Clinical Experience in Military Medicine. 4 Credit Hours

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The Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Health San Antonio and The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at Brook Army Medical Center (BAMC) are collaborating to provide medical students with interest in military family medicine exposure to an active duty patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care. The Clinical Experience in Military Family Medicine Elective is aimed to provide Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) and other interested 3rd and 4th year medical students an opportunity to rotate in a successful active duty PCMH primary care clinic at Fort Sam Houston or Camp Bullis. At the completion of the elective, the student will be able to: 1. Evaluate ambulatory pediatric and adult medicine patients with a variety of chronic illnesses, develop appropriate patient-centered management plans, and incorporate a multidisciplinary approach to care. 2. Evaluate acute ambulatory pediatric and adult medicine patients including the development of appropriate differential diagnoses and initial management plans for acute complaints. 3. Incorporate patient-centered health maintenance plans into both chronic and acute care outpatient visits. 4. Improve understanding of health conditions affecting the active duty and veteran population, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and other acute and chronic post-deployment clinical manifestations. 5. Develop an understanding of cultural issues that affect active duty airmen, soldiers, sailors, and troops including awareness of psychosocial influences of family support networks. 6. Develop an awareness of healthcare management within the Department of Defense. 7. Develop an understanding of the unique needs of Active Duty patients and requirements to care for them including medical readiness requirements, and administrative regulations, processing, and forms. Prerequisites: Successful completion of Family Medicine Clerkship ( FMED 3005 ).