Course Learning Objectives

Other Educational Objectives

Doctor of Medicine Program Objectives
Vital Experiences – applies to GC2024 and beyond
Vanderbilt Core Clinical Curriculum (VC3) – applies to GC2023

Course Abbreviations

ACE – Advanced Clinical Experiences
AI – Acting Internships
FCC – Foundations of Clinical Care
FHD – Foundations of Health Care Delivery
FMK – Foundations of Medical Knowledge

IDIS – Interdisciplinary
ISC – Integrated Science Courses
LC – Learning Communities
MIDP – Medical Innovators Development Program
VPIL – Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning

Document Name	Course Director(s)	Department	Course Type	Student Year	Student Phase
Addiction Psychiatry AI	Reid Finlayson, MD	Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Adolescent Medicine ACE	Neerav Desai, MD Mary Romano, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Adult Interventional Radiology ACE	Reza Imani-Shikhabadi, MD	Clinical Radiology & Radiological Sciences	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Adult Psych Consult-Liaison ACE	Jonathan Smith, MD	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Advanced Clinical Anesthesiology ACE	Britany Raymond, MD	Anesthesiology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Anatomical Pathology ACE	Jonathan Douds, MD Christopher O'Conor, MD, PhD	Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Brain, Behavior, & Movement	Eli Zimmerman, MD Meg Benningfield, MD, Kathy Niu, MD	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Cardiac Critical Care AI	Lynn Punnoose, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Cardiac Surgery ACE	Melissa Levack, MD	Cardiac Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Cardiology AI	Lynn Punnoose, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Cardiovascular Diagnostics ACE	Shawn Gregory, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Cardiovascular Diseases ISC	David Meoli, MD, PhD Lisa Mendes, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Child & Adolescent Psych Consult ACE	Donald Pierce, MD	Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Applications of Scientific Evidence (CASE)	Todd Rice, MD, MSc	Office of Medical Student Research	Research Longitudinal	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Clinical Cancer Medicine ISC	Kim Dahlman, PhD Vicki Keedy, MD, MCSI	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Dermatology ACE	John Zic, MD	Dermatology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Informatics ISC	Travis Osterman, DO, MS Dara Mize, MD, MS	Interdisciplinary, Biomedical Informatics	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Microbiology ACE	Charles Stratton, MD	Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Nephrology ACE	Anna Burgner, MD Saed Shawar, MBBS	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Obstetrics ACE	Trenia Webb, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Clinical Pathology ACE	Garrett S. Booth, MD, MS	Pathology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Community Healthcare ISC	Cooper Lloyd, MD Tiffany Israel, MSSW	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Core Clerkship - Medicine	Nanette Dendy, MD Heather Ridinger, MD, MPHE	Medicine	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Core Clerkship - Neurology	Eli Zimmerman, MD Deborah Kerrigan, MD Adam Nagy, MD	Neurology	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Core Clerkship - OBGYN	Charles Rush, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Core Clerkship - Pediatrics	Maya Neeley, MD Travis Crook, MD	Pediatrics	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Core Clerkship - Psychiatry	Terako Amison, MD	Psychiatry	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Core Clerkship - Surgery	Steven Eskind, MD	Surgery	Clerkship	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Critical Care ACE	Todd Rice, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Critical Care, VAH AI	Julie A. Bastarache, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Critical Illness ISC	Jennifer King, MD Meredith Pugh, MD, MSCI Jeremy Walco, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Developmental Pediatrics and Genetics ACE	Angela Grochowsky, MD Rachel Goode, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Diabetes ISC	Alvin Powers, MD Tiffanie Marksbury, APN	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Diagnostic Radiology ACE	Gregory Hall, MD	Radiology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Diagnostics & Therapeutics	Emily Mason, MD, PhD	Interdisciplinary	Longitudinal	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Discovery	Luke Finck, EdD, MA	Office of Medical Student Research	Research Longitudinal	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Emergency Care ISC	Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE Saralyn Williams, MD	Interdisciplinary, Emergency Medicine	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Emergency Medicine ACE	Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE Jeff Heimiller, MD Charles Lei, MD	Emergency Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Enhanced Experience in Emergency Medicine ACE	Jeff Heimiller, MD Charles Lei, MD Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE	Emergency Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Endocrinology ACE	Leslee Matheny, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Enhanced Experience in Ophthalmology ACE	Janice Law, MD Reid Longmuir, MD	Ophthalmology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Enhanced Experience in Orthopedic Subspecialties ACE	Phillip Mitchell, MD	