Department of Family & Community Medicine
B201 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-4730
Fax: (517) 353-6613

STUDENT PRECEPTOR PROGRAM

GOALS:
Expose students to practicing osteopathic family physicians and their patients so that students become familiar with the family practice method of health care delivery and the role of the family physician in this process. This experience will help students refine skills in data gathering, communication, physical examination, differential diagnosis, life long learning, patient relations, clinical problem solving, and ethical decision making.

OBJECTIVES: At the end of this course, the student will have been exposed to and gained experience with, but not necessarily become proficient in:

• Understanding the nature of physician-patient relationship and its impact upon a patient’s health status.
• Assessing the patient and family in the context of the biopsychosocial model.
• Use and refine problem-solving skills with ambulatory patients.
• Formulate a differential diagnosis and treatment plans based on limited information gathered in a typical office visit.
• Refine time management skills.
• Recognize the importance which osteopathic principles and practice play in the provision of comprehensive patient assessment and care.
• Refine OMM skills and gain better understanding of the importance that the musculoskeletal system has in the evaluation, and management of a patient.
• Gather, record and synthesize data in sound clinical manner.
• Interact in a positive, productive manner with other professionals, support staff and patients.
• Displaying professional values and attitudes.
• Perform common office practice procedures including: urinalysis, KOH prep, wet prep, venipuncture, throat culture, IM and sub Q injections, tympanometry, suturing, and stool for occult blood.
• Appreciating the basic core concepts of family medicine including:
  • Biopsychosocial models of health care
  • Continuity of care throughout a patient’s life
  • Comprehensive care
  • Prevention/lifetime health monitoring
  • Use of community resources
  • Patient advocacy
  • Cost effective medicine
  • Use of consultation and coordination of care appropriately

For further information regarding the preceptorship program, please contact Stephanie Six, Program Coordinator.