Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Office of Community and Clinical Education (OCCE) is committed to providing medical students with high quality clinical experiences.

Throughout the University’s history, strong and valued partnerships have been established with highly regarded physicians, hospitals and clinic systems all over the nation.

Annually, the OCCE conducts a “match” process whereby each student is assigned to an affiliated core-training site.

The KCUMB third- and fourth-year curriculum requires students to successfully complete a minimum of 19 clinical experiences. Required core clinical experiences are completed in the following disciplines:

• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Surgery
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Emergency Medicine
• Cardiology

Additionally, fourth-year students are required to complete both a one-month clinical experience in a rural or underserved area and two sub-internship blocks. All core clinical experiences are supported by a competency-based curriculum, which represents an integrated, seamless continuation of the Genesis curriculum offered during the first two years of training at KCUMB.

Our goal is to support students, preceptors and sites in any reasonable way possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or concerns at occe@kcumb.edu.