PA 570 Family Medicine Clerkship

This five-week outpatient rotation reinforces primary care knowledge and concepts taught during the didactic phase of the program through practical application. Working as part of a health care team, students are expected to assimilate and correlate patient history, physical findings, and diagnostic studies to make diagnoses and formulate treatment plans. Students will be exposed to a broad range of medical conditions seen in the pediatrics to geriatrics population. Activities include patient examination, pharmacotherapeutics, treatment modalities, follow-up evaluation, case presentations and documentation. Students work under the supervision of a licensed clinical preceptor and undergo an end of rotation evaluation. 40 plus hours per week.