ELECT EOMDF - Outpatient Rotation
Director(s): Teri O’Neal, M.D. Location: Monroe Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Elective Offered During Blocks: 1B-10 2 Credit
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.
Offered: 1B-10
Pass/Fail
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