Course Catalog

 
91-217 FAMILY MEDICINE ACTING INTERNSHIP
Department FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Community Medicine Acting Internship, Elective AI Facility University Medical Center
Course Director ANSLEY BACCUS Enrollment Limit 1
Contact KRISTA TRIMM Enrollment Minimum 1
Email Ktrimm@ua.edu Address University Medical Center
850 Peter Bryce Blvd.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone (205) 348-9856 Fax (205) 348-4429
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 NO PREREQUISITES AVAILABLE. CONTACT DEPARTMENT. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The objectives of this AI are to provide medical students with an advanced level of Family Medicine experience and to improve the student's ability to perform complete histories, focused physical exams, develop differential diagnoses and treatment plans for the wide range of clinical problems encountered in FM clinic. The primary focus is the outpatient evaluation and treatment of patients representing many undifferentiated illnesses. Students will be assigned to faculty preceptors to see a wide variety of patients in a busy outpatient clinic and will be given the opprotunity to care for the patient from start to finish.
Where To Report University Medical Center - Main
Requirements Attend FM clinic with faculty as scheduled.
See patients, obtain history, perform physical exam, develop problem list and differential diatnosis as indicated, order/plan treatment course for the diagnosis, followup on results and complete note documentation in a timely manner

Read on assigned topics during independent study and be ready for discussion during faculty-led didactic sessions. Didactic sessions may also include hands on experiences for procedure training.
Evaluation Final review performed by supervising faculty. Evaluations completed by assigned faculty and based upon the pass-fail system within medhub.
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