The Office is charged with the organization of the Essentials of Patient Care continuum, which includes courses in the first and second years. These courses include instruction in physical assessment, interviewing and communication skills, ethics, and evidence-based medicine.
Preventive medicine is taught in the context of home visits with selected community volunteers.
The Office has also developed a continuum of educational efforts regarding aspects of managed care. CME will be provided. As a part of the program, we would like to recognize community-based faculty that have participated to a signficant degree in outpatient education of our medical students. We will provide a plaque acknowledging their involvement, and will present the plaques at the conference. If you utilize Gainesville faculty for ambulatory education and would like them to be acknowledged, please email me with information about the individual and discuss their involvement with our training programs.