Medical Student Education
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is active at all levels of medical student education.
We offer interdisciplinary educational experiences with five other health science schools as well as access to cutting-edge research and the world-renown University of Minnesota Medical Center.
Clerkship
This 4 week outpatient clinic-based experience in Family Medicine involves working with practicing family physicians, colleagues from other disciplines and, at some sites, FM residents.
Elective Courses
The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health offers a variety of elective courses design to give students a wide introduction into family medicine.
Courses
Most of the information below is for University of Minnesota medical students only. If you're a visiting medical student, please visit our visiting medical student page.
Family medicine faculty from the Twin Cities campus direct the following educational offerings.
Required
The Family Medicine Clerkship and the Essentials of Clinical Medicine course are required curriculum for University of Minnesota medical student.
Longitudinal
UMN medical students receive the opportunity to apply for or enroll in the following clerkships. Completion of any of these experiences fulfills the Family Medicine Clerkship requirement.
UMN Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)
- Nine-month, internationally renown rural educational opportunity for UMN third-year medical students
- Learn more about the Rural Physician Associate Program
UMN Metropolitan Physician Associate Program (MetroPAP)
- Nine-month longitudinal elective immersing UMN third-year students in the care of an urban, underserved population
- Broadway Family Medicine Clinic, the clinic of our North Memorial residency program, is one of the clinic sites
- Learn more about the Metropolitan Physician Associate Program
Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine (UCAM)
- Twelve-week urban medicine clerkship for UMN third- or fourth-year students
- Learn more about Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine
Electives
A variety of elective courses for family medicine are available:
- Cardiovascular medicine
- Community health
- HIV care
- Family medicine research
- Health care for the underserved
- Human sexuality research
- Inpatient family medicine
- Obstetrics
- Rural medical care
- Sexual problems in clinical medicine
- Sports medicine
Interest Group
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) on the Twin Cities campus sponsors lunch lectures and skills workshops on a variety of family medicine-related topics. Past lectures and workshops have included urban and rural medicine, sports medicine, women's health, community health, and primary care advocacy. Events and activities are open to all medical students. Some events and activities are also open to pre-medical students.
Events
Following is a list of regional and national events involving family medicine education that may be of interest to medical and pre-medical students.
- Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Spring Refresher
- Family Medicine Midwest Conference
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) National Conference for Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students