Acting Internship Internal Medicine Primary Care and Beyond

Catalog Description: The Internal Medicine-Primary Care and Beyond “PCB” elective centers around 4 main areas:  Patient Care, “Hot Topics”, Advocacy and Self-Reflection.  PCB offers students the opportunity to hone their clinical skills via direct patient encounters in the outpatient setting.  Students will interview, examine and educate patients, with the guidance of internal medicine preceptors.  Students will also attend lectures and other activities pertaining to unique topics not typically covered under existing medical school curriculum. This can vary based on site location (Twin Cities or Duluth). Students will actively participate in advocacy activities such as visiting a state legislator, writing letters to legislators, attending medical organization (such as Minnesota Medical Association, American College of Physicians) advocacy events, interacting with institutional advocacy committees, etc.  Finally, students will attend unique, interactive lectures provided by Abbott Northwestern General Internal Medicine Associates.  Lecture topics include:  "The Illusion of Medical Certainty", "The Story of Probability", "Medical Experts and Scientific Truth", "Heuristic Thinking", "Pitfalls in the Practice of Medicine", "Why William Osler Matters", "on Being a Doctor:  The Practical Wisdom of William Osler" and "The Physician as Leader".

Syllabus

Note: Contact the Course Coordinator for any syllabi for previous years. 

Sites: Site availability may vary.

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Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: 3.5-4 days patient contact, 1.5-2 days curricular activities

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Open for self scheduling

Grading Scale: P/N

Allow repetition of course: Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency: Does not apply