Core Clerkship Curriculum - Requirement Checklist

The PCE log was developed as a way to ensure that core topics in each clerkship are covered for all students at all sites during their HMS education. Duty hour monitoring was instituted to prevent students from spending excessive time in the hospital to the detriment of health and rest. It is important that students keep track of their exposure to the key radiologic diagnoses and imaging work-up algorithms which are listed in the PCE log. The clerkship directors use this as a check to be sure that students recall specific disease entities; this list serves as the source for the cases that students will be tested on during the evaluations in this course (case review and the final exam). You should also be aware that the individual student entries in the log and the duty hours are monitored not only by clerkship directors, but also by the dean for medical education. Incomplete entries in either area will result in an incomplete grade for the course; to avoid unnecessary correspondence, please be sure the keep the PCE log up to date. The midcourse feedback which occurs after the case review will include a review of the log entries.

**Note that all PCE log entries should be placed in the CLINICAL category, regardless of whether the diagnosis was seen in case based tutorials, in the reading room, or in lecture.