Family Medicine Clinical Rotation 1 - Virtual Medical Education

Program Name:

Family Medicine Clinical Rotation

Program Code:

FM-001Classic

Clinical Rotation Type: In-person

Virtual Rotation Type: Observership and Elective

Clinical Setting: Community Clinic

Department: Family Medicine

Program Description:
This clinical rotation in Family Medicine provides students and medical graduates supervised exposure to the core principles in general Family Medicine with further development of clinical reasoning and patient management. Students will evaluate patients with a variety of common chronic and acute complaints in a wide range of age groups, and make an initial management plan in conjunction with their supervising physician. Patients will be seen for initial evaluation or continuity of care. Students will learn about the community in which they serve patients and how that community and the individual’s social determinants of health may affect health care outcomes. This rotation would be beneficial for students and medical graduates interested in any primary care specialty.
Program Goals:
• Using background medical knowledge and clinical reasoning to form hypotheses related to patient problems in general family medicine.
• Understand the principles of preventive medicine including patient education and USPSTF screening recommendations.
• Developing an understanding of the psychosocial, educational, economic, cultural, and religious backgrounds of patients that underlies their diverse belief systems in the approach to the management of patients.
Clinical Competencies:
• Obtaining an accurate and pertinent patient-centered medical history from all appropriate available sources.
• Presenting during formal rounding or ambulatory setting.
• Write up each new or transferred patient, presenting patient data in the approved format and including an assessment (differential diagnosis and the reasoning that dictates the diagnostic and management approach) and plan for each problem.
• Effectively utilizing the library and electronic resources to research the problem list and to demonstrate proficiency with critical reading skills.