Orthopedics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Enhanced Experience in Orthopedics ACE	Phillip Mitchell, MD	Orthopedics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Family Planning ACE	Ivana Thompson, MD, MSCI	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery ACE	Carl Zimmerman, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Clinical Systems of Care (FHD2 CSC)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Continuity Clinical Experience (FHD1 CCX)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Foundations of Health Policy and Health Economics (FHD Health Care Delivery Immersion III)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y4	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Immersion Week I (Public Health, Population Health, and Prevention; Advanced Communication 1)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y3	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Immersion Week II (Interprofessional Education 1; Advanced Communications 2)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y3	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Interprofessional Education 2 (FHD IPE2)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Patient Safety (FHD PS)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Care Delivery - Quality Improvement (QI)	Jennifer Green, MD, MPH Heather Ridinger, MD Kurt Smith, MD David Stevenson, PhD	Interdisciplinary	FHD Longitudinal	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Foundations of Health Equity I (FHE I)	Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI	Interdisciplinary	Longitudinal	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Foundations of Health Equity II	Bonnie Miller, MD	Interdisciplinary	Longitudinal	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Gastroenterology ACE	Shabnam Sarker, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
General Neurology ACE	Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD Deborah Kerrigan, MD	Neurology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
General Orthopedics ACE	Phillip Mitchell, MD	Orthopedics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Neurology ACE	Kevin Ess, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Geriatric Medicine ACE	Jim Powers, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Geriatric Medicine AI	Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
GI Lap Surgery AI	Meredith Duke, MD, MBA	Surgery	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Global Health ISC	Marie Martin, PhD, MEd Dan Guiles, MD, MPH	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Gynecologic Oncology ACE	Alaina Brown, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Healthy Aging and Quality Dying ISC	Mariu Duggan, MD, MPH Andy Wooldridge, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Hematology-Oncology ACE	Olalekan Oluwole, MD Deva Sharma, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery ACE	Martin Montenovo, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Homeostasis	Jonathan Douds, MD David Meoli, MD	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
How Doctors Think ISC	Cody Chastain, MD Travis Crook, MD Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE, Chase Webber, DO FACP	Medicine	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Human Blueprint & Architecture	Neil Osheroff, PhD Cathy Pettepher, PhD	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Infectious Diseases ISC	Christina Fiske, MD Holly Algood, PhD Isaac Thomsen, MD, MSCI	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Injury Repair and Rehabilitation ISC	Shannon Eastham, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Introduction to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ACE	Aaron Yang, MD	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Learning Communities (LC) FCC	Beth Ann Yakes, MD	Interdisciplinary	LC Longitudinal	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Learning Communities (LC) FMK	Beth Ann Yakes, MD	Interdisciplinary	LC Longitudinal	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Learning Communities (LC) Immersion	Beth Ann Yakes, MD	Interdisciplinary	LC Longitudinal	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Maternal Fetal Medicine ACE	Etoi A. Garrison, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Maternal Fetal Medicine AI	Etoi A. Garrison, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medical Ethics ACE	Joseph Fanning, PhD Keith Meador, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medical Imaging and Anatomy ISC	Will Laxton, MD Scott Pearson, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medical Oncology ACE	Vandana Abramson, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medicine Hospitalist AI	Eleanor Weaver, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medicine VA AI	Ian Campbell, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Medicine VU AI	Eleanor Weaver, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Microbes & Immunity	Ban Allos, MD Aaron Shaver, MD, PhD	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
MIDP Business and Entrepreneurship	Reed Omary, MD	Interdisciplinary	MIDP	Y3,Y4	Immersion Phase
MIDP IDEA Lab	Ryan Buckley, MD	Interdisciplinary	MIDP	Y3	Immersion Phase
MIDP Industry Immersion	Reed Omary, MD	Interdisciplinary	MIDP	Y4	Immersion Phase
MIDP Innovation Activism and Altruism	Charleson Bell, PhD	Interdisciplinary	MIDP	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)
