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Login to MedNet (internal only) Alice A. House, MD, FAAFP, CMD Family Medicine Senior Clerkship Director house_a@mercer.edu Clerkship Welcome The Family Medicine Clerkship is a required eight-week experience in the third year curriculum. This requirement can be served at any one of six sites across Georgia, including Macon, Savannah, Rome, Morrow, Columbus or Albany. Each clerkship site (View Sites) supports residency training in Family Medicine and has a qualified faculty that teaches students the depth and breadth of family practice. All sites are centrally coordinated thru the main campus of MUSM in Macon, but each has a third year Clerkship Director and Coordinator who ensures a consistent and quality rotation. Our discipline emphasis is on the outpatient management of common undifferentiated problems seen in Family Medicine ( See Curriculum). We offer opportunities for patient contact in the clinic settings, private Family Practice office, nursing home, assited living, and home visits. Each student is allowed some latitude in choosing how to use the time designated to ambulatory care. Activities emphasizing adolescent medicine, sports medicine, women’s health and geriatrics are available at most sites. Each student is required to participate in 1 week of in-service during the rotation in order to experience the continuity of care offered in Family Medicine. All students return to Macon for two days at mid-rotation in order that a series of “hands-on” workshops can be taught. These emphasize skills typically used in Family Medicine. Also, all students participate in the Standardized Patient Assessment at this time, which is a formative assessment to assist you in developing/enhancing your clinical skills. Please explore our web resources developed to enhance your experience during your Family Medicine Clerkship. If you have any questions, please contact us at the above contact link. INTRODUCTION: 2007-2008 Academic Year Curriculum  Objectives Policy Statement Texts CURRICULUM RESOURCES Patient Encounters 07- 08 Criteria Form Instructions for Entering Data Clinical Science Seminars and Workshops (Requires Clerkship issued password) Checklist Resources  Clinical Procedures Check List Preventive Medicine Project Preventive Medicine Project Presentation Guidelines Frame and Carlson Criteria Preventive Medicine Topics - Sample Ideas IT & Library Resources - Preventive Medicine Project EBM Evidence Pyramid Web Resources  Tips for Locating Articles in PubMed Advanced PubMed Quick Tips Setting up Filters in PubMed: My NCBI MeSH Headings & Subheadings Geriatric Focus Drug Use and Polypharmacy Review Dermatoses (Requires Clerkship issued password) Dermatoses  DEPARTMENT EXAM View Internal Sample Exam Questions (login required) EVALUATIONS Mid-Rotation Clinical Performance Evaluation Final Presentation Evaluation for Graders Final Final Clinical Performance  ROTATION DATES 2007- 2008 FM Clerkship Dates