Medical Student Education

Fourth Year Electives - Family Medicine

Junior Internship in Family Medicine - FME 40110

This clinical rotation is for M4 students who have completed at least 6 of their 7 core clinical clerkships. The student will function as a junior intern with increased autonomy in patient care. This rotation will expose students to the full spectrum of Family Medicine in the department. The course is a combination of inpatient and outpatient Famiy Medicine. In our outpatient office, students provide patient care for a patient population that is diverse and hallenging in their helth care needs under the direct supervision of family medicine residents and faculty. Students are also integrated into the UFP Inpatient Team, admitting and managing University of Tennessee Medical Center inpatients for our cohort of affiliated community providers. Rotation sites in the local or adjacent rural area with board-certified Family Physician in our area may be considered for approval. The student's clinical interests can be integrated into the curriculum of their Junior Internship and should be requested up to 30 days prior to starting the rotation.

Duration: 4 weeks
Prior Authorization: Yes
Course Director: William Dabbs, MD
Contact: Jennifer Parris-Horner

Palliative Care - FME-45012

This is a face to face clinical rotation receiving 3 or 6 credit hours. The student should function with increased autonomy in patient care and must demonstrate competency in several of the Entrustable Professional Activities required for graduation. This rotation allows the medical student to explore the sub-specialty of palliative medicine and care for the seriously ill patient. For this rotation, in the outpatient setting, the cancer patient receiving active treatment of either surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy is the predominant population, while inpatient a variety of seriously ill patients are served. Palliative medicine, as practiced both in and out of hospice, has, like all other specialties, a distinctive approach and body of knowledge. While we will seem to be seeing patients in much the same way as on your other clinical rotations, we will attempt to show you what makes palliative medicine different and, to us, special. Through an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care, the rotation is developed to provide supervised opportunities for students to explore and develop clinical and interpersonal skills, knowledge, professional attitudes, and practical experience to use in future practice.

Duration: 2 or 4 weeks
Prior Authorization: Yes
Course Director: Veera Motashaw, MD
Contact: Jennifer Parris-Horner

Palliative Care CE- FME-35012

This is a face to face clinical rotation. This career exploration course (CE) will allow third year medical students to explore this discipline as a potential career choice. Students will be expected to display a fund of knowledge consistent with his/her level of training, demonstrate self-directed learning, thoroughness, consistency and reliability, and relate well to families, team members, and patients. The student's level of patient care responsibility will be determined based on the student's skill level, and at the discretion of the supervising attending.

Duration: 2 or 4 weeks
Prior Authorization: Yes
Course Director: Veera Motashaw, MD
Contact: Jennifer Parris-Horner

Primary Care Sports Medicine- FME-45030

This is a face to face clinical rotation. The student should function with increased autonomy in patient care and must demonstrate competency in several of the Entrustable Professional Activities required for graduation. The student will learn the basic principles of sports medicine, which will increase the understanding of diagnosis, management and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal injuries. The student will outline steps for diagnosis and management of injury, interpret diagnostic testing (ultrasound, xray, MRI, CT, etc.) , treatment approach including intervention strategies (injections, taping, splinting, casting), and outline strategies for rehabilitation and return to play for injured athlete. This elective includes weekly didactics/radiology rounds, and noon conferences. This is an outpatient rotation. No scheduled call but student is expected to attend all sports medicine related activities, which may occur during normal weekday but most likely weekends and evenings.

Duration: 4 weeks
Prior Authorization: Yes
Course Director: Rebecca Kendra Kemmet, MD
Contact: Jennifer Parris-Horner