ME651 Family Medicine

The Family Medicine supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) allows students to use knowledge, skills, and abilities gained throughout the didactic year to interact with, evaluate, diagnose, and treat primary care patients under appropriate supervision. During this five-week course, students will be given the opportunity to: 1) apply a fund of knowledge in basic and clinical sciences to the understanding of common diseases encountered in family medicine; 2) effectively interact and communicate with patients to obtain a thorough history and conduct pertinent physical examinations; 3) use critical thinking to generate appropriate differential diagnoses; 4) formulate, justify, and carry out appropriate diagnostic and management plans based on current medical evidence; 5) practice common procedures encountered in primary care settings; 6) organize and present information and medical decision making to other members of the healthcare team through oral presentation and construction of clinical notes; 7) provide education to patients and their families; and 8) demonstrate professionalism and respect for patients, their families, other students, and all members of the healthcare team throughout the rotation. This course may include extended clinical care hours, inpatient services, emergency department, hospital call, and community responsibilities as deemed appropriate by the supervising preceptor.