Rotations

Your third and fourth years of medical school are spent on various rotations, putting into practice what you've learned in the classroom. Here you'll find our rotation locations and the information you'll need for your rotations.

Rotation Locations

Harlem, NY

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
230 East Ridgewood Avenue
Paramus, New Jersey 07652

Harlem Cardiology of Madison Avenue
1787 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Harlem Medical Group
33 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027

The Independent Practice Association of New York "IPA NY"
994 West Jericho Turnpike
Suite 202A
Smithtown, NY 11787

Lackawanna College
501 Vine Street
Scranton, PA 18509

Montefiore Nyack Hospital
160 North Midland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960

Nassau University Medical Center
2201 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY 11554

NYC Health + Hospitals - Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox Avenue
New York, NY 10037

NYC Health + Hospitals - South Brooklyn Health
2601 Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11235

One Brooklyn Health - Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
1 Brookdale Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11212

One Brooklyn Health - Interfaith Medical Center
1545 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213

One Brooklyn Health - Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
575 Schenectady Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203-1891

Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd
North Bergen, NJ 07047

RWJ Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West
Toms River, NJ 08755

St. Clare's Health - Denville
25 Pocono Rd
Denville, NJ 07834

St. Clare's Health - Dover
400 W Blackwell St
Dover, NJ 07801

St. John's Episcopal Hospital
327 Beach 19th Street
Far Rockaway, NY 11691

St. Joseph Hospital
4295 Hempstead Turnpike
Bethpage, NY 11714

St. Mary's General Hospital
350 Boulevard
Passaic, NJ 07055

Staten Island University Hospital
475 Seaview Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10305

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Hospital
374 Stockholm Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Middletown, NY

Garnet Health Medical Center – Catskill
68 Harris-Bushville Rd
Harris, NY 12742

Cornerstone Family Health Care
147 Lake Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
(Hudson Valley area - including: Middletown, Goshen, Port Jervis, Highland Falls, Pinebush, and Milford, PA)

Hudson Regional Hospital
55 Meadowlands Pkwy
Secaucus, NJ 07094

Hudson Valley VA
41 Castle Point Rd.
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Lackawanna College
501 Vine Street
Scranton, PA 18509

Middletown Medical Group
111 Maltese Drive
Middletown, NY 10940

Montefiore Nyack Hospital
160 North Midland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960

Garnet Health Medical Center
707 East Main Street
Middletown, NY 10940

Putnam Hospital Center
670 Stoneleigh Avenue
Carmel, NY 10512

St. Joseph's Health
301 Prospect Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13203

Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital
70 Dubois Street
Newburgh, NY 12550

Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Great Falls, MT

Benefis Health System
1101 26th St S
Great Falls, MT

Missouri River Medical Center
1518 Chouteau
Fort Benton, MT 59442

Benefis Teton Medical Center
915 4th St NW
Choteau, MT 59422

Mountainview Medical Center
16 West Main St, Box Q
White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645

Marias Healthcare Services Inc
607 Park Ave
Shelby, MT 59474

Alluvion Health (FQHC)
601 1st Avenue North
Great Falls, MT 59401

Monument Health
502 East Monroe Street
Rapid City, SD 57709

Deer Lodge Medical Center
1100 Hollenback Lane
Deer Lodge, MT 59101

Northern Montana Health Care
30 13th St
Havre, MT 59501

Logan Health/Billings Clinic
310 Sunnyview Lane
Kalispell, MT 59901

Bitterroot Health
1200 Westwood Dr.
Hamilton, MT 59840

PHS Billings Area Indian Health Services (IHS)
2900 4th Avenue North
Billings, MT 59101

Yuma Regional Medical Center
2400 South Avenue A
Yuma, AZ 85364

Northern Arizona Healthcare
1220 N. Beaver St.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Information You'll Need to Get Started and While on Rotations

The clinical experience is highly structured and offers ample built-in support and flexibility.

Introduction to Clinical Rotations

In the spring semester of second year, students are required to complete the Intro to Clinical Rotations course, as a pre-requisite to starting third-year clinical rotations. This is a three-part course. Please see the New Innovations website for dates, location and any additional information needed.

Registration

The Clinical Education department registers students for rotations through the Registrar, based on the rotation discipline and location.

Students will be able to view their schedule with specific rotations on the scheduling software New Innovations.

Incoming third-year students

You will be assigned to your main clinical rotations site in March after participating in the Rotations Lottery. Your rotations schedule is available by early April. Rotations start on or around July 1st.

Incoming fourth-year students

You will start to apply for your rotations during the Spring semester of your third year. The official first day of the semester is July 1^st. You should schedule all Fall semester rotations at sites with Graduate Medical Education, GME (residency) programs. Students will be granted access to Visiting Student Learning Opportunities, (VSLO) the Spring semester of third-year.

