Transcript Rural Primary Care Practice and Research Program 2013

Rural Primary Care Practice and
Research Program, FAPR 905
2014
Department of Family Medicine
Course Director: Michael Kennedy, MD
Course Administrator: Debra Lea
Course Description
• Early exposure to clinical medicine and primary care
research.
• Offered to students between their first and second
years of medical school by the Department of Family
Medicine.
• Work with a community physician in a primary care
medical practice.
• Students will also collect data about:
• Patient health
• Preventive health care
• Health behavior
• Rural primary care practice in Kansas.
Orientation
• Students will participate in activities at the Annual Meeting of the
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians.
• June 5-7
• http://www.kafponline.org
• Orientation
• 3-5 days prior to their on-site clinical experience
• Hands-on clinical training.
• OB
• Suture
• Airway
• Sterile surgical technique
• Clinical Skills
• Includes training in research techniques
On-Site
• Students will spend 6 weeks living in their assigned rural community
• Students will help with patient care
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Clinical and Hospital Patients
Surgical Patients
Obstetrical patients
Nursing Home
Home Visits
• Students have done ASSISTED
with the following in the past:
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Delivering a baby
Cesarean section
Surgery
ER Visits
Trauma stabilization
Coroner calls
Ride in the ambulance
Ride in a helicopter
Sutured lacerations
Applied cast
Goals and Objectives
• Observe and assist in the delivery of primary care in both the
inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Practice and refine clinical skills acquired during year one.
Begin learning basic procedural skills.
• Understand and perform practice-based research data
collection in primary care.
• Electronic Medical Record.
• Develop an awareness of important issues in the delivery of
health care in a non-urban primary care setting.
• Develop awareness of the needs and expectations a Kansas
community has for their physician.
• Gain awareness regarding the function of a health care team in
primary care.
• Participate in a community-based research project.
Expectations for Students
• Attend the KAFP annual meeting June 5-7, 2014 in
Kansas City, KS.
• Read and understand the provided reading
assignments.
• Participate in lecture/workshop experiences with
KUMC faculty prior to and following the on-site
experience.
• Spend 6 weeks at their assigned site, assisting their
preceptor with comprehensive patient care.
• Participate fully in the data collection and recruitment
related to the research project.
• Communicate regularly with KUMC faculty and staff.
Application Process
• Complete the course application
• Demographic data
• Personal statement about why the rural
program
• Answers to questionnaire
• Students will be selected based on prior rural
experience and current rural program
participation
• Many urban background students have
participated in the past
• The course director will be responsible for all
selections
Rural Sites
• Rural sites will be identified by the Office of
Rural Medical Education (ORME)
• There are several requirements that must be
met prior to hosting a student.
• Affiliation agreement between KUMC and the
rural hospital
• Faculty appointment for the host preceptor
• Site approval by ORME
• Housing requirement met
• Credentialing completed by the student
• Final assignments will be the decision of the
course director.
Scholarship
•This program functions as a
scholarship program and all
enrollment decisions are made
by the course and co-course
directors.
•Program acceptance decisions
are based on items in the
application.
Stipend
• This elective includes a stipend that is funded by
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H.L. Baker Trust of LaCrosse, Kansas
The Dane G. Hansen Educational Scholarships Fund
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
Sutton Family Fund
• The stipend will include
• A base scholarship payment of $2,400 ($1,200 per mo)
• Additional $400 payment bonus provided to students
who thoroughly complete all aspects of the program’s
research activities.
• Students will be reimbursed mileage costs at the current
state rate for ONE roundtrip travel to their assigned
practice site.
Course Application
• There will be an application form for the
course distributed in January
• Questions?????
• Michael Kennedy, MD
• [email protected]
• Debra Lea
• [email protected]
General Information
• 2014 Course Schedule
• TBD
• Class size
• The number of students enrolled is based on
interest, physician sites and funding.
Funding limitations will likely restrict
placements to 30 students in 2014.
• Credits
• This elective is approved for 4 credit hours.
This course counts as a clinical elective.
Grades will be completed during the M-2
year.