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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

FCM 719 - Community Medicine & Geriatrics

The courses are offered during the first year of the medical curriculum. The didactic component includes basic topics in community medicine and concepts of gerontology and geriatrics. Students are introduced to medical history-taking and communication skills in preparation for the Primary Care Office Visits. The students interview a standardized patient and receive feedback from a faculty member. The students are exposed to primary care physicians in their practice sites in the community. All medical students are assigned to a primary care physician’s office with a family practitioner, internist, or pediatrician (Primary Care Office Visits or PCOV) once each semester. In addition, they perform a medical history of a healthy elder in the community.