Our Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) program is open to third-year medical students enrolled in the Tufts University School of Medicine MaineHealth Maine Track program. Since 2011, we have been placing Maine Track students at urban and rural hospital sites across the state of Maine.
Comprehensive clinical training and mentorship
LIC students participate in the comprehensive care of patients over time, developing continuing learning relationships with patients and their clinicians, and meeting core clinical competencies across multiple disciplines simultaneously.
Program overview
- Students live in a Maine community for nine months, are assigned to core discipline preceptors at their hospital, and develop their own panel of patients throughout the clerkship.
- Patient contact occurs at multiple junctures of patient care including routine office visits, home visits, subspecialty evaluations, office or hospital-based procedures, hospital care, emergency care and other professional staff evaluations.
- Contact with core discipline preceptors, sub-specialists and care teams is woven throughout the student’s weekly schedule.
- The typical learning mode is longitudinal, individualized (student one-on-one with an attending physician) and patient-centered.
- Students follow their patients to appointments, participate in their procedures, and play a part in relevant case conferences.
- Students may participate in committees, medical staff meetings and quality improvement programs at their hospital site.
This model embodies the concept of educational continuity in terms of continuity of care, continuity of education, and continuity of supervision. The students benefit from a view of each patient as a “whole person” while participating in the comprehensive care of their patients over time.
In addition, each student has a core group of faculty dedicated to their professional development over an extended period of time. This unique learning experience is reflective of what they are likely to experience as a physician. It includes authentic feedback and evaluation processes, and the opportunity to develop strong professional mentoring relationships.
Participating locations
- MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
- Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor
- MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick
- Cary Medical Center, Caribou
- MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital, Damariscotta
- MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, Farmington
- MaineHealth Stephens Hospital, Norway
- MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital, Rockport
- Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Skowhegan
Contact Us
MaineHealth Medical Education
MaineHealth Brighton Campus
335 Brighton Avenue
Portland, ME 04102
Phone: 207-662-7060