M3/M4 Course Offerings

2026-2027 M3/M4 Course Syllabi

Medical Education

COURSE NUMBER:

26946480

TITLE:

Transition to Residency
The transition from medical student to resident is overwhelming and complex, yet you're expected to do it seamlessly. The Transition to Residency course is meant to assist in this vital transition, emphasizing practical skills and knowledge you might not have learned as a student. Using specialty-specific small groups as well as simulation, procedure labs, and a variety of intereactive sessions, the course is meant to help prepare students entering any specialty for the next phase of their training.

PREREQUISITES:

Emergency Medicine: maximum 24 students

Pediatrics: maximum 24 students

Surgery: maximum 12 students

Adult Medicine/IM: maximum 24 studentsTo enroll and choose your track, please enroll provisionally in the course. You will receive an email from the Course Administrator, Gina Burg (burggm@ucmail.uc.edu), with a questionnaire to complete regarding your choice of track. If your preferred track is not available, you will be offered an alternative track, space permitting, or be asked to drop the course."

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GENERAL INFORMATION

COURSE YEAR:

CREDIT HOURS:

CREDIT WEEKS:

DOMESTIC VISITING:

INTERNATIONAL VISITING:

GRADED:

Pass/Fail

COURSE QUALIFICATIONS:

STATUS:

Full-Time
OFFERED AS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME: NO
ALLOWS OVERLAP: NO

COURSE LENGTH:

This is a 4-week general elective. It is full time.

DIRECTOR:

Whitney Bryant, MD, MPH

SITE(S):

UCMC

MAX ENROLL:

180

REPORT 1^ST DAY:

You will receive an email with detailed information prior to the elective.

INSTRUCTION

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

Case-Based Instruction/Learning
Demonstration (description, performance, or explanation of a process, illustrated by examples, observable action, specimens, etc)
Conference
Journal Club
Reflection
Discussion- Large Group (>12)
Discussion-Small Group (Small Group (=12)
Games
Independent Learning (Instructor-guided learning activities to be performed by the learner outside of formal educational settings.)
Lecture
Peer Teaching
Role Play/Dramatization
Self-Directed Learning (Learners take initiative for their own learning; diagnosing needs; formulating goals; identifying resources; implementing appropriate activities; and evaluating outcomes.)
Simulation

In this course, we may cover complex health issues that often intersect with personal beliefs, societal debate, and evolving science. You will likely encounter information or perspectives that differ from your own. As physicians-in-training, your responsibility is to listen with curiosity, engage with evidence, and communicate respectfully—just as we do in patient care. Syllabi and course materials will be grounded in evidence-based medicine, scientific principles and reflect areas of ongoing scientific inquiry. In courses addressing policy, ethics, or societal issues, materials will be structured to promote evidence-based learning while transparently acknowledging where evidence is evolving or there are multiple viewpoints that may impact patient care.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POLICIES:

UCCOM strives to provide medical students with a learning environment that is conducive to their professional growth. All UCCOM and visiting medical students are encouraged to review the Student Handbook.

The Office of Student Affairs and Admissions is available to all UCCOM and visiting medical students to discuss any concerns/questions related to the learning environment. Please call 558-6796 to access faculty/staff that can assist you.

ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE POLICY

Session Attendance for M4 Students

Students may miss no more than two days of planned excused absences on a four week rotation without being required to make-up the work, at the discretion of the clerkship/elective/course director or his/her designee.
Non-AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the clerkship director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or more of these 4 days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during non-AI rotations, in consultation with the course/elective director, who may or may not approve such planned absences.
AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the course director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or 2 of these days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during AI rotations, in consultation with the course director, who may or may not approve such planned absences. Students must avoid scheduling Step 2 examinations during an Acting Internship.
Excused Absences - The following will be considered excused absences:
- Diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health services (e.g. doctor appointments, physical therapy, counselling, etc).
- Personal illness, accident or a major catastrophic event
- Death or serious illness of immediate family members. Immediate family members, as defined by UC, are Grandparents, Brother, Sister, Brother-in law, Sister-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Son-in-law, Father, Mother, Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, Step-sister, Step-brother, Step-mother, Step-father, Spouse or domestic partner, Child, Grandchild, legal Guardian or other person who stands in place of parent (in Loco Parentis)
Whenever possible, planned absences should be requested a minimum of six weeks in advance of the start of the clerkship/elective/course in which the absence will occur; this enables the clerkship/course/elective to help plan for educational event scheduling (e.g. a known appointment could be scheduled around with enough notice and the student might not have any required coursework to make up). Absences requested less than 1 week prior to the planned absence may not be considered for a possible excused absence unless extenuating circumstances prevented the student from providing timely notification per the policy. Students should first submit their request for a planned absence to the clerkship/elective/course director using the online MSSF. All planned/excused absences for any reason should be documented on the MSSF.
The COM abides by the UC Religious Observance Policy that respects the religious diversity of its students by providing opportunities, where possible, for accommodation in cases where conflicts exist between students’ religious beliefs/practices and educational activities. In clinical settings, such accommodations must honor the primacy of a commitment to patient care and avoid unduly burdening faculty, staff and the general student population involved in the affected educational and/or patient care activity.
The following items are explained in detail in the Medical Student Handbook:
- Excused/unexcused/unplanned absence, religious holidays, jury duty, and make-up work

See Attendance and Absences Policy, Religious Observance Policy, Medical Student Handbook.