Family and Community Medicine (MFCM)

912 INTRODUCTION TO PATIENTS / (2-0). Credit 2. Medical history-taking and physical assessment coordinated with recognition and management of common emotional reactions among nonpsychiatrically ill patients. Factors that may influence doctor-patient relationships. Prerequisite: Admission to medical curriculum.

944 CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP I / (0-3). Credit 4. Students rotate through primary care experiences in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, otorhinolaryngology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, dermatology and orthopedics. Prerequisite: IMED 923.

981 SEMINAR / (1-0). Credit 1. Current issues in medicine. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

982 CLERKSHIP / Credit 7.5. Full-time clerkship experiences in the offices of primary care physicians. Prerequisites: Completion of first and second years of the medical curriculum.

985 PROBLEMS / Credit 1 or more. Assigned readings and practical or laboratory work with weekly discussion period in a selected area of family and community medicine. Prerequiste: Approval of department head.

989 SPECIAL TOPICS IN... / Credit 1 to 4. Special study of an identified area of clinical medicine. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

991 RESEARCH / Credit 1 or more. Laboratory research in an applied aspect of the basic sciences related to clinical medicine. Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

989-301 PRECLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM / Credit 3. Students spend four weekd in the office of a family physian. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the first-year curriculum and departmental approval.