foundations 1
- Family Medicine
- Rural or Underserved Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Internal Medicine
- Surgery
- OB/GYN
- Psychiatry
Total 32 weeks
Foundations 2
- Family Medicine
- Critical Care/ICU
- Emergency Medicine
Total 12 weeks
Elective Rotations: 44 weeks
Winter Break (Year 3): 2 weeks
Flex Time/Vacation (Year 4): 3 weeks
Commencement Preparation: 1 week
Total Clinical Rotation weeks – 94 weeks
Assessment plan summaries
Department Faculty & Staff
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
Immunization fax: 660.626.2925
Clinical Rotation Site Administration & Staff
Arizona
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
Illinois
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Advocate BroMenn Medical Center and Advocate Eureka Hospital - Normal
SIU Carbondale – Family Medicine Residency Program - Carbondale
UnityPoint Health - Methodist - Peoria
AMITA – Adventist Medical Center - Hinsdale
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Beaumont Hospital Trenton – Trenton
Metro Health Hospital – Grand Rapids
Regional Assistant Dean
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor (Regional)
St. Mary Mercy Livonia – Livonia
Missouri
Hannibal Regional Hospital – Hannibal
Southeast HEALTH & Saint Francis Hospital – Cape Girardeau
Christian Hospital – St. Louis
Parkland Health Center – Farmington
Capital Region Medical Center – Jefferson City
Freeman Health System – Joplin
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph
Northeast Regional Medical Center – Kirksville
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Phelps County Medical Center – Rolla
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
CoxHealth and St. John’s Health System – Springfield
Ozark Medical Center – West Plains
Mercy Hospital South
New Jersey
Ohio
Southeast Ohio Clinical Campus – Athens
Western Reserve Hospital – Cuyahoga Falls
Pennsylvania
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor (Regional)
Utah
Regional Assistant Dean
Director of Student Medical Education
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor (Regional)
