The Enhanced Study-1 is a 4-week long course. This clerkship is designed to provide students with an additional opportunity to prepare for the COMLEX Level 1.
This elective must be approved by the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Assessment and is intended for students who are identified as at-risk and/or have previously failed a COMLEX exam and may need additional preparation and review time.
The student will submit a board study plan and timeline for their curriculum of study for approval, which will help prepare them for the COMLEX Level 1 exam.
COMLEX Level 1 is an assessment administered in a time-measured manner that integrates foundational biomedical sciences with other areas of medical knowledge relevant to clinical problem-solving and the promotion of health maintenance.
Competency domains assessed include application of osteopathic medical knowledge, osteopathic patient care, osteopathic principles and practice, communication skills, professionalism, and ethics. Competency assessment occurs in the context of clinical and patient presentations and systems-based practice as required for entry into the supervised practice of general osteopathic medicine and for readiness for lifelong learning and practice-based learning and improvement.
This course aims to have each student review through self-study approach the high-yield COMLEX Level 1 topics of biomedical foundational sciences and clinical disciplines in an organ system based approach of Dimension 2 including human development, reproduction, and sexuality; endocrine system and metabolism; nervous system and mental health; musculoskeletal system, genitourinary/renal system; gastrointestinal system and nutritional health; circulatory and hematologic system; respiratory system; integumentary system; and community health and patient presentations related to wellness that have been taught through the CHSU-COM’s curriculum in the preclinical OMS1 and OMS2 years.
This course does not count toward the degree requirements.