Family Medicine (s)

Catalog description

The Family Medicine 4th year sub-internship provides students an opportunity to broaden their professional education by providing direct patient care, with internship-like responsibilities. During this rotation students spend time in ambulatory clinic settings caring for patients from the newborn to geriatric populations. Students, under the guidance of family medicine physicians, will take histories, perform physical examinations, and counsel patients on common chronic medical problems such as diabetes, hypertension, depression, and other common ailments.