2nd Year Clerkship

Clinical Preceptorship

Medical students participate in clinical preceptorship sessions during their sophomore year. They are assigned to a particular specialty for a total of 5 afternoon sessions. The overall objective is for the students to complete a minimum of 3 histories and physicals during the sessions. The Department of Family & Community Medicine provides preceptor opportunities at either of the 2 ambulatory care centers or on the inpatient service. After the students gather the required information, the assignments are given to the preceptor for evaluation and feedback. This clinical preceptorship is a requirement of the PPM portion of the basic science curriculum.

The Family & Community Violence Lecture Series

This lecture series is provided to second year medical students. The goal of the course is to increase the knowledge, attitudes and skills of medical students about the role of the physician in the prevention, assessment and intervention of violence across the life cycle.

A range of topics is presented covering violence directed towards self (e.g., suicide), Family members (e.g., child abuse) and others in the community (e.g., youth violence).