International Students

Please reach out to the International Students Department to ensure all requirements are met before beginning rotations.

Deadlines

Your rotations schedule must be completely reflected on New Innovations including all cores and electives. You will be registered for the courses based on your schedule for the Fall semester first, followed by the Spring semester.

You will be able to see your courses and grades on TouroOne and your transcripts.

Adding or Dropping a Rotation

If a fourth-year student chooses to change a core rotation that is already scheduled, from one semester to another, i.e., from Fall to Spring Semester, you must email the TouroCOM coordinator. However, once a course has a grade entered, it cannot be dropped.

If a request is not received via email, the original core courses will remain as initially scheduled on TouroOne and on all transcripts released.

Transportation

Students are responsible for their own transportation during rotaions.

Supportive, Mental, and Behavioral Health Services

Students can access mental and behavioral health services at the following locations during their 3rd and 4th year rotations: Supportive Resources for 3rd and 4th Year Students.

Student Credentialing Forms & Dates

Deadline: Students must submit all health and credentialing forms to Verified Credentials by April.

Make sure all forms are up to date!

Students are responsible for updating all certifications and immunizations that expire annually and bi-annually.
Students must make sure their health credentials are up to date before beginning their 4th year rotations.
Students must make sure their health credentials are up to date before beginning their residency programs upon graduation.

Various rotation sites may require separate health and administrative forms in addition to the standard credentialing file. These forms must be received by your coordinator at least 30 days before the start of your rotation.

Pre-Rotation Certifications

These trainings are mandatory to begin rotations.

Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Students are required to complete the BLS and ACLS American Heart Association, AHA online training and return to campus to complete the skills portion of their certification.

For the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), along with other required courses, students are required to complete training on CEUFast and submit their certificates.

Please see New Innovations website for dates, times and location and any additional information needed.

Changing a Rotation

If a fourth-year student chooses to change a core rotation that is already scheduled, from one semester to another, i.e., from Fall to Spring Semester, you must email the TouroCOM coordinator.

If you do not attend a scheduled rotation or change your schedule without notification to the coordinator, you will not receive credit for that rotation.

New Innovations

All students will be utilizing the Clinical Education Department's rotation software New Innovations (NI).

Please follow the below instructions to log on for the first time:

Go to: www.new-innov.com
Enter the below login information:
Institution: Touro
Username AND password: first initial last name (ex. ksteier)
You will be prompted to change your password upon first sign in.

Student Performance Evaluations (SPEs) and Preceptors

Preceptors are able to complete your SPE online on New Innovations, NI.

You have the ability to request that your preceptor complete your evaluation at the end of each 4-week block. This prompt will be seen on your home screen when available.

Please email the Clinical Education Department the name and contact information if a preceptor is not on the NI software. If a preceptor is not a TouroCOM credentialed faculty member there may be a delay in their addition to the NI software while they complete that process as it is a requirement.

Student Schedules

If a student schedule is inaccurate on New Innovations, please contact the appropriate TouroCOM student coordinator immediately.

Student schedules on New Innovations are the schedules used by coordinators at TouroCOM and rotation sites, therefore if you are not scheduled for a rotation, and it is not on NI you may not receive credit for it.

Electives

An Elective Requests form must be submitted to the respective TouroCOM student coordinator -no later than 30 days prior to the start of the rotation you are requesting. The form is available on NI. Failure to submit the fully completed form within the appropriate time frame may result in the rotation not being approved. All approved Electives must be updated on New Innovations. Failure to follow the process may result in a canceled rotation.

The rotation schedules that are sent to the hospitals are created from New Innovations; therefore, not informing the school of any rotation request will not be ensured full credit by administration.
Special Request for Electives (international rotation, research and other special requests) must be requested via the Elective Request form.
For Electives confirmed or secured through VSLO, you must forward the confirmation email from VSLO to the TouroCOM student coordinator.
It is the student’s responsibility to submit all necessary documentation to the elective site.
The Clinical Education department is only responsible for submitting credentialing files (Letter of Good Standing and other documents).
Once the elective is approved by the COM, the student will receive a signed elective request form from their TouroCOM coordinator for the student to submit to the elective site with the rest of their credentialing file (health forms, immunization records, etc.).
The elective site must sign the elective request form as well. Upon receipt of this completed form the student’s schedule will be updated in New Innovations.

Changing a Rotation

If a fourth- year student chooses to change a core rotation that is already scheduled, from one semester to another, i.e., from Fall to Spring Semester, you must email the TouroCOM student coordinator.

If you do not attend a scheduled rotation or change your schedule without notification to the TouroCOM student coordinator, you will not receive credit for that rotation.

