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M-4 Electives
Course 3800: Physician Associates in Family Medicine
(maximum enrollment — three students per month)
The Physician Associates in Family Medicine elective requires students
to spend four weeks with community-based family physicians from
around the state. An effort is made to match students to their hometowns
or to areas where they can provide their own housing. Occasionally,
we may have sites where lodging is provided. The focus of this elective
is to provide a community-based family medicine experience to students
away from Richmond and the tertiary care center. Preceptors are
available in cities, towns and small rural communities throughout
Virginia. Special requests for specific communities in Virginia
will be considered if a family physician preceptor is available
in the requested area. Sites are not generally available in the
Richmond area.
Students spend most of their time in the private family medicine
office providing health care to individuals and their families.
Some time may be spent in the local community hospital, conducting
home health visits or visiting nursing homes, as well as participating
in other medically related activities such as medical staff meetings,
business meetings or medical education programs. The purpose of
this elective is to provide interested fourth-year students an
opportunity to experience the clinical and cultural aspects of
family medicine generally not available at a large medical center.
Contact Dr. Gay Olsen at gsolsen@vcu.edu
or
(804) 828-9780 at least six-to-eight weeks prior to your scheduled
elective to allow time
for arrangements.
Course 3801: VCU Department of Family Medicine Residency
(maximum enrollment – three students per month)
The VCU Department of Family Medicine Residency electives are available
to students during the fall of their fourth year. Students will
spend their time providing health care to individuals and their
families in the office and local community hospital, going on home
health visits or to nursing homes. In addition, students will participate
in other medically related activities such as medical staff meetings,
business meetings or medical education programs. Medical students
interested in signing up for an elective at one of the six VCU
Family Medicine Residency Programs (Blackstone, Chesterfield, Fairfax,
Hanover, Riverside and Shenandoah Valley) should sign up early
in the spring of their third year.
Contact Dr. Gay Olsen for more specific information about signing up
for residency electives at (804) 828-9780.
Course 3803: Rural/Small Town Family Medicine
(maximum enrollment – three students per month)
The Rural/Small Town Family Medicine elective is designed specifically
for fourth-year students interested in rural/small town family
medicine. Family physicians in rural and small town settings throughout
Virginia will serve as preceptors. This elective provides an opportunity
to experience family medicine and the rewards of practicing and
living in a rural/small town community. Medical students will experience
the variety and depth of family medicine in these settings, including
extended care facilities, small hospitals, house calls and civic
meetings. Students will come to understand the particularly significant
role of the family physician in the social fabric of rural communities.
Rural family medicine opportunities are available throughout the
state. The VCU Shenandoah Family Medicine Residency Program
is available
to assist students with these learning experiences. Although there
are a limited number of sites where housing is provided, students
must generally select sites where they can provide their own housing
with family or friends.
Contact Dr. Gay Olsen at (804)
828-9780 at least six-to-eight weeks prior to the scheduled elective
to allow time for arrangements.
Students interested in rotations at the Shenandoah
Valley residency programs should sign up early in the spring of
their third year.
Course 3809: Family Medicine Acting Internship Preceptor(s):
Dr. Sam Jones – Fairfax Family Medicine Residency Program
(Fairfax)
Dr. Roger Hofford – Carilion Family Medicine Residency Program
(Roanoke)
Dr. Steve Leblang – Riverside Family Medicine Residency Program
(Newport News)
Dr. Frank Dennehy – Shenandoah Family Medicine Residency Program
(Front Royal)
Dr. Richard Hoffman – Chesterfield Family Medicine Residency
Program (Richmond)
Dr. Charles Driscoll – Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency
Program (Lynchburg)
The Acting Internship in family medicine engages fourth-year medical
students in learning a high level of responsibility for primary
inpatient care and understanding the family physicians’ role in
the hospital setting. Students may assist with or perform simple
procedures under supervision, evaluate emergency department patients,
work in the labor and delivery and obstetrical units, and participate
in the ambulatory follow-up of recently discharged patients.
For more information please contact Dr.
Gay Olsen at (804) 828-9780.
Additional information
Housing is provided at away sites, except Fairfax. Maximum enrollment:
six positions, one per location, for VCU Health System students
only.
For more information about the VCU Medical School M-4 Electives, click
here.
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