Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship 6 Credits/Maximum of 6

Catalog description

This rotation involves spending 4 weeks embedded within a primary care or sub-specialty ambulatory setting throughout our academic health system and the communities it serves. Students will grow their history, physical, assessment and plan skills for the types of patients receiving care at their particular site. Through this experiential learning opportunity, students will be challenged to understand their patients as persons navigating complex health systems about their unique circumstances and life stories. In addition, students will be challenged to apply health systems quality improvement principles and think about ways to harness technology and quality improvement principles to the ambulatory setting. The student schedule will be focused on one particular clinical site with one primary preceptor. Students will have 2-3 half days with no assigned clinical duties during which they are expected to complete the assessments outlined below.