MSPA 627Family Medicine Clerkship

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This is a 5-week clinical clerkship course. During this course, second year PA students develop skills necessary to function as a PA in the family medicine setting. Students will apply medical knowledge and skills developed during the didactic phase of their education. Students will actively engage in assessment, analysis, evidence-based approaches, and management of conditions in a culturally sensitive and patient-centered manner, encountering patients typically seen in the family medicine setting. Students will work with the clinical education team and under the supervision of their preceptor(s) to provide care. Students will follow their preceptor's schedule when on clinical site