Faculty: Tom Westmoreland, M.D. - Course Director

Institution: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Duration: 2-4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 per rotation

Students Report To: Please contact Delilah Goode, Continuing Medical Education Office, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, prior to the first day of the rotation (864) 560-6748, dgoode@srhs.com

*USC SOM Third Year Elective

This course is designed to give the student first-hand exposure to and practical experience with private patients in a working family practice setting. Instruction will include emphasis on comprehensive, continuing care, office management and introduction to industrial medicine, professional relations and family practice in a community hospital. The student will be expected to actively participate in all phases of the course.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the student will have had a beneficial exposure to a private group of family practitioners in a private office. The management of the family practitioner's private patient seen in the office, as well as those in the community hospital under the direction and supervision of a family physician.