Family Practice - Family Medicine Clerkship

Catalog description

During the clinical clerkship the student develops understanding of health maintenance and disease processes for patients throughout the lifespan from newborns to geriatric patients. Students will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of Family Medicine through patient interviews, physical examination, review of imaging and laboratory studies, and a variety of other educational experiences. This clerkship will expose students to management of patients in inpatient, academic outpatient including an interprofessional teaching clinic, and community outpatient settings. There are two options for the patient care portion of the clerkship: rural placement and Kansas City placement. Prerequisite: Medical Basic Sciences.