Cr: Family Medicine

Catalog description

This eight-week clerkship provides students with a broad-experience in the current practice of ambulatory family medicine as a primary health care discipline. The setting may be an ambulatory care center, a family medicine clinic affiliated with a hospital, or in a family medicine clinical preceptor’s office. However, an Urgent Care setting is not an appropriate setting for this clerkship. The clinical experience includes working with the physician(s) to provide care for new and established patients, with an opportunity to develop history taking and physical examination skills, as well as interpret lab and/or diagnostic studies, and develop an appropriate differential and/or definitive diagnosis, and treatment plan. Emphasis is on preventive care, health maintenance, and wellness including but not limited to behavior and lifestyle modifications, as well as osteopathic philosophy and treatment when applicable. Students will see diverse populations and are expected to demonstrate cultural sensitivity, and develop an awareness of the impact of families and culture on health problems.