FAMMED 215:
Primary Care Defined: Perspectives and Procedures
Designed to give pre-clerkship MD / PA students a broad overview of the diverse specialties and career trajectories available within the rewarding field of primary care. Students experience hands-on immersion in common office-based procedures, including abscess incision & drainage, joint injections, IUD insertion, and skin biopsy. Sessions led by primary care leaders, faculty, and residents address important questions, opportunities and popular misconceptions about primary care (pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine), regarding salary, lifestyle, prestige, rigor of clinical practice, and career opportunities. Course enrollment limited to MD and PA students.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
20 times
(up to 20 units total)
