What It’s Really Like — Three Days with a Family Doctor

An innovative program offers MSU-CHM students an “immersion experience” into the life of a practicing family physician. Three Days with a Family Doctor matches current second year students with a host who invited that student into the fullness of their lives—not only in the clinic, but to share meals, social activities, and family life. The students even sleep at the host’s home. For three days, the student go where the host goes, do what the host does, and come away with a much clearer perspective on the life of a family physician.

Family Medicine Myth Busters
(or "Huh, I didn’t know that!")

a PowerPoint presentation by Vince WinklerPrins, MD to the Family Medicine Interest Group.

Family Medicine Elective Rekindles Medical Student's Dream of Service

While in her fourth year, medical student Sarah Graff completed the Family Medicine subinternship at Sparta Health Center in western Michigan. This rotation gave visible form to her dreams of providing medical care to the underserved.

MSU Family Medicine Interest Group

We are an interest group dedicated to helping medical students learn more about the ultimate specialty, FAMILY MEDICINE! We offer social events, guest speakers, clinical workshops, a mentoring program, and LOTS MORE!

Curriculum and clerkships

A description of required and elective clerkships.

Family Medicine Clerkship syllabus

Family Medicine Clerkship assignments & materials (requires log-in on Angel)

Report from MEDICC Study Tour to Cuba, March 1-9, 2003 (pdf file)

Report from Elective in Malawi, Africa, by Rebecca Armour, MD

Awards available to Family Medicine students