This course allows students to experience hands-on patient care across the five ambulatory family medicine clinics. In the clinics, students see a wide range of medical as well as psychosocial issues including management of chronic diseases in the community. Along with this students present case-based discussions and actively participate in online portfolios to promote reflective learning. These equip the students to attain higher order clinical reasoning. This Clerkship builds student's knowledge on fundamentals of family medicine principles and common clinical conditions. The teaching methodology is adapted to accommodate experiential learning by direct patient care. The curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of the students as well as the region and culture. Students are assessed using in a 360 degree fashion using various methods including clinical evaluation, written examination and the US National Board of Medical Examiners online testing. Completing this Clerkship successfully enables medical students to transition to the next level as interns. Although the Clerkship is intensive, nevertheless the student feedback consistently indicates that they enjoy the rotation and surpass their learning goals.
Credit Hours :
4
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to :
Demonstrate Clinical And Critical Reasoning To Formulate Problem Lists, Diagnoses And Differential Diagnoses.
Discuss And Apply Prior Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Of Patient Care In Ambulatory Health Care Settings.
Discuss And Apply The Principles Of Family Medicine Including Biopsychosocial Model, Comprehensive, Contextual Preventive Care, Continuity, Coordination And Complexity Of Care Within The Local Health Care System.
Gather Information Through History Taking, Targeted Physical Examination And Focused Documentation Review (Eliciting And Interpreting Relevant Positive And Negative Symptoms And Signs).
Manage Follow-Up Visits With Patients Having One Or More Common Chronic Diseases Focusing On Their Self-Management, Adherence And Barriers To Care.
Present Oral And Written Patient Information In An Organized, Accurate And Logical Manner In Case Presentations And Portfolio Documentation.
Reflect In And On Practice, Setting Individual Learning And Improvement Goals.
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