Family Medicine

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CURRENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES & ALIGNMENT

The overarching goal of the Family Medicine Clerkship is to help medical students in their third year of study to develop, to a degree appropriate at that level of training, the competencies that are important to the discipline of Family Medicine and to the medical profession in general.

GOAL A: FM clerkship students will expand their medical knowledge base and develop their ability to acquire and apply that knowledge in the outpatient medical setting.

By the end of the Family Medicine Clerkship, each third-year medical student will have acquired the basic knowledge, appropriate to their level of training, to diagnose, manage, and/or appropriately refer patients who present to the Family Medicine setting with commonly seen problems.

Objective 1: Demonstrate recognition and knowledge of the common core problems encountered in Family Medicine and develop corresponding differential diagnosis and management plans.
Objective 2: Demonstrate an understanding of how to access and apply screening, prevention, public health principles, and clinical care guidelines for common medical problems in the primary care setting.
Objective 3: Demonstrate competence in obtaining a focused or comprehensive history and understanding of the patient's presenting complaint in the context of the Biopsychosocial model.
Objective 4: Demonstrate competence in performing a physical examination appropriate for the outpatient clinical presentation.

Goal B: FM clerkship students will augment and acquire new skills essential to performing tasks in the outpatient clinical setting.

By the end of the Family Medicine Clerkship, each third-year medical student will have enhanced their skills in performing clinical tasks in the Family Medicine setting appropriate to their level of training.

Objective 5: Demonstrate competence in delivering oral case presentations in the outpatient setting.
Objective 6: Observe or perform common Family Medicine ambulatory procedures.
Objective 7: Demonstrate competence in composing correct and complete medication prescriptions to treat common ambulatory clinical problems. E-prescribing module vs. written prescriptions.
Objective 8: Demonstrate the ability to utilize screening and counseling techniques in advising patients about lifestyle modifications.
Objective 9: Demonstrate competence in organizing and completing accurate patient records in the ambulatory setting.
Objective 10: Demonstrate understanding of the patient-centered medical home concepts in the delivery of care in the ambulatory setting.

Goal C: FM clerkship students will build on their communication skills and professional identity formation in the unique context of the outpatient clinical learning environment.

By the end of the Family Medicine Clerkship, each third-year medical student will have augmented and demonstrated personal professional attitudes and attributes in the Family Medicine setting appropriate to their level of training.

Objective 11: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with and relate to patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team by reflecting sensitivity to the diverse populations encountered in primary care clinical settings.
Objective 12: Demonstrate professional attributes and responsibilities, as well as a capacity for self-improvement and adaptability in the context of the clerkship structure and the Family Medicine outpatient learning environment.