Courses

Course Number: FAMU-4013
Course Name: Family Medicine Ambulatory Community Selective
Faculty: Juanita W. Caskey, M.A., Gurjeet Shokar, M.D.

More information about this course can be found in the AC Selectives brochure by clicking on Family Medicine and then the course number.
 
The syllabus for this course is available online.Contact Nita Caskey at 409-772-3126: dwalters@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4020
Course Name: Public Health Interdisciplinary Ambulatory Community Selective
Faculty: Steven R. Shelton, MBA

More information about this course can be found in the AC Selectives brochure by clicking on Family Medicine and then the course number.

The syllabus for this course is available online.Contact Steven R. Shelton at 409-772-7884

Course Number: FAMU-4022
Course Name: Integrated Community Health Ambulatory Community Selective
Faculty: Kirk Smith, M.D.

Students will be immersed in a Hispanic community at Brownsville, Texas with clinic time at the Frontera de Salud Clinic in Cameron Park. Student clinic experiences will emphasize hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and its complications, and mental illness. Students will also become acquainted with community-based health education and promotion programs and with ancillary services such as nurse-educators, social workers, and mental health counselors. This selective is open to all senior students. Contact Kirk Smith, MD at 409-772-9394: klsmith@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4053
Course Name: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Ambulatory Community Selective
Faculty: Victor S. Sierpina, M.D.

This ACS provides students an in-depth experience with a practicing integrative family physician. Students will participate in clinical, experimental, and scholarly learning in Complementary and Integrative Medicine fields. Sites for this selective are in Houston and Austin.Contact Diedra Walters at 409-747-9344: dwalters@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4059
Course Name: Pubic Health Interdisciplinary Ambulatory Community Selective- St. Vincent’s Clinic
Faculty: Steven R. Shelton, MBA

More information about this course can be found in the AC Selectives brochure by clicking on Family Medicine and then the course number.

The syllabus for this course is available online.Contact Steven R. Shelton at 409-772-7884

Course Number: FAMO-4150
Course Name: Acting Internship in Inpatient Family Medicine in Austin
Faculty: David Wright, M.D.

Students will participate in the management and care of inpatients on the Family Practice service, perform Hx & PEs, write progress notes and orders, review pathology studies, and review x-rays. This elective is open to all senior students who have successfully completed the FM clerkship. Contact Tina Comeaux at 512-324-7318 : tcomeaux@seton.org

Course Number: FAMR-4002
Course Name: Clinical Research in Family Medicine
Faculty: Alvah R. Cass, M.D., S.M.

Concepts from clinical decision making and clinical epidemiology will be emphasized in this elective. Students may select a clinical problem of their own interest or work with faculty on an existing project. This four-week or longer elective is open to senior students.Contact Carol Carlson at 409-772-9863: ccarlson@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4002
Course Name: Family Medicine Preceptorship
Faculty: Gurjeet Shokar, M.D.

The student may select a preceptor / site within the state of Texas. The student will participate in activities in which the preceptor is involved including office practice, hospitalized patients, nursing home care, office management, continuing medical education programs, emergency room call, surgical procedures, civic activity and medical staff meetings. This elective is open to all senior students and junior students who have successfully completed the IM or FM clerkship. Contact Shirley Pearson at 409-772-3126: spearson@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4003
Course Name: Geriatrics for the Family Physician
Faculty: Barbara L. Thompson, M.D.

The student will receive individual supervision as he or she performs appropriate medical and psychosocial assessment of geriatric patients, primarily in the ambulatory setting. This four-week elective is open to all senior students.Contact Diedra Walters at 409-747-9344: dwalters@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4019
Course Name: Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Faculty: Julie McKee, M.D.

In this four-week course students will become familiar with the seven areas of alternative medicine and will develop skills to apply in their clinical practices. This elective is open to all senior students. More information can be found on the CIM elective webpage.Contact Shirley Pearson at 409-772-3126: spearson@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4021
Course Name: Integrated Community Health Project
Faculty: Kirk Smith, M.D.

Students will be immersed in a Hispanic community at Brownsville, Texas. Students will spend two afternoons a week in a community clinic and one day per week at a federally qualified health center. Students will also participate in a community-based health education and promotion program emphasizing preclinical management and prevention of disease.Contact Dr. Kirk Smith at 409-772-9394: klsmith@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4023
Course Name: Narrative Medicine
Faculty: Bob Bulik, Ph.D.

Students taking this elective will focus on the complex medical/societal problems disproportionately burden medically underserved populations. The constructs of narrative medicine will be introduced and used to guide personal, self- reflective writing assignments which will be based in part on students’ own experiences with patients, beginning with POM 1 and continuing through the 3rd year clerkships. Contact Diedra Walters at 409-747-9344: dwalters@utmb.edu

Course Number: FAMU-4024
Course Name: Policy/Public Health
Faculty: Steven R. Shelton, MBA

Students will gain firsthand experience in policy/legislation development processes while learning about the profession and practice of medicine in a community practice setting. Contact: 409-772-7884