Logs of clinic cases and procedures kept by each student are also evaluated to determine the degree to which students experienced the breadth of cases representing the goals of the clerkship. Each student will also be evaluated on a five-minute oral presentation at the end of the Clerkship on a topic using an evidence based medicine approach. Students spend six consecutive weeks in a functioning clinical ambulatory care setting with direct patient care responsibility. At least 40 percent of time is spent in continuity of care, 10-20 percent in acute care, and the remainder in subspecialty and gynecology ambulatory clinics. Psycho-social issues are addressed in the context of patient care with preceptor supervision and psychiatric input.
Students have a wide variety of affiliated institutions from which to choose.
Students expand existing skills in medical interviewing, and physical diagnosis while developing additional skills in differential diagnosis, health care maintenance, patient counseling and follow-up. In addition to direct patient care responsibility, small-group case discussions and topic reviews of particular importance to primary care form the core of the teaching. Students are required to present an in-depth review of one topic during the course. There will be formal evaluation of the student's performance by attending preceptors based on observation of patient encounters, record keeping, and presentations. Students will be required to evaluate the course and sites.