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Family Medicine
Student Rotations
Medical Student Clerkship Offerings
Contacts:
Jeffrey Mathieu, MD
(610) 969-4950 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time)
Benefits to medical students from other medical schools:
Malpractice insurance: No
Housing: Yes
Stipend: No
Family Systems & Community Oriented Primary Care
Subject
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Community Medicine/Health
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Level
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Fourth Year
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Length
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Four Weeks
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Methods
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Research, Clinical Experience, Meetings with
Faculty, Assigned Reading, Written Report, Other
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Number of students involved
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4 Fourth Year
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Number of faculty involved
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4 Full-time, 1 Part-time
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Offered to medical students from
other schools?
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Yes
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Brief Description
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Exposes the student to the broad concepts of the
dynamic relationships among the patient, family,
and community.
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Family Medicine Clerkship
Subject
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Family Practice/Medicine
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Level
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Third Year
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Length
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Four Weeks
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Methods
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Seminars, Clinical Experience, Assigned Readings, Group
Discussion, Meetings with Faculty, Written Report
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Number of students involved
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18 Third Year
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Number of faculty involved
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5 Full-time, 1 Part-time
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Offered to medical students from other schools?
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Yes
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Brief Description
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Fulfills third-year clerkship requirements while introducing the student to new paradigms of clinical decision-making and to the relationship-centered clinical method.
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Family Medicine Elective
Subject
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Family Practice/Medicine
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Level
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Fourth Year
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Length
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Four Weeks
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Methods
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Seminar, Hospital, Clinical Experience, Group Discussion,
Meetings with Faculty, Assigned Reading, Other
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Number of students involved
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6 Fourth Year
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Number of faculty involved
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6 Full-time, 1 Part-time
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Offered to medical students from other schools?
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Yes
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Brief Description
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Subinternship in Family Practice set in the environment of a longitudinal residency curriculum.
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Family Medicine Subinternship
Subject
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Family Practice/Medicine
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Level
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Fourth Year
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Length
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Four Weeks
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Methods
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Seminar, Hospital, Clinical Experience, Group Discussion,
Meetings with Faculty, Assigned Reading, Other
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Number of students involved
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3 per academic year
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Number of faculty involved
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6 Full-time, 1 Part-time
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Offered to medical students from other schools?
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Yes
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Brief Description
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Subinternship in Family Practice set in the environment of a longitudinal residency curriculum. Includes care of hospitalized adults and children, nursing home, and possibly birthing care.
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Family Medicine Ambulatory Elective
Subject
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Family Practice/Medicine
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Level
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Fourth Year
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Length
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Four Weeks
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Methods
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Seminars, Clinical Experience, Group Discussion, Meetings
with Faculty, Assigned Reading, Other
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Number of students involved
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3 per academic year
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Number of faculty involved
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Variable. At least two full-time community doctors with
support of residency program faculty.
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Offered to medical students from other schools?
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Yes
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Brief Description
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Ambulatory Family Medicine experience in a well-established community practice in the Allentown area. An opportunity to experience the breadth of family practice. Student experience will be supported by regular contact with residency faculty of Lehigh Valley Health Network.
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This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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