Course Catalog
STP2008 RURAL MEDICAL SCHOLARS EXPERIENCE
Department
FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Campus
Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s)
Special Topic
Facility
University Medical Center
Course Director
DRAKE LAVENDER, MD
Enrollment Limit
5
Contact
DRAKE LAVENDER, MD
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
drake@ua.edu
Address
University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone
(205) 348-2882
Fax
(205) 348-2889
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
5-5, 17-17, 44-44
Prerequisites
* * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Completion of first year of medical school.
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description
The course is designed to offer Rural Medical Scholars and other medical students with a true rural, small town Alabama primary care experience by assignment to a rural preceptor (physician). One week is encouraged for Rural Medical Scholars. Although clinical skills would be fundamental at this stage in the students' careers, the course should expose each student to the art of medicine as each works along side his/her rural preceptor. Certainly there will be opportunity to learn patient care from the science of medicine, but the main thrust of the experience is to showcase the preceptor's role in a rural setting as a clinician and community leader. Students will be located in rural Alabama communities with rural primary care preceptors. A Community and Rural Medicine faculty member will be assigned to each student as a supervisor and will maintain weekly contact with the student and preceptor and visit the site once during the course to monitor progress.
Where To Report
First day orientation is at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) - Northeast Medical
Building, Room 1304 and then to rural preceptor site in Alabama.
Requirements
Observe rural preceptor and participate in patient care as deemed appropriate by rural preceptor (guidance for suggested criteria and goals will be provided by the Department of Community and Rural Medicine)
REQUIRED READING: Caring for the Country, Rabinowitz
Evaluation
a. Observation and assessment by rural preceptor
b. Assessment by supervisor through site visit and discussion with preceptor and student
c. Student written report about the experience
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