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Clinical Training and Residency
Transition from the classroom and theoretical learning to real-world patient care.
Accelerate your path to an MD with a 10-term curriculum. Inquire Today（https://medicine.stmatthews.edu/academics/programs/md-program/clinical-medicine#inquire）
Overview
Semesters 1-5: Grand Cayman
basic science（https://medicine.stmatthews.edu/academics/programs/md-program/basic-science）
Semesters 6-10: U.S. & Canada
Clinical medicine（https://medicine.stmatthews.edu/academics/programs/md-program/clinical-medicine#clinical-training）
Post Graduation Outcome
residency（https://medicine.stmatthews.edu/academics/programs/md-program/clinical-medicine#residency-outcomes）
Three-Year Residency Placement Rate*
100%
USMLE Step 1 First-Time Pass Rate**
90%
USMLE 2 CK First-Time Pass Rate***
97%
Clinical Training
Clinical Medicine at St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine (SMUSOM) takes place during Semesters 6 through 10, when students switch gears from Basic Science（https://medicine.stmatthews.edu/academics/programs/md-program/basic-science）, moving from the classroom and theory to the patient’s bedside and the real-world decisions of medicine.
As they begin Clinical Medicine, MD program students leave the Grand Cayman campus and join students from other medical schools at teaching hospitals, clinics and medical centers across the United States, with select elective rotation sites available in Canada. SMUSOM carefully manages its clinical program to maintain sufficient clerkship positions, helping students complete their clinical education without unnecessary delays.
After successfully completing their Clinical Medicine rotations, students must pass the USMLE Step 2 CK exam to graduate with their Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from SMUSOM.
Core Rotations · 42 Weeks
Rotation Length Focus
Internal Medicine 12 weeks Students develop the skills to assess, diagnose and manage adult patients in clinical settings.
Surgery 12 weeks Learn basic surgical procedures, patient assessment and post-operative care.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 weeks Develop an understanding of pregnancy, prenatal care, labor, delivery and postpartum care.
Pediatrics 6 weeks Gain experience performing physical examinations on infants and children in clinical settings.
Psychiatry 6 weeks Learn to identify major psychiatric illnesses through mental status examinations.
Elective Rotations · 30+ Weeks
After completing their core rotations, MD students move on to elective rotations across a wide range of specialties. Electives are completed in four or six week blocks, for a total of 30 weeks.
300+
Elective Sites in U.S. and Canada
4 Weeks
Required Primary Care Elective
Featured Elective Rotations
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Emergency medicine
family medicine
infectious disease
neurology
oncology
pathology
radiology
urology
Rotation Sites
SMUSOM has affiliation agreements with teaching hospitals across North America, providing students with a range of opportunities to complete their core clerkships. In the United States, core rotations may be completed in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Virginia.
Below is a partial list of affiliated hospitals where students regularly complete core clinical rotations.
California
Mission Community Hospital
Los Angeles
Florida
AdventHealth Orlando Hospital
Orlando