PYAS 6559 - FAMILY MEDICINE CLERKSHIP

[6 Credits]

The Family Medicine Clerkship is designed to introduce the student to healthcare in the Family Practice setting. The students will be given the opportunity: understand and manage patient problems in a primary care setting; understand the broad base of knowledge required for the primary care setting; apply this knowledge to benefit the physician and patient in the primary care setting; apply previously acquired knowledge in the management of patients; apply principles of evidence-based medicine; apply data gathering techniques on unusual patient conditions for the purpose of publication; and participate in designing and/or collecting data in clinical trials. (8-week rotation)