Family Practice (FP)

Family practice outpatient experience gives the fourth year student the opportunity to function as the primary care physician with faculty supervision. The student will become familiar with and use office equipment and learn to perform a variety of procedures (hospital & outpatient) with supervision.

Clinical experience provides the student with a unique exposure to the problems of a rural practice. The student may handle patients with acute trauma, angina, acute minor illness, etc. The student will develop skills performing urinalysis, x-rays, spirometry, etc. An attending/resident will work with students and facilitate patient flow.

Students will work either at St. Francis Trauma Center or St. John Emergency Center with the guidance and teaching of emergency room physicians. This will present an opportunity for the student to observe and participate in emergency room care, decisions regarding emergency triage, and major trauma management and stabilization.

The student will serve as a subintern on the family practice service at either Saint Francis Hospital or St. John Medical Center. Responsibilities will include patient care under the supervision of the senior resident and faculty. Post hospital follow-up will be in the out-patient clinic. Time will be provided for indicated reading and literature search regarding problems at hand.

This elective has great flexibility and can be tailored to the needs and interests of the individual student after conferences with the course instructor. Basic principles of public health and preventive medicine will be presented. All aspects of community and public health care systems can be utilized in this experience.

Prerequisites: Approval of the head of the academic department of the Tulsa Medical College campus under which the off campus service falls, a statement from the course director of the proposed elective concerning the supervision and grading of the student's experience, and a detailed course description of the proposed elective are required. May be repeated; maximum credit 480 hours. Credit given for work not at the Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine-Tulsa, or in a formally affiliated hospital, nor under the direct supervision of a member of the full-time faculty of the College of Medicine.

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter, maximum 320 clock hours. Topics of a special nature or of unusual interest to the individual student. May be repeated with change of subject matter. An area of special interest is identified and a family practice faculty works with the student to plan the elective.