Student Handbook

Club Med -- Mission Statement

Objective: The purpose of Club Med is to foster an interest in the field of internal medicine and to allow the opportunity for medical students to meet and develop relationships with housestaff and attendings in the Department of Internal Medicine.

1. Club Med Social: The Bi-annual Club Med Social Extravaganza is held annually in April. It provides an opportunity for medical students to interact with the Department of Medicine's housestaff and attending physicians in a social atmosphere, with catered food and beverages provided. It will coincide with the Dept. of Medicine's monthly social.

2. Summer Program: Many first and second year medical students do not have a good grasp of what Internal Medicine represents, so groups of physicians are organized, both internists and specialists, who are willing to take on a student over the summer or winter vacation, for an afternoon or a whole week. to allow students the opportunity to see what internal medicine really is all about.

3. Lunchtime Speaker Series: Approximately once a month, physicians are invited to speak at lunchtime in Jordan Hall about their practices, their fields, and their views of different topics. Refreshments are served.

4. Primary Care Day: In conjunction with the Family Practice Club, Club Med provides a variety of activities, speakers, and events for students to learn about various aspects of primary care.

5. Physical Diagnosis Skills Lab: The Skills Lab offers students different views of H&Ps

6. Residency Panel: A meeting is held with several fourth year students in late March or early April (after Match Day) to talk about the residency process, interviewing strategies, and other insights that interns-to-be can offer.

7. Third Year Survival Guide: Not an attempt at summarizing all of internal medicine, but more of an "essentials" book for 3rd year students, the Third Year Survival guide provides information in a question-and-answer format, along with commonly asked questions on rounds, various mnemonics, and a survival guide to the 3rd year medical rotation.

8. Charlottesville Free Clinic: The Free Clinic offers a fantastic opportunity for 3rd and 4th year students to practice outpatient medicine in a controlled, supervised situation.

9. Housestaff/Attending Training List: A list is provided to Club Med members allowing them the opportunity to seek out particular housestaff members and physicians who attended various programs that the student may be interested in learning about. It may also help in developing relationships with physicians at other institutions.

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