Neonatology AI	Holly Engelstad, MD	Pediatrics	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Neurological Surgery ACE	Lola Chambless, MD	Neurological Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Neuroradiology ACE	Taylor Davis, MD	Radiology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Operative Gynecology ACE	Howard Curlin, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Operative Gynecology AI	Howard Curlin, MD	Obstetrics/Gynecology	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Ophthalmology ACE	Janice Law, MD Reid Longmuir, MD	Ophthalmology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Opioid Crisis ISC	Rebecca Donald, MD David Edwards, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ACE	Samuel McKenna, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Otolaryngology ACE	Amy Whigham, MD	Otolaryngology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Palliative Care ACE	Maie El-Sourady, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Patient and Family Engagement Consult ACE	Lauren Sanlorenzo, MD Ryan Skeens, MD Laura Russell, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Cardiology ACE	Kimberly Vera, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Critical Care ACE	Jennifer King, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Emergency Medicine ACE	Nicholas Jones, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Endocrinology ACE	Jennifer Najjar, MD Jennifer Kelley, MD, MSCE	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Epilepsy ACE	Kevin Ess, MD, PhD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Gastroenterology ACE	Annette Vannilam, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Infectious Diseases ACE	Isaac Thomsen, MD, MSCI	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Medicine AI	Travis Crook, MD	Pediatrics	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Nephrology ACE	Kathy Jabs, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine ACE	Paul Moore, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Radiology ACE	Melissa Hilmes, MD Sudha Singhsudha, MD, MBBS	Radiology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Surgery ACE	Irving Zamora, MD, MPH	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pediatric Surgery AI	Irving Zamora, MD, MPH	Surgery	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Perioperative Medicine and Surgical Home ACE	Britany Raymond, MD	Anesthesiology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Physical Diagnosis	Rachel Apple, MD, Anuj Patel, MD	N/A	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation AI	Woody Morgan, MD	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Plastic Surgery ACE	Lauren Connor, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Plastic Surgery AI	Lauren Connor, MD	Surgery	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Post-Surgical Critical Care VAH ACE	John Barwise, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Primary Care Medicine ACE	Joe Gigante, MD Rachel Apple, MD, MPH	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Psychotic Disorders ACE	Stephan Heckers, MD Max Schiff, MD, PhD	Psychiatry	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Pulmonary Consult ACE	Todd Rice, MD, MSCI	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Radiation Oncology ACE	Zachary Kohutek, MD	Radiation Oncology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Renal & Digestion	Rishi Naik, M.D. Agnes Fogo, M.D. Gautam Bhave, M.D.	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Reproduction & Endocrine	Jennifer Gordetsky, MD, Cathy Pettepher, PhD, Andrea Utz, MD, Leo Maldonado, MD	Interdisciplinary	N/A	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
Rheumatology ACE	Sallaya Chinratanalab, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Sexual Medicine and Reproduction ISC	Mary Romano, MD, MPH Melissa Kaufman, MD, PhD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Shade Tree Clinic Community Healthcare ACE	Rober Miller, MD Eleanor Weaver, MD M. Cooper Lloyd, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Spanish Language Pediatric Clinic ACE	Adriana Bialostozky, MD	Pediatrics	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Stroke ACE	Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD	Neurology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Stroke AI	Deborah Kerrigan, MD Eli Zimmerman, MD Adam Nagy, MD	Neurology	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Surgery Critical Care ACE	Shannon Eastham, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Surgery, VAH AI	Shannon McChesney, MD	Surgery	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery ACE	Collen Kiernan, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery AI	Collen Kiernan, MD	Surgery	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
The Skinny on Obesity ISC	Robb Flynn, PhD B. Gisella Carranza Leon, MD	Interdisciplinary	ISC	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Thoracic Surgery ACE	Erin Gillaspie, MD, MPH	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Trauma ACE	Jill Streams, MD	Medicine	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Trauma AI	Jill Steams, MD	Medicine	AI	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Urology ACE	Abby Taylor, MD	Urology	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Vascular Surgery ACE	C.L. Garrard, MD	Surgery	ACE	Y3, Y4	Immersion Phase
Research Immersion	Luke Finck, EdD, MA	Office of Medical Student Research	Research Longitudinal	Y3,Y4	Immersion Phase
PLAN	Carlos Grijalva, MD, MPH	Office of Medical Student Research	Research Longitudinal	Y3,Y4	Immersion Phase
VPIL 1	Calvin Gruss, MD		Interprofessional	Y1	Foundations of Medical Knowledge (FMK)
VPIL 2	Melissa Hilmes, MD		Interprofessional	Y2	Foundations of Clinical Care (FCC)