The intern continuity clinic serves as an introduction to the longitudinal care of the outpatient general medicine patient. Goals for this first year of the experience include efficient use of time and schedules, effective doctor patient communication, appropriate documentation, health care maintenance skills and competence in the evaluation and management of common outpatient complaints. The Intern Continuity Clinic is structured as a quarter day clinic experience occurring at least once a week beginning in October.
Interns build and follow their own patient panel with the assistance of assigned faculty preceptors.
These preceptors are immediately available for discussion and, if necessary, interview and examination of the each patient during the intern's clinic. Each preceptor will be responsible for advising no more than 4 interns at a time. Preceptors will have no other clinical responsibilities outside of resident precepting during the quarter day session. Interns are expected to present each clinic encounter to their preceptors and discuss appropriate management. During the first six months of training, every patient must then be seen and examined by the attending preceptor.