PA 570 Family Medicine Clerkship
This five-week clerkship reinforces primary care knowledge and concepts taught during the didactic phase of the program through practical application in the family medicine setting. 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 pediatric to geriatric 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. Hours: Students are expected to keep hours no less than that of their preceptor, up to 80 hours per week. This may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts