VALUE Acting Internship Primary Care

Catalog Description: This clinical curriculum takes place longitudinally throughout the duration of the VALUE LIC. Students work directly with a primary care physician preceptor to provide care to veteran patients in the context of the VA Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), the VA-based patient-centered medical home model.

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Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Arranged

Course Objectives: By the completion of this clerkship, students will:

• Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Primary Care Provider within a health care team
• Work effectively as a member of the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) to deliver team-based care
• Understand & apply the principles of preventive care
• Develop communication skills and sensitivity to the psychosocial, sexual, and family components of medical problems
• Practice evidence-based medicine in the context of primary care
• Develop the habit of reflective practice necessary for success as a life-long independent learner
• Develop skills necessary to be an advocate for patients and their families within the VA health system
• Coordinate and integrate Veterans’ care across specialties
• Understand fundamental aspects of military service-related exposures and traumas and their effects on Veterans’ health

Graded Components:

• Clinical performance assessment by the primary preceptor
• Completion of one independent learning activity (choice of reflective essay or learning prescriptions)
• Patient continuity as demonstrated by multiple encounters with VALUE student’s panel patients across primary care and other inpatient and outpatient encounters
• Completion of minimum number of Entrustable Professional Activities Assessments to be eligible for “honors” grade

Grading Scale: P/N