INTERDIS 214C
PIONEER Course - 4 week
Poonam Sharma
Description from DukeHub
The PIONEER curriculum will allow for students to learn essential clinical skills in an ambulatory setting with longitudinal contact with preceptors and patients. The course is a total of 12 weeks divided into a 4-week and 8-week block and includes didactic and applied content, ambulatory internal medicine, pediatrics, and neurology. All students will also complete shifts in the emergency department and have unscheduled time which they can use to design experiences to help with career exploration and advancement of clinical skills. Secondary Contact: Tracey Reynolds. Credit: 3; Maximum Enrollment: 32; Minimum Enrollment: 20. Poonam Sharma, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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