Family Medicine Clerkship Program

 
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Family Medicine Clerkship Program

Leslie Stewart, Clerkship Coordinator

The Family Medicine Clerkship gives students an opportunity to experience many of the exciting and varied aspects of Family Medicine.

 

A Family Medicine clerkship student will:
  • become an integral member of an active community
  • see 80-120 patients
  • see a diverse population of patients presenting with a wide variety of problems
  • diagnose and treat common and undifferentiated medical problems
  • experience continuity of care by seeing patients at follow-up visits
  • see patients with chronic medical problems and patients presenting for preventive health visits
  • attend to patients presenting with a variety of psychosocial issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The clerkship goal is to provide students with the clinical skills, knowledge, problem solving skills, and professional attitudes necessary to access and care for patients in the family practice setting.

Each month, 13-15 students will be assigned to work in Family Medicine offices. Approximately 25% of students will be assigned to university or community practices near Charlottesville. The other 75% will be assigned to offices in other regions of Virginia.

We have recruited an excellent pool of preceptors and they are happy to have you working with them. We encourage you to take this opportunity to learn from them. They are a valuable resource to you not only for medical knowledge, but also about family medicine as a specialty.

 

 

Important Program Information

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