Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic

Catalog description

Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Conducive learning environment for advanced experience in managing common ambulatory illness; exposure to clinical learning situations that provide an opportunity to enhance and improve the skills required of a family practitioner, including history, physical, differential diagnosis, evaluation and treatment regimens; illustration of the broad aspects of the practice of Family Medicine as a specialty that strives for continuity, quality, and comprehensive care, and an emphasis on the patient with a disease in the context of his environment; becoming comfortable with assessments and development of confidence in therapeutic decisions; mentored in a fashion that clearly demonstrates that the Family Physician plays a vital role as a patient advocate that honors life.