Developing skills in evaluating and teaching ambulatory patients, mostly with acute visits.
Daily morning rounds discussing hospitalized patients and other pertinent topics.
Ability to take a history, do an appropriate physical exam, formulate a diagnosis and discuss appropriate treatment of patients seen in private offices and the emergency room. Ability to establish rapport with office staff, physicians and patients. Student's primary activity will be direct student-patient contact in private office and emergency room with supervision provided by staff of family physicians. Some time can be spent with other local specialists as well as looking into local community health facilities.