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OMS Years III & IV

OMS-III Year

The OMS-III curriculum has been developed by the faculty and designed to ensure that all students obtain the osteopathic core competencies required to move toward Graduate Medical Education and to allow success on national competency examinations such as COMLEX. The curriculum is designed to cover the major components of the principle medical disciplines but is not inclusive of all aspects of each general discipline. The required curriculum, in addition to the clinical experience provided at the rotation site, consists of assigned readings requirements from a designated text and faculty selected journals, the completion of on-line case-based clinical modules for the discipline, procedure logs, end of rotation examinations, and the completion of assigned study in OMM topics correlated with the rotation.

Core Rotations

The goal of clinical education at ARCOM is to provide experience in the major core disciplines of medicine and graduate well-rounded physicians that are prepared to enter any specialty discipline for resident training. To this end, students will also be able to choose Selectives in Internal Medicine and Surgery and one Non-Clinical Elective. Clinical experiences will be available at hospital based core rotations and community based rotations.

The following rotations are scheduled to be completed at one of ARCOM’s core regions during the OMS-III year:

Core OMS-III Rotations AY23-23

  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Women’s Health / OB/GYN
  • Pediatrics
  • Behavioral Medicine / Psychiatry
  • Emergency Medicine

Procedures for OMS-III Students

Each semester, students will return to campus for Days at the Fort where they will complete sessions in: OMM, Career Counseling, Simulation Lab, and Standardized Patient Lab.

Clinical students are to follow the work schedule and calendar governing the clinical service they are assigned to each block and not strictly the COM calendar. For continuity, quality clinical education and patient care requirements, the student may be required to work on holidays or other days differing from postings on general COM calendar. The normal workweek while on clinical service is 60-72 hours. Students normally will not be assigned to work more than 12 hours each day nor more than 12 out of 14 days unless patient care conditions dictate otherwise. Students are to have two consecutive days off every two weeks, but they are not required to be weekend days.

See the Clinical Medicine Handbook for a more detailed description of each of the clinical rotations, objectives, evaluations and expected outcomes.

OMS-IV Year

The OMS-IV core curriculum, like OMS-III, includes an educational curriculum established by the COM and developed by the faculty. The curriculum is designed to ensure that all students obtain the minimal competencies required to move into GME. The curriculum is designed to cover components of each discipline not previously covered and which are more applicable to preparation for clinical practice. Due to the diversity of rotations allowed, it may not be inclusive of all aspects of any discipline.

To successfully pass the rotation, each student must pass the preceptor’s evaluation of the student, their end of rotation examination (if applicable), online modules, and procedure/OMM logs. Students must document 10 (ten) OMM procedures during their OMS-IV year

The following rotations are scheduled to be completed during the OMS-IV year and can be completed at any location which establishes an academic affiliation agreement with ARCOM:

OMS-IV Rotations

  • Emergency Medicine (4wks)
  • Surgery Selective (4wks)
  • Internal Medicine Selective (4wks)
  • Other Selective II (4wks)
  • Elective I (4wks)
  • Elective II (4wks)
  • Elective III (4wks)
  • Elective IV (4wks)
  • Elective V (4wks)
  • Elective VI (4wks)
  • Vacation (4wks)

Selectives and electives may be used to explore a variety of medical interests and GME opportunities.

If you are a physician willing to accept ARCOM students for rotations, click here for more information.