Clinical Clerkship-Internal Medicine for Physician Assistant

Catalog description

During this five week clinical clerkship the student will be exposed to and actively participate as a member of the facility’s in-patient internal medicine healthcare team and function under the direct supervision of the assigned clinical preceptor, supervision of attending physicians, house staff and physician assistants. The goal of clinical clerkship is to provide the student with practical clinical exposure to primary care patients, including common medical conditions, diagnostic procedures, treatments and technologies that are common for the healthcare environment specific to the internal medicine specialty. Preceptors will guide the students learning activities to assist them in achieving the course learning objectives. It is likely that not all clinical conditions required for the mastery of this content area will be encountered during the clerkship. Student self-directed learning activities and clinical clerkship support materials will complement the preceptor directed activities. Restrictions/Requirements: Successful passage of all didactic phase coursework.