Getting Started Early...

From the day you took your USMLE Step1 exam to the day you receive your score report is 3 weeks.

You should use those 3 weeks to get all your paperwork completed to ensure a timely schedule and minimize the wait time for clinical rotations.

I encourage you to call AUA and find out who your clinical coordinator is and email them asking for the necessary paperwork that needs to be filled out.  Depending on your last name your clinical coordinator with either be Jessica Romero or Trisha Lane.

If you are not able to get a hold of them right away then you should anticipate what some of the paperwork will be by getting started on it beforehand.

What you will need

1. A signed agreement of the clinical clerkship placement attestation. 

This form is found in the Clinical Guidelines Handbook. To access this form email me @ shivasherolike@gmail.com

2. Criminal Background Check 

call your local police department to obtain this

3. Photocopy of Passport

4. Medical Clearance

This includes:

a. A physical in the last 6 months

i. There is a form the physician must fill out for this just email shivasherolike@gmail.com for it.

b. HIV counseling (just ask your doc to tell you about HIV risks and then have him write a note that he did so)

c. 10-panel drug-urine test lab report

d. Titers (this is important, don’t get just dates but get full titer reports that were done past 12 months)

i. Varicella

ii. MMR

iii. Hepatitis B

iv. Tetanus

v. Diptheria

e. PPD status for TB screening within last 6 months

5. Documentation of Certificates

a. HIPAA training course (I used CEUfast.com because I could also do the OSHA: Bloodborne Pathogen training course with it for $29.99)

b. OSHA: Bloodborne Pathogen Training course (ceufast.com)

c. BCLS training (you should have kept your little red card from the island so just photocopy it)

d. Infection Control Training course (proceo.com/courseover). AUA has a discount code that will make this cost $25.00.

e. Health Insurance Card (photocopy it)

6. 2 Passport-Size photos

7. Proof of Seasonal Flu Shot (I got mine done at Target but if you call around to any pharmacy stores or even your doctor’s office they should have it). Ask for the receipt copy that shows:

a. LOT #

b. Expiration Date

c. Vaccine Manufacturer

d. Date of Dose

e. Amount

f. Site of Injection

8. Curriculum Vitae

Example 1

Example 2

 

9. Official USMLE Score Report

Once you have obtained all of your paperwork, photocopy everything and mail it all at once to your designated clinical coordinator’s address at the AUA New York Office:

American University of Antigua
College of Medicine / School of Nursing
2 Wall Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10005


I hope this guide was useful and you're transition into clinicals is a smooth process.