ME721: SCPE Internal Medicine

The Internal Medicine supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) is designed to allow students to apply the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities developed during the didactic year in the internal medicine environment. Students will practice clinical skills in primary and specialty areas of medicine. The 5-week clinical course/ rotation will provide students the opportunity to 1) build and increase the ability to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while seeing patients within the outpatient and/ or inpatient setting, 2) assess commonly encountered medical problems, 3) order and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies, 4) manage common medical problems in patients, 5) practice medicine as part of a health care team, and 6) observe, assist, or perform common internal medicine procedures under the supervision of a clinical preceptor. Patient-centered, physician assistant practice reflects several overarching themes including an unwavering commitment to patient safety, cultural competence, quality health care, lifelong learning, and professional growth. Course delivery methods for teaching and learning include hands-on clinical experiences and preceptor/clinician observations.