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Family Med Clerkship
Family Medicine Clerkship
According to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the family medicine clerkshp provides "essential patient care knowledge and skills necessary for generic medical school development." The family medicine clerkship teaches students the role of the family physician in the delivery of primary care in the United States. You will learn how to evaluate and manage patients with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical problems.
The experiences in the family medicine clerkship are important to your growth as a physician, regardless of specialty. Physicians in most specialties care for patients in the outpatient setting. Since family medicine clerkships are largely outpatient rotations, you will see medicine as it's practiced in the ambulatory setting. The clerkship will show you how family physicians "identify, prioritize, and manage the multiple medical problems of many patients in time limited visits," writes Dr. Robert Taylor, professor of family medicine at the Oreg on Health & Sciences University.
Through this clerkship, you will hone your skills in interviewing, examination, and clinical problem-solving. These skills are important ones for all physicians, even if you ultimately decide to enter anesthesiology, urology, or another field.
The family medicine clerkship is a core rotation, and your clerkship grade will be a factor in the residency selection process, regardless of your specialty choice. Your family medicine clerkship grade will be included in your Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) as will comments placed on your evaluation forms by attending and resident physician evaluators. In a survey of medical schools across the country, Takayama found that only 34% of students achieve the highest grade in the family medicine clekrship.
In our book, Success on the Wards: 250 Rules for Clerkship Success, we have chapters on the Family Medicine Clerkship and The Outpatient Setting that will help prepare you for this clerkship, and position you for clerkship success.
According to the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the family medicine clerkshp provides "essential patient care knowledge and skills necessary for generic medical school development." The family medicine clerkship teaches students the role of the family physician in the delivery of primary care in the United States. You will learn how to evaluate and manage patients with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical problems.
The experiences in the family medicine clerkship are important to your growth as a physician, regardless of specialty. Physicians in most specialties care for patients in the outpatient setting. Since family medicine clerkships are largely outpatient rotations, you will see medicine as it's practiced in the ambulatory setting. The clerkship will show you how family physicians "identify, prioritize, and manage the multiple medical problems of many patients in time limited visits," writes Dr. Robert Taylor, professor of family medicine at the Oreg on Health & Sciences University.
Through this clerkship, you will hone your skills in interviewing, examination, and clinical problem-solving. These skills are important ones for all physicians, even if you ultimately decide to enter anesthesiology, urology, or another field.
| Did you know... In a survey of U.S. medical schools, Takayama found that only 34% of students achieve the highest grade in the family medicine clerkship. |
The family medicine clerkship is a core rotation, and your clerkship grade will be a factor in the residency selection process, regardless of your specialty choice. Your family medicine clerkship grade will be included in your Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE) as will comments placed on your evaluation forms by attending and resident physician evaluators. In a survey of medical schools across the country, Takayama found that only 34% of students achieve the highest grade in the family medicine clekrship.
In our book, Success on the Wards: 250 Rules for Clerkship Success, we have chapters on the Family Medicine Clerkship and The Outpatient Setting that will help prepare you for this clerkship, and position you for clerkship success.
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