After successfully meeting course requirements, ROME students will have completed the equivalent of eight weeks (credits) of both Surgery and Family Medicine at the ROME site, eight weeks of Neuroscience on campus, and eight week clerkships in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynecology (the latter three equivalent to four weeks on campus and four weeks at the ROME site), thus will have fulfilled Year 03 requirements. Comprehensive care and continuity of care are underlying concepts for ROME. Learning will be facilitated by understanding specific course objectives and/or requirements for each of the six core disciplines. Each discipline will identify educational objectives for the ROME months, and further identify learning objectives for the on-campus rotations. Use of the learning objectives identified by the courses will help focus learning.

The patient data base will be important to assess learning, to document experiences and identify/document learning issues. Other mechanisms to focus learning include interactive (video or audio transmitted) case presentations with identified learning issues, course specific quizzes or exams, on-site presentations to both clinical and academic faculty, and other potential activities or opportunities provided by the various departments.