Goals: The faculty will strive to:

1. Provide additional in-depth experience in Family Medicine that allows the student to function as an Intern while under supervision.
2. The student will become familiarized with both the duties of Internship as well as achieving proficiency in the skills requisite of a first year resident.

Objectives: Upon completion of the rotation, the student should be able to:

1. Have clinical acumen and confidence to evaluate, write-up and present an undifferentiated ER admission.
2. Order appropriate laboratory and imaging studies and be able to interpret them.
3. Develop a differential diagnosis and treatment plan.
4. Follow care of admitted patients through discharge planning and outpatient follow-up.
5. Understand concepts of Family Practice such as long-term management, family issues regarding illness, and community and public health.
6. Demonstrate understanding of issues current to today's health care environment including risk management, cost-effectiveness, and risk-benefit analysis.

Learning activities:

1. Thorough work-up and follow-up of at least 5 patients per week..
2. Daily participation at Morning Report.
3. Participation in all scheduled didactic conferences.
4. Reading assignments in Family Medicine as well as that which is relative to patient's hospitalized under their care.
5. One half-day clinic at the Family Medicine Center seeing patients with an attending physician.

Learning Resources:

1. TAMU Medical School Library.
2. FPRBV's library and resource center.
3. Participation of Barbara Thoma, medical librarian, at Morning Report to help with MEDLINE searches as requested.

Evaluation:

1. The student will be requested to complete an Elective Evaluation Form. The results will be used for continuing improvement of the elective for future students.
2. The student will be evaluated using the standard A&M Evaluation forms.

Elective Administrator: David McClellan, MD Family Practice Residency of the Brazos Valley 1301 Memorial Drive, Suite 200 Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 862-4465

Contact Person: Winona Murphy, Program Coordinator Family Practice Residency of the Brazos Valley 1301 Memorial Drive, Suite 200 Bryan, TX 77802 (979) 862-4465 Email: winona-murphy@medicine.tamhsc.edu