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Medical Student Rotations
Junior/Third Year Students:
M-3 Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship – DFCM
Course goals and objectives
- Strengthen interpersonal/communication skills with patients
- Strengthen H&P skills and the need for focused H&P’s for common problems
- Develop skills in generalized problem solving
- Become familiar with common problems in primary care
- Understand the scope of family practice
- Appreciate continuity of care
Required Activities:
- Team Based Learning sessions given by the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (on Tuesdays)
- Pathway activities on Thursday afternoons
- Clinic Sessions at Waukesha Family Practice Clinic
- OB or inpatient Call Day
- Morning Report (Tuesdays and Thursdays), Journal Club, Patient Safety Conference, High Risk OB Conference
Optional Activities:
- Home Visits
- Nursing Home Visits
- Teaching Service Rounds
- Newborn Rounds with Obstetrics rounding
- Colposcopy Conference
Senior/Fourth Year Students Sub-Internship:
Students spend time with teaching service at WMH. Optional activities: nursing home visits, practice management activities, attend educational conferences.
Learning Activities:
- Participate as sub-intern in the daily inpatient teaching service rounds at WMH.
- Attend semi-weekly teaching service conferences and present patients.
- Independently perform and document Histories and Physicials, inpatient managment and discharges
Evaluation Criteria:
- History and physical exam skills
- Understanding of the role of psychosocial factors in illness and patient compliance
- Understanding of the role and tools of the effective family physician
- Ability to formulate an appropriate patient assessment and effective treatment plan.
Senior/Fourth Year Audition Elective:
Time at WFPC: Approximately 20 clinic sessions for one month. The students are scheduled with their faculty member whenever possible when he/she is in clinic during that month, plus other optional activities (TS, OB, educational conferences).
Goals:
- Independently take patient history and perform physical exam.
- Display appropriate communications skills, including respect/empathy for patients and clinical staff, and understanding of cross-cultural issues.
- Obtain Clinical experience and familiarity with local full-spectrum Family Medicine at ProHealth Care1
Learning Activities:
- Offered as a 2 or 4 week electiv through VSAS
- Time is spent working in the full spectrum of family medicine
- Opportunities include Clinic Sessions, Addiction Managment, Inpatient Adult or Newborn/Obstetric Management, Nursing Home Care, Home Visits, and Free Clinic opportunities
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