clinical rotations
Medical student placements
Clinical rotations are the hands-on training periods when medical, nursing, or other health profession students work directly with patients under supervision.
Students rotate through different departments—pediatrics, surgery, psychiatry, obstetrics—to gain broad exposure before specializing.
She's doing her clinical rotations at the county hospital this semester.
Also called clerkships in medical education.
- attending physicianSenior doctor supervising care
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- cardiologyStudy of cardiac disorders
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
pediatrics · preceptor · mentorship · call · rounds · morning report · sign out · floor time · chief complaint · accreditation · patient care · hands-on training · assessment · nurse · case studies · pager · emergency rooms · bedside
clinical rotationsbook learning
Knowledge from study
classroom instruction · anatomy lab · simulation training · cadaver lab