FAMP 710EM Exercise is Medicine

Credits: 2
Students will actively participate in patient care within a busy primary care, family, and sports medicine clinic, in addition to experiencing the orthopedic operating room and outpatient clinic. This elective is clinically oriented with emphasis placed on physical examination techniques and the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, as well as usual primary care and lifestyle medicine topics. Opportunities will exist for the student to participate with their attending physicians at Lewis and Clark College sports medicine training room clinics and events. Other experiences may also include medical coverage for several athletic events here in Portland. The student may attend sports medicine conferences, family medicine grand rounds and case conferences. Some weekend commitments and travel to Vancouver may be required. This rotation is for those students with a strong interest in Family Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Primary Care Sports Medicine whose goal is to provide a link between the rapidly expanding core of knowledge related to sports medicine and its application to patients in the primary care setting.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit