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Electives Syllabi
Family Medicine
Purpose:
The purpose of the Family Medicine elective clerkship is to give the student direct involvement and experience in functioning as a primary care family physician which include:
- gaining an appreciation of the osteopathic family physician's
role as the physician of first contact that delivers holistic
family-oriented medical care to patients entering the health
care system
- gaining an understanding of family systems concepts, the impact that family functioning and psychosocial/economic factors have on health and illness, and the importance of involving the family in the treatment of the patient in order to provide overall health care
- gaining knowledge and skills in performing procedures commonly done in the office of the osteopathic family physician
- gaining skills in communicating effectively with patients and family members
- gaining a better understanding of how to respond to moral/ethical aspects of patient care
- improving skills in OMM
- gaining skills in self-evaluation and self-directed learning
- gaining skills in presenting patients, both verbally and written
- acquiring knowledge and skills in the use of community resources for development of a medical care plan and the provision of patient care
Objectives:
The Family Medicine elective rotation should provide practical clinical exposure and knowledge in the area of primary care medicine. This may be accomplished through a variety of learning structures developed to achieve proficiency in the following areas:
- Exhibit interpersonal skills with patients and their families to facilitate the communication process between physician and patient
- Develop and implement health promotion protocols and disease prevention plans for patients with and without disease - utilize patient education skills and compliance monitoring skills in the process of implementing these protocols and plans
- Assess a patient's biological and social environment and use the information to facilitate the development of effective treatment and management strategies
- Identify community support agencies and describe how they can be utilized by the physicians in his/her preventive care/health promotion efforts with patients and their families
- Utilize appropriate medical records documentation strategies
- Demonstrate knowledge of the cost of treatment strategies as well as the ability to utilize cost containment strategies while still providing high quality care
- Illustrate a knowledge of medical billing procedures
- Illustrate an awareness of medical, legal and ethical issues and the ability to respond appropriately to these issues
- Demonstrate appropriate techniques and indications in the use of OMM
- Display ability to perform history and physicals thoroughly, efficiently, and accurately
- Demonstrate the ability to perform common clinical procedures performed in Family Medicine
- Evaluate and develop differential diagnoses for undifferentiated problems
- Display knowledge about drugs commonly prescribed for patients
- Explain how to prevent, diagnose, treat, and manage medical diseases/ conditions
- Recognize medical conditions and concerns and respond appropriately to patients - identify and provide patient education and preventive care strategies
- Identify and utilize community referral resources
- Acquire knowledge and skills in appropriate access of community resources for medical care plan and patient care
- Demonstrate competence in office procedures such as laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic
- Experience out-of-office routines such as hospital rounds, surgical assistance, labor and delivery management, hospital staff and committee meetings, and hospital emergency call
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