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Rural Primary Care Practice and Research Program, FAPR 905 2014 Department of Family Medicine. Course Director: Michael Kennedy, MD Course Administrator: Debra Lea. Course Description. Early exposure to clinical medicine and primary care research.
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Rural Primary Care Practice and Research Program, FAPR 9052014Department of Family Medicine Course Director: Michael Kennedy, MD Course Administrator: Debra Lea
Course Description • Early exposure to clinical medicine and primary care research. • Offered to students between their first and second years of medical school by the Department of Family Medicine. • Work with a community physician in a primary care medical practice. • Students will also collect data about: • Patient health • Preventive health care • Health behavior • Rural primary care practice in Kansas.
Orientation • Students will participate in activities at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians. • June 5-7 • http://www.kafponline.org • Orientation • 3-5 days prior to their on-site clinical experience • Hands-on clinical training. • OB • Suture • Airway • Sterile surgical technique • Clinical Skills • Includes training in research techniques
On-Site • Students will spend 6 weeks living in their assigned rural community • Students will help with patient care • Clinical and Hospital Patients • Surgical Patients • Obstetrical patients • Nursing Home • Home Visits • Students have done ASSISTED with the following in the past: • Delivering a baby • Cesarean section • Surgery • ER Visits • Trauma stabilization • Coroner calls • Ride in the ambulance • Ride in a helicopter • Sutured lacerations • Applied cast
Goals and Objectives • Observe and assist in the delivery of primary care in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. • Practice and refine clinical skills acquired during year one. Begin learning basic procedural skills. • Understand and perform practice-based research data collection in primary care. • Electronic Medical Record. • Develop an awareness of important issues in the delivery of health care in a non-urban primary care setting. • Develop awareness of the needs and expectations a Kansas community has for their physician. • Gain awareness regarding the function of a health care team in primary care. • Participate in a community-based research project.
Expectations for Students • Attend the KAFP annual meeting June 5-7, 2014 in Kansas City, KS. • Read and understand the provided reading assignments. • Participate in lecture/workshop experiences with KUMC faculty prior to and following the on-site experience. • Spend 6 weeks at their assigned site, assisting their preceptor with comprehensive patient care. • Participate fully in the data collection and recruitment related to the research project. • Communicate regularly with KUMC faculty and staff.
Application Process • Complete the course application • Demographic data • Personal statement about why the rural program • Answers to questionnaire • Students will be selected based on prior rural experience and current rural program participation • Many urban background students have participated in the past • The course director will be responsible for all selections
Rural Sites • Rural sites will be identified by the Office of Rural Medical Education (ORME) • There are several requirements that must be met prior to hosting a student. • Affiliation agreement between KUMC and the rural hospital • Faculty appointment for the host preceptor • Site approval by ORME • Housing requirement met • Credentialing completed by the student • Final assignments will be the decision of the course director.
Scholarship • This program functions as a scholarship program and all enrollment decisions are made by the course and co-course directors. • Program acceptance decisions are based on items in the application.
Stipend • This elective includes a stipend that is funded by • H.L. Baker Trust of LaCrosse, Kansas • The Dane G. Hansen Educational Scholarships Fund • Kansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation • Sutton Family Fund • The stipend will include • A base scholarship payment of $2,400 ($1,200 per mo) • Additional $400 payment bonus provided to students who thoroughly complete all aspects of the program’s research activities. • Students will be reimbursed mileage costs at the current state ratefor ONE roundtrip travel to their assigned practice site.
Course Application • There will be an application form for the course distributed in January • Questions????? • Michael Kennedy, MD • mkennedy@kumc.edu • Debra Lea • dlea@kumc.edu
General Information • 2014 Course Schedule • TBD • Class size • The number of students enrolled is based on interest, physician sites and funding. Funding limitations will likely restrict placements to 30 students in 2014. • Credits • This elective is approved for 4 credit hours. This course counts as a clinical elective. Grades will be completed during the M-2 year.