In the Hospital

Orientation

All students must attend onsite orientation for their clinical sites on or prior to July 1st., as scheduled by the clinical site (hospital and/or office-based rotations).

Please check your email and your New Innovations homepage for updates regarding your rotation site orientation dates.

Time Off

If a medical student needs time off while on rotation, they must submit a written request for approval to the clinical site (preceptor and/or site coordinator) with cc to the respective TouroCOM coordinator. It is at the discretion of the hospital/clinical site, whether the request is approved. All time off is subject to make-up, at the discretion of the clinical site, including but not limited to time off for residency interviews. You should plan around your rotation schedule.

Students on rotation do not follow the TouroCOM administrative calendar.

* Please see the Clinical Rotations Manual below for additional information.

Clinical Rotations Manual 2021-2022 Effective July 1, 2021
Clinical Rotations Manual 2022-2023 Effective July 1, 2022
Clinical Rotations Manual 2023-2024 Effective July 1, 2023
Clinical Rotations Manual 2024-2025 Effective July 1, 2024

Examinations, Evaluations and Electives

Evaluations

All Student Performance Evaluation forms (SPEs) must be submitted within 2 weeks from the last day of the rotation Submitting an evaluation on New Innovations electronically is the most efficient method.

If the SPE is submitted via paper form, it must include student name, preceptor name, rotation discipline, location, and start and end dates, as well as appropriate signatures and date. Otherwise. the evaluation will not be accepted.
All SPEs must have a signature from the preceptor.

Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test (COMAT) Exams

COMAT exams will be given the final Friday of the respective rotation discipline for each third- year clinical rotation, unless students are otherwise notified. The official schedule will be posted on New Innovations. Please refer to New Innovations for COMAT schedule.

If a student is completing their elective, that block, they will be scheduled to take the OPP COMAT at the end of that block.
These exams are given electronically, and students should comply with the pre-exam instructions to confirm that their computer meets the required specifications and that they have downloaded the latest COMAT browser and confirm they have received their correct COMAT codes the day before the COMAT exam.
Please visit www.comat.starttest.com and download the secure browser to do a system check on the computer being used and to download the appropriate browser. This process will take less than 5 minutes.
If you experience technical issues prior to the exam, please contact the Administrative Clinical Coordinator. If you experience technical issues on the day of the exam, contact the NBOME immediately at the number listed in your launch and proctor code email.

Visiting Student Learning Opportunities

The VSLO program is solely for fourth-year students. During the second semester of their third-year, students will be given access to VSLO to begin scheduling their fourth-year rotations.

Transcripts will be updated to VSLO by the administration periodically throughout the year in batch form, not at individual request.

Residency Application

Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)

Students will be required to submit their noteworthy characteristics via Google Docs for their MSPE to administration, during third year.

Upon completion of MSPEs by Administration, students will be given ONE opportunity to review and edit their MSPE draft.
If the document is submitted after the deadline any requested changes will not be honored.
If more than one response is sent to the administration with varying edits, only the first response will be honored.
MSPEs will be uploaded by administration to the ERAS portal by the application release date for residency program directors.
Students going through the NRMP Match and ERAS application process for the second time can request their original documents be uploaded. MSPEs will not be edited again for applicants who are reapplying.

ERAS will open at the beginning of your fourth year.

Students will receive their token from the TouroCOM Administration at the beginning of third year, to allow students to request their letters of recommendation throughout third year.
Documents that are uploaded by the school include: Transcripts and MSPEs.
Documents that are uploaded by the student: Application, Photo, Personal Statements, Board Scores including COMLEX and USMLE reports.
Documents that are uploaded by the author/preceptor: Letters of Recommendation, LORs.

Electronic Residency Application Service, MyERAS

Any questions a student has about using the MyERAS Applicant portal can be best answered by contacting the MyERAS applicant help resources.

TouroCOM Administration does not have access to your applicant portal and cannot assist you. Please contact MyERAS for assistance in viewing uploaded documents, and finalizing requests for LORs, etc.

Contact MyERAS at:
myeras@aamc.org
202-862-6264
Monday-Friday
8 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET

Non-ERAS Residency Application (Military, San Francisco/Ophthalmology, and Urology)

Students must follow the policies for the respective residency application for that program. The dates for these applications and results, are unique and do not follow those for the NRMP Match.

Students should note that administration only has access to the documents that students do NOT upload. All other documents are only accessible by the student and must be submitted by the student as part of the application to be sent to the program.

Documents that are uploaded by the school include: Transcripts and MSPEs.
Documents that are uploaded by the student: Application, Photo, Personal Statements, Board Scores including COMLEX and USMLE reports.
Documents that are uploaded by the author/preceptor: Letters of Recommendation, LORs.