Department of Family Medicine Education Courses & Electives Courses & Electives The courses listed on this page are for current students enrolled in the UTMB Health School of Medicine. Visiting students should review courses listed on https://www.utmb.edu/enrollmentservices/currentstudents/visiting-students. Electives Acting Internship in Family Medicine Complementary and Integrative Medicine Family Medicine Ambulatory Community Elective Geriatrics for the Family Physician Integrated Community Health Project Public Health Interdisciplinary Ambulatory Community Elective- St. Vincent’s Clinic Electives Acting Internship in Family Medicine Course Number: FAMU-4001 Course Name: Acting Internship in Family Medicine Faculty: Alvah Cass, M.D., Victor S. Sierpina, M.D. This is a 4-week elective open to all senior medical students. The student is given the opportunity to become comfortable with an increased level of responsibility for total patient care on the hospital service. Contact Layne Dearman at 409-772-1395: lmdearma@utmb.edu For more information on this course please click here Back to top Complementary and Integrative Medicine Course Number: FAMU-4019 Course Name: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Faculty: Juliet McKee, M.D. and Samuel Mathis, 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. Contact Carmen Duplan at 409-772-9353 or cmduplan@utmb.edu for more information. Back to top Family Medicine Ambulatory Community Elective Course Number: FAMU-4013 Course Name: Family Medicine Ambulatory Community Elective Faculty: Kyu Jana, M.D. and Victor S. Sierpina, M.D. The syllabus for this course is available online. Contact Layne Dearman at 409-772-1395 or email lmdearma@utmb.edu For more information please click here Back to top Geriatrics for the Family Physician Course Number: FAMU-4003 Course Name: Geriatrics for the Family Physician Faculty: Barbara L. Thompson, M.D. and Kyu Jana, 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 Shannon Samuelson at 409-772-3120: sosamuel@utmb.edu. For more information on this course click here. Back to top Integrated Community Health Project Course Number: FAMU-4021 Course Name: Integrated Community Health Project Faculty: Norma A. Perez M.D., DrPH 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. Norma Perez at 409-772-3558: noaperez@utmb.edu For more information on this elective please click here Back to top Public Health Interdisciplinary Ambulatory Community Elective- St. Vincent’s Clinic Course Number: FAMU-4059 Course Name: Public Health Interdisciplinary Ambulatory Community Elective- St.Vincent’s Clinic Faculty: Samuel Mathis, MD More information about this course click here The syllabus for this course is available online.Contact Carmen Duplan at 409-772-9353 or cmduplan@utmb.edu Back to top