Primary Care

Overview

• Required core rotation
• 4 weeks in length
• Core concepts of comprehensive and longitudinal care in rural setting

Goals

• Learn the principles of primary health care by participating in the care of at-risk populations to improve clinical skills and patient care in ambulatory settings, especially limited health care environments.
• Explore the complexity and diversity of health care needs in these community settings to understand the integration of health and public health issues.
• Develop an appreciation for the complexity of systems-based care to understand efficient clinic operations.
• Develop and refine the following clinical skills related to the primary care setting: patient interviewing, physical examinations, patient management, patient education, and health promotion to provide quality health care services.
• Develop and refine communications skills in challenging patient encounters to improve compliance with clinical interventions and maintain professional integrity in physician-patient relationships.
• Emphasize the core concept of practice-based learning and improvement through self-directed learning to advance lifelong learning skills.

Additional Resources

• Southcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center (AHEC)

Meet our Faculty

• Franklin Berkey, D.O., clerkship site director