Family Medicine Core Clerkship

VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Required. DESCRIPTION: Teaches the management of diseases commonly encountered in the primary care setting. Emphasis is placed on patient-centered, efficient, equitable, cost-effective medical care of men, women and children of all ages in a variety of settings. Prevention, managed care, and cultural humility are emphasized. Didactic workshops are conducted at the School of Medicine, and clinic sessions are held at numerous community ambulatory sites on the Peninsula, in the South Bay, in the East Bay, in San Francisco, and electively in Humboldt County. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full time for 4 weeks, 10 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Tracy A. Rydel, M.D. & Rika Bajra, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Luis Hernandez, lhernan@stanford.edu. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: To be sent by email. Contact coordinator 2 weeks prior; Time: 8:00AM. CALL CODE: 2 (Occasional weekend and/or evening activities). OTHER FACULTY: R. Brinckhaus, M. Chelvakumar, M. Deshpande, R. Gibbs, D. Griffith, A. Hui, O. Jee, C. Ladika, B. Laniakea, D. Rai, T. Rydel, K. Vu, G. Yu, and other faculty and community preceptors in Family and Community Medicine.LOCATION: (Stanford Family Medicine Hoover, Stanford Portola Valley, Stanford Los Altos, O'Connor Family Medicine Residency, Kaiser Santa Clara, Milpitas SCVMC, Almaden Family Practice/Stanford UHA, various community sites, and rural sites).