Rotation Information

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time 
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2.  Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you 
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial 

3. Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time 
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you 
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Attend EpicCare computer training

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date. Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 9:00am to 10:00am at the Sterling Square facility, 3330 Peach Street, Erie.

4. Attend OR/scrub orientation as scheduled. Please contact Annmarie with any questions about OR/scrub orientation. 

5.  Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care
  

6. Report for your rotation

• Report to the UPMC Hamot Bariatric Surgery and Wellness Management Center, 300 State Street, Suite 400A, phone 814-877-5076. 

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Attend EpicCare computer training

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date. Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 9:00am to 10:00am at the Sterling Square facility, 3330 Peach Street, Erie.

4. Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

5. Report for your rotation:

• Report to the UPMC Hamot Heart and Vascular Institute, 120 E. 2nd Street, Erie, PA, Phone: 814-456-8980
  Ask for Kara Fuller

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge, parking permit, and textbook. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you 
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation

• To report for your first scheduled shift, use the main ED patient entrance on French Street. Wear your school ID badge and your Hamot access badge. Identify yourself as a medical student to the triage desk. Let them know you are beginning your first day on rotation and need to meet with the resident/attending you're working with that shift (whose name will be sent to you in advance.)
  
  

Expectations During Rotation

You are expected to distribute five blank copies of your school's evaluation form before your rotation ends.

• During your third week on rotation, print five blank copies of your evaluation form and give four to residents and one to an attending with whom you've worked. 
• Ask the residents and attending(s) to complete the evaluation and return it to you or place in Dr. Iszkula's mailbox prior to your last shift.
• Your student presentation, end-of-rotation exam score, and evaluation feedback factor into your summative evaluation and grade. Read more here (PDF).

Student Presentation and End-of-Rotation Test

You are expected to present at resident lecture and take an end-of-rotation exam. These factor into your summative evaluation and grade for the rotation. Read more here (PDF).

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

2. Complete OR/Scrub orientation

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date.  Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 8:00 am to 8:45 am at UPMC Hamot main OR.

3.  Attend EpicCare computer training 

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date.  Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at Sterling Square, 3330 Peach Street, Erie.

4. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

5.  Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

6. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation:

• Report to the Bayfront Digestive Diseases Associates of UPMC Hamot, Bayview Centre at 100 Peach St., Suite 200, Erie, PA, phone 814-877-7733

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2. Attend OR/scrub orientation as instructed by your preceptor 

3. Attend EpicCare computer training

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date. Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 9:00am to 10:00am at the Sterling Square facility, 3330 Peach Street, Erie.

4. Complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

5. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge, parking permit and textbook. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial
    

3. Complete Cerner training

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists 
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation 
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition Care

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation:
Report to the Hospitalist Common Area at UPMC Hamot by taking the North Complex elevators to the third floor. (The SecurityInformation desk in the main lobby can point you towards these elevators.)  Once on the third floor, walk through the brown double doors ahead labelled "Staff Only." Follow the signs for the Hospitalists Area. Ask for Stephanie Jordan.

1. Third-year students will undergo UPMC Hamot OR/Scrub orientation

• You will be notified in advance when this training is scheduled. It is most typically held at 8:30am in the hospital OR

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3.  Complete Cerner training modules 

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

4. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 9:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge, parking permit and textbook. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

5. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation:

At 10:00 a.m., report to the Radiology front desk at UPMC Hamot by walking through the main lobby and following the signs for Radiology.  (The Security/Information desk in the main lobby can point you towards this department.)  Arriving in Radiology, check in at the front desk, identifying yourself as a medical student there to begin rotation with Dr. Yost.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge, parking permit and textbook. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Complete Cerner training 

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation 
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation:
Report to the Magee-Women's, UPMC Hamot hospital.  Present yourself as a medical student beginning rotation in the NICU to the Security Desk

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge, parking permit and textbook. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Complete Cerner training 

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists 
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation 
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care 

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation by following the instructions in the welcome email.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF)

2. Attend OR/scrub orientation 

3. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

4. Complete Cerner training: 

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation 
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

5. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation: 
You will receive a resident's contact information by email prior to your rotation start date.  Once all of your administrative tasks are completed, you may contact the resident and inquire where you should meet them

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

2. Attend OR/scrub orientation 

• Date/time of training will be emailed to you before you begin

3. Attend St. Vincent Health Center orientation as scheduled with Mary Wassell  

4. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

5.  Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation

• Report to the ENT Specialists of Northwest PA office, located on the second floor of the Shriner's Hospital for Children, 1645 W. 8th St., Erie, PA 16505, phone 814-864-9994
• Please leave the parking spots closest to the building for patients
• When you arrive at the ENT Specialists' front desk, ask for Janiece Peck

6. Before your second day begins, complete Cerner training modules

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care 

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:45 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located in the Modern Tool Building, 333 State Street, Suite 206
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit check at this time
• After acquiring and applying a parking decal, student vehicles can be moved to a free student-designated parking lot (PDF) 

2. Complete Power Note training

• Go to the medical library, located on the Ground Floor of the hospital (North Complex)
• Sign on using the username and password that were emailed to you
  • You will be prompted to change your password
  • Complete the online tutorial

3. Attend EpicCare computer training

• This training will be scheduled on your behalf and you will be notified of the time and date. Most typically it is held on the first Monday of your rotation from 9:00 am to 10:00 am at the Sterling Square facility, 3330 Peach Street, Erie.

4. Complete Cerner training

• Module One: Managing Patient Lists
• Module Two: The Newly Admitted Patient 
• Module Three: Documentation
• Module Four: Daily Patient Management 
• Module Five: Safe Discharge and Transition of Care

5. Report for your rotation:

• Report to the Wound Center, 215 Holland St., Erie, PA.  Phone 814-877-3018.  At the front desk, introduce yourself and explain you are a medical student there to begin a rotation.

Learn more about this rotation here (PDF)