Curriculum Overview
NEW PRECEPTOR - Getting Started
If you are considering becoming a preceptor for any students and would like to be contacted, please submit your name and contact info or email a contact directly.
Submit name and contact info
OR contact directly:
Foundations (MS Years 1-2)
Twin Cities: Dr. James Nixon at [email protected]
Duluth: Dr. Ray Christensen at [email protected]
Clinical Immersion and Transitions
Holly Proffitt at [email protected]
Foundations (Years 1-2)
Submit name and contact info
OR contact directly:
Foundations (MS Years 1-2)
Twin Cities: Dr. James Nixon at [email protected]
Duluth: Dr. Ray Christenson at [email protected]
Clinical Immersion and Transitions to Residency
Clerkship: Infrastructure, Expectations and Resources
- How Does Clinical Learning Compare to Pre-Clinical Learning?
- What are Things I Should Know About My Learning Environment?
- Learning Requirements in Clerkships
- Completing and Submitting RCEs
- Site-Based Resources
Contact:
Submit name and contact info OR email Holly Proffitt at [email protected]
Rural Clinical Opportunities (Years 1-4)
For more information on any of the programs below, contact the Rural Programs Coordinator:
Veronica Olson at: [email protected]
Rural Clinical Opportunities (pdf)
Rural Observation Experience (ROE)
- Summer before Medical School
- Shadowing experience
- 2 to 3 Days on site with a rural family physician
- ROE Program Website
Rural Early Clinical Immersion (RECIP)
- 1st and 2nd years of Medical School (Foundations Phase)
- Longitudinal, hands-on experience
- Three, clinical site visits, 1 week in March, April, and October
Summer Internship in Medicine (SIM)
- Summer between 1st and 2nd year of Medical School (Foundations Phase), Elective
- Hands-On Experience
- Two-week blocks in July and August
- SIM Program Website
Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)
- 3rd Year of Medical School (Clinical Immersion Phase)
- Medical Student lives and trains for 9-months in a rural community under the supervision of preceptors who are family physicians
- Longitudinal, hands-on experience
- Experience full spectrum of rural medical care
- RPAP Program Website
FMCH 7520 Primary Care Elective
- 3rd or 4th Year of Medical School (Clinical Immersion or Transitions Phases), Elective
- 4-week rural rotation in family medicine
- Students have completed some core clinical clerkships, and thus may actively participate in clinical care under the supervision of a community physician preceptor
- Course Directory including syllabus