USMLE Medical Clerkship

Candidates for residency programs, especially international graduates are often interested in having an experience in the medical education system in the USA before they begin residency/fellowship programs. Hence observerships and externships are designed for their personal benefit.

An observership is an educational experience (longer than a day) restricted to watching and listening during patient histories, physical examinations, minor outpatient procedures. An observer is under the direct supervision of the attending physician Dr. Rajesh Maheshwari where he will be doing the observership. An observership does not include participation in direct or indirect patient care or management nor constitute a medical training. An observership is not a clerkship nor an experience that should confer an academic credit. At the end of the Observership you will receive a letter of completion.

• How to send referrals and place order for X-rays, MRI, CT etc.
• To learn how to interpret basic lab tests such as blood, urinalysis, etc.
• To familiarize yourself to the style of practice of U.S. medical system.
• Learn how to become proficient in presentation of history and physical examinations.
• Observation of physician and learn how to do coding, writing prescriptions, and entering information on electronic chart.
• To become proficient to comprehend patients’ acute symptoms, making differential diagnosis and being a part of making a therapeutic plan.

Observership requires applicants to be graduates of medical school and foreign medical graduates who must have finished at least 1 of the USMLE steps, Step 1, Step 2 CK or Step 2 CS.