3rd Year Ambulatory Primary Care Clerkship

Clerkship Learning Objectives:

At the end of this clerkship, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate health concerns through an appropriate history, physical examination, synthesize differential diagnosis, and formulate a diagnostic plan of care in the ambulatory care setting.
2. Demonstrate effective written and verbal presentation skills.
3. Demonstrate effective communication with patients, their families, caregivers, and members of the health care team.
4. Apply evidence-based medicine principles and practice algorithms relevant to patients seeking preventative and chronic disease care.
5. Demonstrate systems based practice through collaboration with other members of the health care team and assist patients in navigating complex systems of care.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of health promotion and disease prevention principles.
7. Interpret diagnostic results and develop an evidence-based, patient-centered treatment plan for common presentations in the ambulatory care setting.
8. Apply knowledge of the basic sciences to clinical care in the ambulatory care setting.
9. Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning through inquiry and reflective practice and systems based practice.
10. Demonstrate an understanding of the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and principles of achieving health equity.
11. Use learner-centered, culturally responsive principles to educate patients about medical issues in the ambulatory care setting.
12. Demonstrate professionalism in all interactions, duties, and responsibilities.

See syllabus for additional details.