SCAHEC ELECTIVE

FPMD D667

Family Medicine Inpatient Externship

Faculty:
James Jarvis, M.D. - Course Director
Lindsey Clarke, M.D.
Gary Goforth, M.D.
Floyd Hatcher, M.D.
Daphne Karel, M.D.
Lyle Pritchard, M.D.
Coleman Robinson, M.D.
David Sealy, M.D.
H. Gratin Smith, M.D.
Rob Tiller, M.D.
Mark Van Swol, M.D.
Nancy Voigt, Ph.D.

Institution: Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, South Carolina

Location: Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year, with the exception of June

Number of Students: 3 per rotation

Students Report To: Please contact Dr. James Jarvis prior to the first day of the rotation (864) 725-4865.  jjarvis@selfregional.org

This elective is structured to provide the student an inpatient experience consistent with the practice of community family medicine physicians.  Based on the common discharge diagnoses of the approximately 2000 admissions for fiscal year 2005, the Inpatient Service is able to provide a comprehensive educational experience for a fourth-year student.

Instructional Methodolgy (approximate # of hours per week):  Lectures 7; Rounds/Discussions 10; Patient Contact 25; Lab None; Patient Load 4; Call Every 4th-6th Night

Objectives:

1. Learn the basic components for inpatient medicine
2. Become familiar with the problems seen in the hospitalized patient
3. Be exposed and learn the emergent problems commonly seen in the hospitalized patient
4. Be exposed to and learn many of the procedures commonly performed by a family physician in a community hospital