Transition to Clerkship overview
What is the Transition to Clerkship (TTC)?​ A course between pre-clerkship and clerkship with specific design principles​ When is the Transition to Clerkship? May 5–June 6, 2025​ How is this course different from other pre-clerkship courses? Workshops support the care of a panel of patients​ Students actively participate in clerk-level skills​ Document encounters in different […]
Case Presentation Checklist
Case Presentations are a critical skill for your clerkship years and beyond. A quality case presentation efficiently and thoroughly presents the patient to your attendings. As you develop your knowledge, you will build and refine your assessment and plan. In your first year, your assessment and plan may be limited, but it is always good […]
Framework for Finding Information
This information will help you to categorize your questions, understand types of information resources, and match the right resource to your questions. What type of question do you have? Background Basic Science Go to Basic Science Detailed. Clinical Common: Go to Clinical Background. Rare/Academic Interest: Go to Clinical Background or Literature Search. Foreground Clinical Rare/Academic […]
Transition to Clerkship Introduction
Case-Based Learning (CBL) in the Transition to Clerkship will be different in several ways from what you have experienced up to this point. This page, combined with the orientation session, will alert you to the changes so that you can have the best experience possible.
Transition to Clerkship for Facilitators
Learn the teaching philosophy behind the Transition to Clerkship on the Overview page Workflow Details As usual, CBL sessions will be delivered as eBooks (via Jamf to your iPads right before your sessions) and on E.Flo MD in the session resources. Prompt a student to beam the case onto the Zoom Room screen. You will […]
Transition to Clerkship for Standardized Preceptors
Thank you for serving as a preceptor for our Transition to Clerkship!
Transition to Clerkship Resources
There is a variety of resources here—different ones will be relevant for different patients whom you encounter in Wesford. Medication Reconciliation Demonstration How to write orders Illness script Normal reference ranges for lab values during pregnancy Ob/gyn tools Pediatric reference ranges How to use SimCapture EMR/EHR EMR/EHR login information Please use Chrome See our tech […]
Use Library Resources
Welcome to the Spokane Health Sciences Library! We’re your resource for academic, clinical, and research information throughout your time at WSU. On this page, we point you to a few of our best resources to use for your cases each week. Textbooks, which you can find in our eBook Databases below, are great for learning about […]
Year 2
Facilitators are involved in the Monday and Friday sessions. During the Wednesday session, CBL groups are self-guided on the elements of clinical reasoning (i.e., problem representation, illness script, hypothesis driven questions, clinical reasoning paragraph, and more). Session guidance A case preview and case questions are released before the small-group session to allow students to come […]
Year 1
Session Guidance A case preview and case questions are released before the small-group session to allow students to come to the first session prepared to actively engage with the case and in clinical reasoning. Students who are less confident in their clinical knowledge can come to the group on a more even playing field. Housekeeping […]