Course Catalog

 
91-302 RMS-RURAL MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Community Medicine Acting Internship 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		 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Rural Medical Scholar 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description Course Description The student will associate with a rural preceptor (family/primary care physician) and Rural Medicine faculty supervisor to discuss community health issues and physician roles in the community. The student, while seeing patients in the preceptor's clinic, will discuss community issues with the patients, the preceptor and the clinic staff. Learning Objectives: 1) understand the physician's roles as part of a rural community's therapeutic team; 2) observe the community primary care practice management style, including medical record; 3) gain understanding of community physician's lifestyle (work / life balance); 4) observe physician's role in the community outside of medical practice; 5) observe the values and appreciate the ways of life of rural Alabamians.
Where To Report Reach out to the course contact at least 4 weeks prior to start date.
Northeast Medical Building - Office 1305a
Requirements a. During orientation, learn about resource persons and materials for the practice of Rural Medicine, discuss initial impressions of a community, and initial learning objectives.
b. At mid-rotation, check in with Rural Medicine Faculty to discuss progress
c. At the end of the rotation, discuss experience in a 15-minute presentation to include: 1) Overview of Rural Practice; 2) Practice Management; 3) Set up / Style / Medical Record; 4) Call Schedule; 5) Community Involvement; and 6) Lifestyle.
d. Work in the clinic with a rural preceptor (family/primary care physician).
Evaluation Pass/Fail; Final oral presentation of rotation activities
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