Students will become familiar with general principles of clinical epidemiology, recommendations of the Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services, and the National Objectives for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - 2000. The objectives are to give the student an opportunity to develop requisite skills to perform a diagnostic interview with mental status exam, to establish a differential diagnosis, and to select an appropriate biopsychosocial treatment. Under supervision, the student may be allowed to initiate treatment with selected patients. Both inpatient and outpatient clerkships require some work in a variety of psychiatric settings, including emergency psychiatry. Students who have completed their third-year of medical school gain experience in the use of various imaging procedures with proper interpretation and clinical correlation.
Students participate in all departmental didactic and case presentation conferences.
Students receive invaluable hands-on experience in a busy general Podiatry Service assisting Podiatry staff, in both clinic and operating room settings. Academics are a high priority, and include case presentations and attendance at morning report, participation in the monthly Journal Club and attendance Grand Round lectures at both Eisenhower and at the Medical College of Georgia.