Medical Student Education
Medical Student Education
The University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine predoctoral educational programs provide core elements to all medical students, “putting it together” from the generalist’s perspective.
Family and Community Medicine (FCM) Third-Year Clerkship
The FCM Clerkship is a required 6-week ambulatory experience for all University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson 3rd-year students. Students are assigned to rotate at urban and rural sites throughout Arizona.
Eamon C. Armstrong, MD
Lucia Contreras
655 N. Alvernon Way, Suite 228
PO Box 245052
Tucson, AZ 85724-5053
Office: 520-626-7865
FAX: 520-626-6134
Family Medicine Fourth-Year Electives
Our unique fourth-year elective opportunities that include Indian Health Service preceptorship, emergency care in family practice, preceptorship in international health (open to U of A students only), global health, and a clinical and community care annual course (open to all MS3/MS4 U.S. and Canadian medical students and primary care residents).
Objectives and Goals
The purpose of this subinternship is to provide students with experience in an intern-like role in a family medicine training program, which is designed as a predominantly inpatient experience. However, some time may be provided to give students some limited ambulatory experience.
Format
Our department has two teams that have subinternships associated with them. Each accommodates two students per block.
- The original University of Arizona Family Medicine Residency is based at the Alvernon Clinic, a traditional broad spectrum family medicine program with an emphasis on integrative and sports medicine
- The BUMC Graduate Consortium Family Medicine Residency is based at Banner – University Medicine South Clinic, emphasizing rural medicine
The medical student will serve as a subintern team member on a busy inpatient family medicine service. While orders must be co-signed, the subintern will have responsibility commensurate with demonstrated abilities, which may include admission history and physical, ordering diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, discharge planning, and working with home health and community agencies. Care is provided to all ages from infants to the elderly and in settings from the emergency department to regular inpatient setting. Rounds occur daily and include didactics.
Forms are available at:
FCM Administration Offices |
College of Medicine – Tucson |
Find complete information about senior electives:
College of Medicine Student Course Catalog
Non-University of Arizona medical students should read special instructions about visiting students.
Family and Community Medicine Opportunities
Promotes medical education/experiences in developing nations
A longitudinal curriculum for selected medical students to develop public health competencies
Reinforces volunteer students’ primary care interests in inner-city, rural and international practices
15 students per class are placed with rural preceptors on three rotations
Visiting Student Scholarship
- Encourage students who self-identify with groups that are underrepresented in medicine to consider residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
- Promote student awareness of opportunities in academic medicine
- Provide mentoring and networking for students who identify as underrepresented in medicine
- Provide a stipend of up to $1,500 to help offset cost of housing and travel