Rural Family Medicine (4 to 8 Credit Hours)

Catalog description

Family medicine, or family practice, is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. With the broadest scope of all specialties, family physicians have more office visits and practice in more settings than physicians in any other specialty. As a primary care physician in Nashville, Georgia, Dr. O’Kane cares for patients of all demographics and all ages where each patient is unique and the rural setting can have its own challenges. As the student on this elective you will work one on one with Dr. O’Kane and her staff. You will see the patients, take the history, do the exam, discuss the patient and assist in the care management. There may be times when you could be called on to draw blood, give shots, and take vitals. You will be expected to be with the office team every working day and accompany Dr. O’Kane if out of clinic visits are needed for her patients. The SGMC Berrien Health Campus has been a part of the Nashville, GA community since 1965. The hospital has 51 acute care beds and 12 geriatric/psychiatric beds to serve the Berrien County region. The hospital provides general medical for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency room services. On occasion patients may be admitted there, however Dr. O’Kane does not normally see them while they are inpatients. Contact Hours: 0 to 8 Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to two times. Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Click here for the Schedule of Classes.