FAM 1802 FAMILY MEDICINE CORE CLERKSHIP
The clerkship in family medicine exposes students to primary-care role models and ambulatory clinical experiences in contemporary health-care delivery away from the tertiary-care setting. This four-week clerkship has both didactic and clinical portions. The clinical portion of the clerkship is based primarily at family medicine clinics and community residency programs all over the north Texas area, with some locations outside the DFW metroplex. Each of these sites is staffed by UT Southwestern faculty. Students see patients at the family medicine centers and in a variety of other practice sites, including private offices, under the supervision of adjunct clinical faculty. The didactic portion of the clerkship consists of lectures and small-group activities that focus on clinical topics and patient and family issues commonly encountered in a family medicine environment. Clerks prepare and present a patient study to faculty at each site and participate in conferences.