Study Guides:

Family I

Family II

Family Practice Rotation
Syllabus & Course Objectives

1. COURSE TITLE: FAMILY PRACTICE ROTATION
2. COURSE/PREFIX NUMBER: PHA 403a and PHA 403b
3. CREDIT HOURS: 3 for each

4. CONTACT HOURS: 172 clinical hours for each

5. COURSE PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITES: Successful completion of Year I of the PA Program.

6. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

   This is a required two-month experience that takes place in outpatient or inpatient settings. The Family Practice requirement may be met through two consecutive months at a single site, or two one-month rotations at separate locations and/or times. The purpose of this rotation is to educate the physician assistant student in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients in a family practice setting. In addition, this rotation should include clinical experience in long-term care settings. If at all possible, this rotation will emphasize the primary care needs of patients in rural communities.

7. COURSE OBJECTIVES:  By the end of the rotation, the student will:
   1. Demonstrate a sensitivity to the emotional, social, and ethnic backgrounds of patients by effectively interacting with them.
   2. Communicate and perform professionally with other members of the health care team in a family practice setting.
   3. Recognize limitations by seeking help from supervising preceptor and consulting reference materials.
   4. Demonstrate professional demeanor by adherence to dress code, attendance expectations, general behavior guidelines, and response to constructive criticism in the internal medicine practice setting.
   5. Make organized oral case presentations to the preceptor that demonstrate appreciation of pertinent medical findings.
   6. Perform and record a complete medical interview and physical examination.
   7. Identify normal and abnormal findings in the comprehensive history and physical examination of a patient in a family practice.
   8. Perform and record a problem-oriented age-specific medical interview and physical examination.
   9. Write problem-oriented medical records in the SOAP format.
   10. Use and interpret diagnostic procedures relevant to the primary care setting.
   11. Formulate an appropriate problem list and differential diagnosis based upon history, physical examination, and laboratory data.
   12. Formulate and implement an appropriate management/treatment plan as approved and supervised by the preceptor based on all pertinent medical data.
   13. Perform technical procedures related to the care of the patient in a primary care setting.
   14. Perform and understand health promotion and disease prevention appropriate to the family practice setting.
   15. Identify conditions and disease entities commonly encountered in the rural primary care setting.

8. LECTURE/LAB/CLINICAL SCHEDULE: Rotations individually assigned.

9. COURSE GUIDELINES AND EXPECTATIONS

   Policies will be consistent with those published in the Clinical Year Manual and the College Student Handbook. The 7-point grading scale in the College Student Handbook will be used.

10. METHOD OF EVALUATION:

    Preceptor evaluation	50%
    EOR exam	30%
    EOR quiz	10%
    Pharm Note card	10%
    No oral or written assignments in the spring or summer

    If both months of Family Practice are at the same site, the preceptor will formally evaluate the student at the end of each month. There will be an EOR exam at the end of each. Use the Study Guides for the list of topics for each test.
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11. TEXTS/REFERENCE MATERIALS – In addition to books required for all rotations: