The MSU Family Medicine Clerkship Syllabus can be viewed or downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format.

MSU Family Medicine Clerkship Syllabus (pdf)

Clerkship Syllabus Appendices (pdf)

The specialty of Family Medicine is concerned with contextualizing care and integrating the complex biologic, social, psychological, economic, and cultural needs of people and families. While this approach may take many different forms, our focus has traditionally been on offering comprehensive health care for all.

The Family Medicine Clerkship is a required eight-week clinical clerkship, taken in the third year of the Michigan State University CHM curriculum. It introduces students to the profession of family medicine. This clerkship consists of clinical and didactic sessions. The clinical training is predominantly outpatient, where the vast majority of care in the United States and around the world is generally delivered, and is the only clerkship to offer this perspective. The didactic sessions make extensive use of adult learning techniques and include web-based materials, independent reading, and group discussion. Students must take responsibility for their own training including understanding the clerkship requirements noted in this syllabus. This syllabus supersedes information give by the clerkship director, preceptors, and administrative staff.

 

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