ILH Family Medicine Ambulatory Advanced Elective
Rotation Overview
This rotation is available to both 3rd and 4th year students. During this 4-week rotation students are assigned to work with faculty and senior residents at The East Des Moines Family Care Center. Students are also expected to participate in nursing home rounds, inpatient rounds, OB rounds, and LaClinica clinics at times during this rotation. Requirements of this rotation include interviewing and examining clinic patients and presenting these patients to an assigned faculty preceptor. Students attend morning check-out and teaching conferences provided by the residency program.
Additional information about this advanced pathway can be found in the Carver College of Medicine Advanced Clerkships Course Descriptions under FAM:8410.
Objectives
1. Gain experience in delivering ambulatory care in a Family Practice office under the supervision of a family physician.
2. Further develop interviewing and therapeutic skills.
3. Gain skill in diagnosis and management of common illnesses as seen in a Family Practice office.
4. Develop skills in common procedures performed in a Family Practice office.
Resources
1. Iowa Methodist Medical Center Health Sciences Library - Students have 24-hour access 7 days per week to the IMMC Health Sciences library. A UnityPoint - Des Moines picture ID badge will be needed for after-hours entry. Internet and photocopying is available. Students may call the Health Sciences librarians for assistance at 515-241-6490.
2. Students may access useful articles from the "American Family Physician" journal by searching the American Academy of Family Physicians site.
3. There are also many useful texts available in the staffing office at East Des Moines Family Care Center.
Conferences
Students are required to come to morning check-out and teaching conferences provided by the residency. These are held in Conference Room C at Iowa Lutheran Hospital Level B at 7:30-8:30 AM, Monday through Friday. There is also an OB conference held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at noon in the same location.
Evaluations
Each student will have a mid-clerkship evaluation. The student coordinator/site director for the program is responsible for completing performance evaluations and submitting them to UICCOM . Students may receive an evaluation to complete of the rotation and/or of the faculty member(s) with whom they worked.
Parking
ILH parking is available at the hospital free of charge. Students can park in the visitor parking spaces.
Free parking is available at East Des Moines Family Care Center. Students should park in the east/west facing spaces to save closer spots for our patients at the clinic.
Meals @ ILH
Meals are provided while working.
Contact Information
For further information about this rotation, please contact Dr. Alexandra Hubbell in the ILH Family Medicine Residency Program office at 515-265-1050. For general questions, please contact Wendi Kruger, Education Coordinator, at the Des Moines Medical Education Consortium office at wendi.kruger@unitypoint.org or at 515-241-4455.
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