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Primary Care Clerkship

Primary Care Clerkship. Categories Included. Primary Care Longitudinal Experience Focus on Special Populations Women’s health Men’s health Adolescent health Geriatrics Patients with special needs (disabled, etc). Structure. One 16-week rotation

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Primary Care Clerkship

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  1. Primary Care Clerkship

  2. Categories Included • Primary Care • Longitudinal Experience • Focus on Special Populations • Women’s health • Men’s health • Adolescent health • Geriatrics • Patients with special needs (disabled, etc)

  3. Structure • One 16-week rotation • Longitudinal experience with each primary care specialty • Experience caring for underserved populations • Time devoted to special populations

  4. Sample Schedule month 1

  5. Sample schedule month 2

  6. Sample schedule month 3

  7. Sample schedule month 4

  8. Educational Sites • Primary Care longitudinal experiences, acute care sessions, clinical experiences in special populations– USF Medical Clinics • Underserved patients – AHEC sites • Community preceptors – local preceptors • Specialized experiences (hospice, geriatric psych, adolescent psych, substance abuse)

  9. Didactics • Primary Care Didactics • Split into organ systems by week • Including preventive medicine, communication • Topics spanning various age groups – multidisciplinary didactics • Some web-based didactics • Special Populations Didactics • Based on the “population” of the month • May include examination skills in OSCE-type setting

  10. Integrated Longitudinal Curriculum • Most topics incorporated into: • didactics: disease prevention, health promotion, EBM, ethics, nutrition • clinical experiences: communication, system based practice, radiology, pain management, end of life care, lab medicine • OSCE/CPX type evaluations: ethics, communication, lab medicine, patient safety

  11. Student Evaluation • Logbook to monitor activities and diagnoses encountered • Mid-term feedback with each of the longitudinal preceptors • To review experience • Plan for the rest of the clerkship • Direct observation (videotaped office visit) • Evaluation by patients • CPX and Multiple Choice Final Exam

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