The four-week rural preceptorship is designed to allow fourth-year medical students the opportunity to integrate and apply the knowledge and skills of a generalist physician acquired during the third-year clerkships. Application of these skills will take place in a rural setting, which provides optimum opportunities for student learning from integrated, multiple sites. Preceptorships are offered in the following primary care departments: internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, OB/GYN and family and community medicine.
Students involved in this program will be exposed to the various roles of a rural physician in his/her community, both medical and non-medical, so as to understand and appreciate the challenges facing the rural health care provider and the essence of rural patient care. The student will observe how a physician practicing in a rural setting balances his or her professional and personal responsibilities.
Course details can be found at: http://classes.kumc.edu/som/fapr900
Contact Debra Lea, Senior Coordinator, for further information.
dlea@kumc.edu 913.588.8221
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