INMD 7225

RPAP Acting Internship Primary Care

Contact

Laurel Sweeney
RPAP/MetroPAP Coordinator
rpapumn@umn.edu

Campus
Curriculum Focus
Clinical Level
Requirement
MS Year
Hands-On
Terms Offered
Credits
Prerequisites

N/A

Details

Catalog Description: This portion of the overall LIC curriculum occurs during the final three months of RPAP and is integrated with the other core disciplines encompassed within the LIC.

Sites:

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Site Code

Site Name

Notes

AS-1000

Site will be assigned after drop/add deadline

Various sites around greater Minnesota assigned by RPAP.

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Arranged

Course Objectives: By the end of this rotation, students will be able to do the following:

  • Provide culturally sensitive comprehensive care (including preventive, acute, chronic & end of life care) in the context of the patient’s family & the community
  • Perform basic procedural skills essential to primary care clinicians
  • Demonstrate understanding of the role of Family Medicine within a health care team
  • Work effectively with local health care team members to enhance individual & community health
  • Develop communication skills & sensitivity to the psychosocial, sexual & family components of medical problems
  • Practice evidence-based medicine in the context of primary care
  • Understand & apply the principles of preventive care
  • Apply principles of quality improvement in practice improvement activities
  • Identify factors that contribute to and perpetuate health disparities
  • Develop the habit of reflective practice necessary for success as a life-long independent learnerExperience a rural lifestyle & gain personal confidence & competence in assuming the role of a rural physician
  • Understand fundamental aspects of rural health care including practical issues that impact care delivery, rural health care systems, and health problems specific to a rural population

Graded Components: 

  • Clinical assessments by primary preceptor and another healthcare professional within the clinical practice
  • Completion of MedU online virtual patient cases, an online educational module on Palliative Care
  • Communication Session 2 (CS2) - 1:1 visit with RPAP faculty who observe patient encounters and student case presentations to preceptors
  • MEDU Family Medicine Online Exam
  • Community Health Assessment Paper
  • CHA poster presentation
  • Year-end essay and survey
  • Required educational perscriptions

Grading Scale: H/E/S/N

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Allow repetition of course: Repetition not allowed

Limited to Student Type: Limited to RPAP students

Course equivalency: N/A

Related curricular experience:

Secure Exam:

Course evaluation: MedHub

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