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For details about Family Medicine elective clerkships in each community, see Family Practice Electives Notebook (pdf) (Word).
PreApproved Sites in Assigned Communities
003 - Kalamazoo
004 - Lansing
- Alma/Masonic Pathways Teaching Nursing Home
005 - Saginaw
010 - Other (prior approval required)
FMP 611 Advanced Family Medicine Geriatric Elective
Kalamazoo Sec 003
Length: 4 week and 8 week rotations are available
Sites: determined by geriatrician
Learning objectives (4 week rotation):
Additional learning objectives for the 8 week rotation:
Lansing Contact person: William Allen, MD
Other: Family Medicine community coordinator
Methods of Evaluation: Pass/Fail
Method of Instruction:
FMP 611 Advanced Family Medicine Geriatric Elective
Lansing Sec 004
Length: 4 week and 8 week rotations are available
Sites: Teaching Nursing Home and home visits to individual patients. All sites prior approval required if outside assigned community
Learning objectives (4 week rotation):
- to understand and participate in the interdisciplinary team evaluation of the geriatric patient with multiple complex biopsychosocial problems
- to gain experience in the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of congestive heart failure, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus in a variety of long term care settings
- to gain experience in the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of dementia and geriatric depression
- to understand the process of advance care directives and to assess how the current health care systems respond to such directives
Additional learning objectives for the 8 week rotation:
- to develop an approach to the evaluation of falls, unintended weight loss, and insomnia in the elderly
- to gain experience in the interdisciplinary evaluation of urinary incontinence
- to gain knowledge of regulatory issues related to long term care in various settings and its impact on clinical practice
- to gain additional experience in geropharmacology
- to develop and present an in service to the nursing staff at Dimondale on a topic to be determined through the continuous quality improvement process at the facility.
Lansing Contact person:Vince WinklerPrins, M.D., Dept of Family Medicine, CHM
Other: Family Medicine community coordinator
Methods of Evaluation: Pass/Fail
- The precepting physician to whom the student was assigned completes the standard Clinical Performance Evaluation
- A summary of the student’s performance is sent to the student in a form of a letter written by the Clerkship Coordinator in the Department of Family Practice.
- A copy of the letter is sent to the community administrator, and to the student’s file
Method of Instruction:
- One-On-one precepting at the sites noted above,
- teaching rounds at nursing home
- didactic sessions with geriatrician,
- selected reading,
- regularly scheduled case conferences and seminars.
FMP 611 Family Medicine Geriatric Elective
Saginaw Sec 005
Family Medicine Geriatrics Rotation
Instructors: Dr. Jackson and faculty
Responsible Agent: Dr. Jackson/Joyce Pruitt 989-583-7917
Periods offered: Calendar months throughout the year
Students accepted: Fourth year medical students
Distribution of student’s time:
- 10% in Ambulatory Geriatric Assessment Clinic
- 20% at St. Francis Nursing Home
- 10% in VA Dermatology Clinic
- 20% at Counsel on Aging/Home Visits
- 20% at outpatient faculty practice
- 20% in conferences/lectures
Average no. of patients seen each week: 50
Where to report the first day of the clerkship:
- Department of Family Medicine (Joyce Pruitt’s office by 9:00 am)
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