@blugrn6, I noticed in this: http://www.med.umkc.edu/docs/Docent_Handbook_2013.pdf, that for Docent Clinics - you guys have a midterm and final exam (along with clinical evaluations) that go towards your clerkship grade. Are these exams that come from a specific textbook or is it testing what you actively learned in clinic? I’ve heard from a few students that things like Docent Clinic and Docent Rotation have had a lot of busy work/book work added to them in a way to try to “improve” them, which at times gets in the way when you really want or need to study for something else: other graded classes, or studying for Step 1.
I’ve also heard the Docent Clinics supercede everything – you miss class on your clinic day, or your rotation until you get out of clinic. I’m just wondering how much you felt like Docent Rotation and Docent Clinic interfered with the other stuff you have to do – basic science classes, USMLE Step 1, and other things that all traditional med students have to do.