The 8-week third year Medicine clerkship offers a variety of internal medicine clinical experiences.  Students will be assigned to either Borgess Medical Center or Bronson Methodist Hospital as their "home base" facility.  Students will immerse themselves 
with 1 week of ambulatory internal medicine, 
2 weeks of academic medicine, 1 week of hospitalist medicine, 1 week of nights, and 1 week in a subspecialty (e.g. palliative care, renal, cardiology or infectious disease). During these clerkships students immerse themselves into the clinical environment, taking on specific responsibilities as a valued member of the healthcare team, while being supervised at 
all times.   The WMed third year curriculum includes a number of innovations designed to optimize the students’ experience and provide an excellent foundation for future growth as a clinician. Two of these innovations are the Preparatory Week and the Summary and Assessment Week that flank each six-week clinical experience. The Preparatory Week is designed to optimally prepare the student to excel in the specific clinical setting for the discipline. The Summary and Assessment Week focuses on synthesizing the key knowledge and skills learned during the clerkship and include formative and summative assessments. During both these weeks, one day is dedicated interdisplinary activities in which students from all clerkships join together for a joint educational experience in an overarching topical area.