Providence St. Vincent Medical Center: Student Rotations
We take a great deal of pride in our commitment to teaching. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is a teaching affiliate of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Students consistently rate their clinical experience at Providence St. Vincent as one of their best. Students from other medical schools who are interested in considering a residency at Providence St. Vincent are encouraged to spend an elective block on one of our ward or ICU teams.
Ward / ICU
Third-year students come regularly from OHSU for five-week clerkships on the medicine wards. We also welcome third- and fourth-year students from other LCME-accredited institutions, and they may rotate on the wards, in ICU and other locations.
Visiting students join ward teams consisting of an intern, a resident, and one or more teaching attendings. In the ICU, the student is integrated into the unit's care team organization. Visiting students participate in all student and team activities at Providence St. Vincent, including attending our teaching conferences, obtaining H&Ps, writing progress notes and developing plans for diagnosis and therapy. Students attend and contribute to morning report, noon conferences and teaching rounds. In addition, special one-on-one sessions designed specifically for students and selected faculty focus on physical diagnosis, presentation skills and EKG interpretation.
Students are not required to take overnight call. They may come in on weekends when their team is on call. Late call is every fourth night on the medicine ward team and every third night in the ICU.
At the end of each rotation, the resident and teaching attending complete evaluations.
On-site housing is available in call rooms. Meals are provided.
Many who have done student rotations at Providence St. Vincent have returned for their residency – a testimony to the quality of their experience with us.
For more information, please contact our program administrator, Heidi Gonzalez, by telephone, 503-216-2401, or by e-mail, heidi.gonzalez@providence.org.
