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Medical Education
Third-Year
Clerkship
Course
Description
The Clerkship
in Family Medicine is:
v
A
required four-week clinical rotation for third-year medical
students;
v
Designed and administered by the Department of Family Medicine at
the Indiana University School of Medicine;
v
The
first extensive exposure to ambulatory community-based medicine
for many students;
v
An
opportunity for students to begin to develop the knowledge,
skills and attitudes required to approach a problem in the
primary care setting;
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Often
much different from the traditional in-patient model
that currently characterizes the majority of medical education.
The clerkship will
introduce students to the principles and practice of Family
Medicine. Students will:
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Observe how
family physicians provide for the ongoing medical needs of their
patients within the context of the family and community setting;
v
Learn how to
focus on discrete portions of a patient’s medical history and
physical concerns within the confines of the patient’s total health;
v
Meet patients
who present with acute medical problems, chronic illness, in need of
preventive health education, and seeking the support of their
physician to cope with the trials and stresses of everyday life;
v
See patients interacting with their “personal” physician and witness firsthand the
therapeutic power of the doctor-patient relationship.
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