ALL CLERKSHIPS BEGIN EVERY MONDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Clinical clerkships are offered by Keck School of Medicine faculty at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.

Decisions are made by the department and are based on your application, NOT JUST AVAILABILITY. Please do not call us for availability as we are unable to answer this question but will do our best to meet your application requests.

Anesthesiology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Anesthesiology
  • Pain Management

    Clinical Epidemiologic Investigation (USC/Norris Cancer Hospital)

    Dermatology (4 weeks only & must begin on 1st Monday of the month)

    Emergency Medicine  (4 or 6 weeks, not offered mid-June to mid-July)

    Gynecology 
  • Gynecologic Oncology (4 weeks)
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (4 weeks)

    Internal Medicine (only specialties offered) 
  • Cardiology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Gastroenterology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Hematology (4 weeks only)
  • Hepatology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Infectious Diseases (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Medical Oncology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Nephrology (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Pulmonary (must begin 1st Monday of month)
  • Rheumatology (4 or 6 weeks and must begin 1st Monday of month)

    General Medicine  (must be 4 weeks; offered July-October
    & February-April only)

    Neurology  (4 weeks & must begin on August 6, September 3, October 1, or November 26)

    Pathology  (4 or 6 weeks)

    Pediatrics
  • Child Abuse (Womens and Childrens Hospital)
  • Developmental Pediatrics (4 or 6 weeks)
  • General Ward Peds
  • Genetics (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Neonatology (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric Intensive Care (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric Internal Medicine (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (3, 4, or 6 weeks – Only July, August, October, February, March, May)

    ** For CHLA rotations, please contact Raquel Landeros at 323-669-2127
    		• Primary Care Screening in College Health (USC-UPC) 

    Psychiatry (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Consultation Psychiatry
  • Emergency Psychiatry
  • Inpatient Psychiatry

    Radiology (3 to 4 weeks)
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Neuroradiology

    Radiation Oncology

    Surgery
  • Burn Surgery (3 or 4 weeks)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • GI Surgery (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Neurological Surgery (3, 4, or 6 weeks)
  • Ophthalmology (3, 4, or 6 weeks [50% on research];
         contact Department for research info at 323-442-6448)
  • Orthopaedic Surgery (must be 4 weeks)
  • Otolaryngology (4 weeks)
  • Plastic Surgery (3, 4 or 6 weeks)
  • Surgical Critical Care (University Hospital)
  • Thoracic Foregut Surgery (4 or 6 weeks)
  • Tumor/Endocrine (USC/Norris Cancer Hospital 4 or 6 weeks)
  • Urological Surgery-Advanced Only (4 or 6 weeks)