Medical Student Rotations, Trenton

The Corewell Health Trenton Hospital offers third and fourth-year medical student rotations in:

General Information

Scheduling

• scheduling is arranged through the medical education office in conjunction with the various departments
• all rotations must be scheduled for a minimum of four weeks, with the exception of General Surgery, Anesthesia and ENT, which may be scheduled for a minimum of two weeks

Obtaining schedules and reporting for duty

• the medical student schedule includes weekend, night and H&P assignments
• schedules are provided monthly by the medical education office
• first day of your rotation you will report to in the medical education office at 8:30 a.m.

Hours of work

• 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. or as designated by the service

Dress code

• all students must wear white jackets
• male students should wear a dress shirt and tie
• female students should wear a professional-looking blouse and slacks
• exceptions to this rule will be made only when a student is on a service that requires wearing a scrub suit

Meals

• a stipend offsets the cost of meals while students are on duty

Clinical Procedures

Students are taught and supervised on the following procedures:

• arterial blood gases
• fetal monitoring, circumcision, etc
• insertion of Foley catheters
• insertion of IV catheters
• insertion of NG tubes
• phlebotomy
• shortening and removal of drains
• suture removal
• other procedures, depending on student's ability 

All of the above procedures are performed at the discretion of the individual departments and under the supervision of a licensed resident or attending physician.