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2023-2026 Academic Catalog

FCM 721 - Family and Community Medicine I

This course is offered in the first semester of the second year. It includes a series of didactic activities in Geriatrics, Health Promotion & Prevention, Professionalism, and Communication Skills. In addition to the regular didactic activities and small group discussions, the students perform a needs assessment of a community and design a community project. 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) at once.