Course Catalog
91-920 COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Department
FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Campus
Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s)
Elective
Facility
University Medical Center
Course Director
JOHN WHEAT
Enrollment Limit
4
Contact
MELANI HARRELL
Enrollment Minimum
1
Email
mmharrell01@ua.edu
Address
University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone
(205) 348-2886
Fax
(205) 348-7685
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates
1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites
* * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Permission from the Course Director or Co-Director is required.
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Contact will provide details about approvals for this course.
Visiting students, whose hometown is in Alabama or who attend an osteopathy school in Alabama, are welcome to apply. Applicants will be reviewed on a case by case basis by the Course Director.
Course Description
This elective allows UASOM and visiting medical students to experience Community Medicine and medical practice in communities. On a case by case basis, students may be assigned to community preceptors or institutions for observing and experiencing medical practice, for completing service learning projects, or conducting research projects. Each student will be assigned also to a supervisor who is a faculty member of, or preceptor for, the Department of Family, Internal and Rural Medicine. The student will keep a log of experiences and make weekly reports to the supervisor. A final paper is rquired to document what the student expected, what the student experienced, what the student learned, and what the student recommends to other students and to the faculty. Pre-clinical students have enjoyed opportunity to shadow rural physicians. Students with elective time early in the third year of medical school have been introduced to primary care medicince. Students in the fourth year have experienced rural community exposures to Family Medicine, Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Cardiology, and Radiology. The elective seeks to address the individual needs of students. Students should contact Dr. Wheat at least two months in advance of the anticipated elective in order to make arrangements. This elective can emphasize rural community experience.
Where To Report
Contact Course Director at 205-348-2886 or jwheat@ua.edu for more information.
Requirements
Prior to enrolling in this elective, students must contact Dr. Wheat, Course Director (205) 348-1303, jwheat@ua.edu or Dr. Payne-Foster, Course Co-Director at (205) 348-5148, pfoster@ua.edu. See Course Description.
Evaluation
Pass/Fail, based on participation, weekly reports, preceptor opinion, and final written paper.
Notes
Prior to enrolling in this elective, students must contact Dr. Wheat, Course Director (205) 348-1303, jwheat@ua.edu or Dr. Payne-Foster, Course Co-Director at (205) 348-5148, pfoster@ua.edu.
