Primary Care Medicine Elective
ME 536M.3A
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Description
This course is designed for the student eager to improve one's clinical skill and knowledge while working as a key team member in advanced primary care practices, one at the MGH and the other at an affiliated community health center. A secondary objective is development of advocacy skills for primary care reform. Three full days per week are devoted to clinical work in the evaluation and management of adults in the patient-centered medical home practices of two principal course faculty. One-on-one precepting is provided to enable personalized in-depth learning and mentoring. Two days per week are reserved for directed reading, patient follow-up, and researching and writing an op-ed (for possible submission) focusing on reform of primary care. Evaluation is based on growth in clinical knowledge, judgment, and skill and emerging advocacy competencies. Students interested in honing their clinical skills while beginning to participate in health system reform are encouraged to take this elective.
Not Available for Cross Registration
