FMP 5016

Family Practice Residency Externship

Waycross, GA

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FMP 5016*                Family Medicine Residency Externship     
Waycross , GA  
(Special Elective)

Location:                      Blackshear Family Practice
                                   Okefenokee Satilla Regional Family 
                                   Practice Residency Program
                                   Satilla Regional Medical Center
                                   410 Darling Avenue
                                   Waycross, GA   31501  

Enrollment:                    Min:   1     Max:      1

Prerequisites:                Completion of Core Rotations

Duration:                       1 month

Months Offered:             July through June

Goal:  To help the student develop the skills necessary to function as a successful extern in the inpatient and ambulatory setting of family medicine.

Objectives:        At the end of this elective, the student will:

• Be able to take responsibility  for the continuing and comprehensive care of patients in both the ambulatory and inpatient setting under close supervision from faculty and residents.
• Have a working knowledge of rural family medicine.
• Be familiar with the care of the patient in the nursing home setting.
• Be exposed to other specialty/subspecialty areas of particular interest to the individual student.
• Be able to recognize the importance of health maintenance.
• Be able to recognize the importance of being the physician of first contact.
• Be able to gain the confidence of patients by meeting their health needs appropriately.
• Be able to recognize medical emergencies, establish health care priorities and use proper consultation to aid in patient management.
• Be able to provide patient care through appropriate diagnostic therapeutic management based on an awareness of cost.
• Be able to identify the health resources available in the community.

Activities:
Lecture Hours:  10 hours per week             
Clinic Hours:     40 to 50 hours per week
Lab Hours:                                                  
Seminar Hours:
Small Group:                                               
Other:
Call:                  Every 5-6 night

Assessment:  Clinical performance evaluation by faculty is based on student’s performance in the areas of:  patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills and systems based learning.

Unique Characteristic of the Elective:  Exposure to Family Medicine in a rural setting.  

For further information contact the Residency Program Coordinator (912) 287-4168.  (Participation in this elective must be approved by the Department of Family Medicine, MCG.  Contact the Medical Student Coordinator, ext 1-4075.)