Advanced Family Medicine

Catalog description

This is a face to face clinical rotation receiving 3 or 6 credit hours. The student should function with increased autonomy in patient care and must demonstrate competency in all of the Entrustable Professional Activities required for graduation. Elective rotation in which the student will be assuming substantial patient responsibility on an Outpatient teaching service. Ambulatory patient care and office exposure to outpatient procedures. Responsibilities may include admission, histories, physicals, daily notes, and treatment plans. Supervised by residents and Family Medicine faculty. Directly supervised and guided through this process by members of the clinical faculty and approved preceptors. Expect opportunities for “hands on” experiences and for improving their clinical skills both in history taking and physical exam common to family medicine. examination as they pertain to medical problems common to Family Medicine. This is a face to face clinical rotation receiving 3 or 6 credit hours. The student should function with increased autonomy in patient care and must demonstrate competency in all of the Entrustable Professional Activities required for graduation. Available to students may be ambulatory patient care and office exposure to outpatient procedures. Responsibilities may include admission, histories, physicals, daily notes, and treatment plans. Students will be supervised by residents and Family Medicine faculty. The student will be directly supervised and guided through this process by members of the clinical faculty and approved preceptors. The student can expect opportunities for “hands on” experiences and for improving their clinical skills, both in history taking and in physical and laboratory examination as they pertain to medical problems common to Family Medicine.