Overview

Student Guide
2007 - 2008

You are scheduled to participate in the Family Medicine Clerkship during the upcoming 6-week period. This rotation is an intensive primary care experience designed to enhance the skills, knowledge and attitudes essential to your future practice as a physician.

The Clerkship is taught in numerous settings, including urban and rural communities, small private practice groups and large public clinics as well as community and university residency programs. Each teaching site will address the goals and objectives established for the Clerkship. Experienced faculty and/or senior residents will supervise you during the Clerkship. The Clerkship will challenge you to integrate everything you have learned to this point and to use this knowledge to problem solve in a Family Medicine ambulatory setting.

During the Clerkship you will be involved in defining and shaping your own educational experiences; you will find the clinical faculty supportive and accommodating. Elicit the confidence of the individuals with whom you will work by being aware of the protocols followed in their practice(s). Experience has shown that when the faculty feel they can rely on you, they will give you increased responsibility for patient care and contribute more of themselves to your education.

Updated: 6/26/07