This class is one which occurs in our M1 and M2 year. The preceptorship has 2 different tracks for students:
1. You are assigned a physician in either Internal medicine, family practice, or pediatrics that you essentially shadow throughout the semester. I believe you have 6 sessions with the doctor throughout the semester. In this track, you get to know a physician and the type of patients he/she sees. You also learn a lot about the business aspect of running a clinic, insurance issues, etc. At the end of the semester, you actually have an assignment that involves some type of write up regarding an interesting case you saw throughout the semester with your physician. I don't quite know all the details about the assignment because I am currently doing the second type of preceptorship (explained below) and our assignments are a little different.
2. COM-2-SERVE track. This track is a little different than the one explained above in that throughout the semester we visit various physicians in various settings. For example, I have gone to a clinic for underserved latino population in south florida, a TB clinic in west palm, a community health clinic, and an STD clinic in davie. Each time we go, we are with a physician for that one day. We have write-ups after each session. Unfortunately, you don't get to see the same physician as in the other track but you do get to see a variety of aspects of medicine in different settings. The other benefit of this track is that you can participate in a mission trip that counts as credits for this class. So, instead of having to do 6 "shadowings" a semester, you only do 3 (or 4) if you do a mission trip. This track is definitly geared towards those interested in rural medicine and working with underserved populations. There are weekend camps that you can participate in as well as part of this track.
Hope this helps clarify a little information for you! If you have any other questions, feel free to email me at
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