Family Medicine Subinternship

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Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Familiarization with issues in hospital-based health care delivery, effective utilization of resources, and improving quality of care among hospitalized patients; time in outpatient care, developing similar strategies; opportunities for observing minor surgical cases and performing bedside procedures such as central venous line placement, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, and thoracentesis; allows the assumption of responsibility, with staff supervision, for inpatient diagnostic workup, management, and discharge planning; exposure to the lifestyle of family medicine physicians, with respect to inpatient care, as well as familiarization with duties associated with internship; opportunity allows responsibility while under supervision and permits an intimate look at the demands and rewards of primary care; night call required. Prerequisite: Doctor of Medicine classification.