Each student is also required to complete a community project, demonstrating how physicians can be involved in the community in ways other than direct patient care. All third-year medical students in Texas are required to do one community training rotation in family practice, and they may elect to do a second. A nurse educator instructs students in patient education and interviewing techniques, nutrition counseling, clinic procedures, and OSHA regulations. Students at the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Coastal, and Alamo residency training sites receive considerable training in geriatrics. In the Mid Rio Grande Border Region, the training includes patient care in outlying colonias using a mobile van for outreach into the remote areas of the county.
Some students elect more than one rotation.
Fourth-Year Medical Students . Fourth-year medical students can select preceptorships either at affiliated family practice residency programs, such as the McAllen, Harlingen, and Corpus Christi programs, or at an affiliated clinic or private practitioner's office. Rotations are four weeks in length and include both inpatient and outpatient experiences. Some students elect more than one rotation. Other Primary Care Student Rotations.