Clerkship Rotations and Electives, 12 min read
How Do I Do Well In Clerkship and Elective Rotations?
As a former medical student and now resident physician, I have seen that the medical students who do the best in clinical clerkship rotations often have a lot of the same habits, mindsets, goals, and strengths. Doing well in your clerkships has less to do with…
Joan Noelker, MD, MACM is an Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education for Emergency Medicine (EM), and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for EM. She has an MD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and a Masters of Medical Education from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Noelker completed her residency training, including a chief resident year, as well as a medical education fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U). She served as Assistant Program Director for the Emergency Medicine Residency at Wash U for 4 years before transitioning primarily to undergraduate medical education (UME) work. She works clinically in the emergency departments at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospitals 60% of the time, and the remaining 40% is divided between curriculum development for the new Wash U Gateway curriculum (0.2 FTE), curriculum development for UME rotations in EM, teaching residents and medical students, and educational research. Dr. Noelker is also a member of the Wash U medical school and Wash U EM residency admissions committees. She has interests in simulation in medical education, transitions within medical education, undergraduate and graduate level medical education and dissemination of emergency medicine core knowledge through speaking engagements., March 23, 2021