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Elective Title: 49YX702 — AMBULATORY CARE IN A FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER
Description:
Working with residency program faculty and residents, students will gain experience and expertise efficiently evaluating patients of all ages in the outpatient setting. The student will participate in direct patient care including interviewing, examining, documenting, and developing a differential and plan of treatment. The student will present patients and receive constructive feedback. Preventive care will be emphasized along with chronic disease management, concepts of patient centered medical home, and interdisciplinary care. In addition, students will attend Tuesday afternoon resident didactic time and rotate for one week at the federally qualified Jane Pauley Community Health Center site which is the location of our underserved track. There is time to discuss difficult patients, the inner- workings of a residency program and different approaches of care. Once a month there is a week of pertinent short topics at morning report.
Elective Details:
Primary Contact for Add/Drops: Maria Stumpf (MStumpf@ecommunity.com); Marc Whitaker (MWhitaker2@ecommunity.com)
Director: Louis L. Winternheimer, M.D.
Campus: Indianapolis
Location: Community Hospital (Indianapolis)
Learning Objectives
- 1) Obtain experience and expertise efficiently evaluating patients of all ages in the outpatient setting (PC1)
- 2) Generate a differential diagnosis and initial treatment plan and/or plan for further evaluation (PC2)
Assessment
- Clinical Performance Evaluation Form (Grading will be based on student performance in patient care activities. This will be evaluated through observation and discussion with faculty.)
Enrollment Information
Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year status; Medicine clerkship must be completed
Availability with Max Students per Month:
| Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Duty Hours: 40
Time Distribution: 90% Clinical; 10% Lecture/Seminar
Elective Type Category: CP - Clinical Practice
Notes and Enrollment Information:
Add/Drop Contact Person: Maria Stumpf (MStumpf@ecommunity.com); Marc Whitaker (MWhitaker2@ecommunity.com) This course may be dropped/added with 15 days of the beginning date for the elective. Please take special note of the elective’s MONTHS OF AVAILABILITY and MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS (STUDENTS) allowed each month. To check availability, contact Maria Stumpf (MStumpf@ecommunity.com) or Marc Whitaker (MWhitaker2@ecommunity.com)
Third Year Elective? Yes
Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning
Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: Yes
Skills Description: The student will work with nursing, pharmacy, social work, resident physicians and attending physicians.
Service Learning Included: None