Family Medicine Clerkship

Catalog description

The MS III MEDICINE and the MIND block will cover a full semester in which the student will have an opportunity to integrate teaching experiences across multiple disciplines, learning and understanding the interface between medical and psychiatric conditions affecting patients across settings from the emergency department and hospital (inpatient and consultation liaison service) to the ambulatory clinic. The specialties of Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Neurology and Emergency Medicine will be integrated into a full-time clinical rotation in the format of a blended longitudinal integrated clerkship. During the Family Medicine Clerkship Students will have an excellent ambulatory (outpatient) experience by seeing a variety of clinic patients ranging from newborns to geriatric patients. Additionally, through many community partnerships, students will become familiar with community resources available in El Paso.