Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine offers 3rd and 4th year rotations for medical students visiting from LCME and AOA accredited M.D. / D.O. schools.
Course Description
3rd year core clerkship
Unique Attributes
The first week of this rotation is spent in orientation, core lectures and electronic chart training. One week is spent in a family practitioner’s office in the community. Most of these physicians are graduates of our program and have practices that include all ages, from prenatal care to newborn to geriatric patients. Two weeks are spent seeing patients in one of our two Family Medicine Centers or our affiliated FQHC (federally qualified health center) Westside Health Center with a faculty member or residents. One week is spent in some of the following activities:
- Home visits, rounds in a nursing home and observing a geriatric assessment with our geriatrician.
- Rotations in the Infectious Disease Clinic at Wilmington Hospital, the Wound Care Center at Riverside Pavilion, and the Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Center.
- Observing at an urgent care facility.
- Assisting the physical therapists at ChristianaCare Physical Therapy Plus.
Block Dates
Rotation per medical school block schedule
Duration
4-5 weeks
Offered to
3rd year medical students.
Available Spots
6 (Reserved for students from our affiliated medical institutions.
*does not include block 1 and 2, limited students at that time*)
Application or Eligibility Requirements
Setting
Inpatient and/or Outpatient Outpatient
Location and Facilities
Variable locations.
Parking and Transportation
Car is required
Dress Code
- Professional attire is required in clinical and patient care settings.
- White coats should be worn, and students must always have their school ID and ChristianaCare ID visible.
- Scrubs may be required as determined by rotation.
Clerkship Directors
Elise Hogan, MD
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Clerkship Coordinator
Lindsay Green
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Course Description
Family Medicine Inpatient Subinternship
Unique Attributes
Inpatient services are provided on our Family Medicine team at the Wilmington Hospital in an urban setting. We care for patients from our Family Medicine Center and other Family Medicine community sites, including nursing homes, juvenile detention facilities, community attending physician practices that use our service as their admitting hospitalist group, and also unassigned patients. This service is provided by a team that includes a faculty member, two upper-year residents and three interns. A 4th year student would function in this setting as a subintern with basically the same responsibilities as an intern. Night call is required once per week during this rotation. Students are not expected to stay overnight but can leave between 8:30 and 9 p.m.
Educational opportunities during this rotation include daily teaching rounds run by the faculty attending and/or specialists. Daily ICU rounds are attended by a board-certified intensivist. Noontime conferences are presented three times per week as well as our half day lecture series on Thursday afternoons.
Block Dates
Depends on medical school rotation schedules
Duration
4 weeks
Offered to
4th year
Available Spots
2 per block, most blocks of the year
Setting
Inpatient and/or Outpatient Inpatient
Location and Facilities
Wilmington Hospital
Parking and Transportation
Car required
Dress Code
- Professional attire is required in clinical and patient care settings.
- White coats should be worn, and students must always have their school ID and ChristianaCare ID visible.
- Scrubs may be required as determined by rotation.
Clerkship Directors
Elise Hogan, MD
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Clerkship Coordinator
Lindsay Green
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Course Description
Family Medicine Outpatient Subinternship
Unique Attributes
This rotation includes 1-2 weeks in a family practitioner’s office in the community. This includes urban and suburban settings. Rotations are generally with graduates of our program who have practices that include all ages, from prenatal care to newborn to geriatric patients. 1-2 weeks are spent seeing patients in one of our two Family Medicine Centers or our affiliated FQHC (federally qualified health center) Westside Health Center with a faculty member or residents.
Educational opportunities during this rotation include our half day lecture series on Thursday afternoons.
Block Dates
Depends on medical school schedule
Duration
4 weeks
Offered to
4th year
Available Spots
2 per block, most blocks of the year
Setting
Inpatient and/or Outpatient Outpatient
Location and Facilities
Outpatient offices, variable locations
Parking and Transportation
Car required
Dress Code
- Professional attire is required in clinical and patient care settings.
- White coats should be worn, and students must always have their school ID and ChristianaCare ID visible.
- Scrubs may be required as determined by rotation.
Clerkship Directors
Elise Hogan, MD
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Clerkship Coordinator
Lindsay Green
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Course Description
Combined Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Elective
Unique Attributes
ChristianaCare Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Emergency Medicine offer a combined emergency medicine/family medicine outpatient elective rotation. This rotation includes:
- One week spent seeing patients in our Family Medicine Center with a faculty member or resident physician.
- One week spent on the Family Medicine inpatient service at Wilmington Hospital. We care for patients from our Family Medicine Center and other family medicine community sites including nursing homes, juvenile detention facilities, community attending physician practices that use our service as their admitting hospitalist group, and also unassigned patients. This service is provided by a team that includes a faculty member, two upper year residents and three interns. A fourth-year student would function in this setting as a subintern with basically the same responsibilities as an intern.
- Two weeks spent in the Emergency Medicine Departments at Wilmington and Christiana Hospitals.
This elective rotation would be beneficial to those students interested in pursuing a combined training in family and emergency medicine. Our residency program is the first of its kind in the country, offering a comprehensive and cohesive curriculum that synthesizes the best of these two strong departments.
Training will take place under the supervision of both specialties and is designed to provide the optimal educational experience for those seeking to practice in both specialties.
Block Dates
Depends on medical school schedule
Duration
4 weeks
Offered to
4th year
Available Spots
2 per block, most blocks of the year
Setting
Inpatient and/or Outpatient Emergency Room, Outpatient Offices, Inpatient
Location and Facilities
Variable locations
Parking and Transportation
Car required
Dress Code
- Professional attire is required in clinical and patient care settings.
- White coats should be worn, and students must always have their school ID and ChristianaCare ID visible.
- Scrubs may be required as determined by rotation.
Clerkship Directors
Elise Hogan, MD
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
Clerkship Coordinator
Lindsay Green
E-mail: lgreen@christianacare.org
