The Academic Affairs Division

The Academic Affairs Division coordinates the curriculum and the Family Medicine clerkships within the College of Human Medicine. Vince WinklerPrins, MD, is Associate Chair for Academic Affairs. Joy Hull is Administrative Assistant.

The Department of Family Medicine has one of the highest teaching commitments of any clinical department in the College of Human Medicine. It exercises leadership in key courses including those focusing on humanities and medicine, clinical skills, and musculoskeletal medicine.

Students completing courses offered by the Department of Family Medicine report high levels of satisfaction with the clerkships, courses in humanities and medicine, clinical skills, and patient interviewing.

One indicator of success is the large percentage of graduating medical students choosing Family Medicine residency programs. Over the past five years, an average of more than 30 percent of College of Human Medicine's graduating classes chose Family Medicine residencies.

The Department conducts an eight-week Family Medicine Clerkship which addresses the clinical content of family medicine. In interviews with fourth-year students requesting a letter of recommendation to a Family Medicine residency, the chair of the department has encountered many students who say they made their career choice as a result of their experiences in this clerkship. Experiences are also available in outpatient and inpatient electives, geriatric care, research, rural practice, sports medicine, palliative care/end of life, and a family medicine sub-internship.

Community Clerkship Coordinators and staff are:

• Lansing: FPC Coordinator – Cathy Abbott, MD; Staff – Joy Hull
• Flint: FPC Coordinator – Ken Yokosawa, MD; Staff–Beverly Kittle.
• Grand Rapids: FPC Coordinator – Steve DeLapp, M.D., MD; Staff – Susan Schmidt.
• Kalamazoo: FPC Coordinator – Peter Ziemkowski, MD; Staff – Jean Rollins
• Saginaw: FPC Coordinator–Wendy Yang, MD; Staff – Joyce Pruitt.
• Upper Peninsula: FPC Coordinator – Suzi Clark, MD, Staff – Connie Miller.

The Methods in Family Medicine Education Program is part of a linkage arrangement with the Kawasaki Medical School in Japan. Scholars visit from Japan for a specified period.

- Curriculum and Clerkships
- Family Medicine Clerkship syllabus (pdf or Word format)
- Faculty bios
- Faculty publications
- Links and resources for preceptors