ELECT EOMDF - Outpatient Rotation

Monroe Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

1B-10

Contact Crawford Plummer for Housing (318) 330-7626 / mplumm@lsuhsc.edu
Goals:
To provide student’s experience in the application of essential Family Medicine skills, attitudes, and knowledge in an outpatient clinic setting.

Objectives:
 

Specific Objectives:

•   Students will document a History, Physical exam, Assessment, and plan by obtaining a medical history and physical exam findings relative to the common and major disorders encountered in the Family Medicine outpatient clinic for each patient assigned.

•  Students will develop an assessment and plan on their patients.

•   Students  will  discuss  documentation  requirements with  the  Family  Medicine residents and faculty  using  the appropriate recording of medical information.

•  Students will be able to compare the effects of social and cultural variables on the health of patients in the

clinic.

•   Students will discuss practical applications of fundamental principles of medicine and specific disease entities through conferences, reading and other self-study learning modalities.

•  Students will gain exposure in and experience with common medical and surgical procedures.

Resources for Learning:
 

• Participating Faculty: Course director, LSUHSC Family Physicians.
• Texts: As recommended by assigned preceptor.
• Hands-on Experience: Supervised evaluation and management of clinic patients in an outpatient setting.
• Computer Assisted Instruction: Library research
• Directed Readings: As recommended by assigned preceptor.
• Self-Directed Learning: Focused review of topics directly related to patient care utilizing library and online resources.