Office Based Practice II

Catalog description

per rotation There are two four-week rotations in Office-Based Practice. Office-Based Practice is intended to expose students to a variety of community-based clinical conditions in primary care and specialty settings with opportunities for additional clinical experiences. Students, as a function of contact with allied health care professionals, will acquire knowledge and skill in the utilization of community resources for the prevention and treatment of disease. Students should recognize that this is both a hands-on clerkship, which involves direct patient care, and one which will imbue students with the "community" perspective to complement the clinical model of direct service. The clerkship focuses on psychological, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, environmental/ecological, and political factors influencing the incidence, treatment, and prevention of disease. Exposure to patient care in an office-based practice will require the majority of the clinical experience in an outpatient setting. Health Care Management (HCM 4000 and HCM 5000) will be presented to teach students vital skills in medical documentation, evaluation, and management (E/M) services needed to reduce risk and achieve timely reimbursement for services provided.