FAMP 731B Family Medicine Continuity Core - Rural - Immersive

Credits: 18
The purpose of the Family Medicine Core Clinical Experience is for students to learn how access, continuity, comprehensiveness, coordination, and context of care by family medicine physicians improves the health of individuals, families, and communities. The Family Medicine Rural Immersive Experience will allow students an opportunity to immerse themselves in, and to explore the career choice of, rural Family Medicine for twelve weeks. As student skills progress, a high level of autonomy is allowed. Students care for the full spectrum of patients with chronic and acute disease processes, also addressing preventative medicine, and participate in the multitude of procedures available to the field of Family Medicine. Students will be engaged with the community through work on a community project and dedicated time is incorporated to complete this work as well as medical knowledge study. Students who complete the Rural Immersive will gain a comprehensive understanding of Family Medicine in a rural context and will learn concepts in rural medicine, FM Core, and community health. Continuity concepts will span the twelve weeks. Students will simultaneously satisfy requirements for: Family Medicine core clinical experience, the rural experience, and the continuity experience.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit
Also offered as: FAMP 731RB