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Sep 07, 2024
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SELECT SIFMB - Family Medicine Inpatient Acting Internship–Alexandria
Director(s): Robert Moore M.D., Program Director Location: LSU FMRP-301 Fourth Street, Suite 3-H, Alexandria, LA 4 Credits
Goals: To provide student’s experience in the application of essential Family Medicine skills, attitudes, and knowledge in a large Community Hospital inpatient setting.
Objectives: The students will be able to:
- Develop skills in obtaining medical history and physical exam findings relative to the common and major disorders encountered on the Family Medicine adult and pediatric inpatient services.
- Improve their skills in the diagnosis, evaluation and management of common inpatient disorders, and healthy newborns.
- Document appropriately in the hospital record, including progress notes, orders, and charges.
- Recognize the effects of social and cultural variables on the health and management of patients in the hospital setting.
- Increase their knowledge of fundamental principles of medicine, specific disease entities, and normal variants through conferences, reading, and other self-study modalities, and be able to discuss the practical application of that information.
- Discuss the specialty of Family Medicine and the management of patients within the context of continuity of care by primary care physicians.
Resources for Learning:
- Participating faculty: LSUHSC - Alexandria Family Practice Residency faculty.
- Texts: As recommended by assigned preceptor
- Workshops: Periodic small group discussions and didactic conferences with Family Practice residents.
- Hands-on Experience: Supervised evaluation and management of assigned patients in the inpatient 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.
Offered: Blocks 2-3
Pass/Fail
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