Med/Peds Ambulatory Care

NOT AVAILABLE FOR AY2026-2027

Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties

  • Course Information

    Course Number: RMDN612

    Prerequisites: Completion of the Internal Medicine or Family Medicine and Pediatric Clerkships

    Length of Time: 4 weeks

    Phase Availability: Phase 2 and Phase 3

    Credit Type: Physician Assessed Patient Facing (PAPFE) or Open

    Call: No

  • Contact Information

    Program Director: Todd Giese, MD

    Coordinator/Scheduling: Allison King (aking75@uic.edu)

    Location: Caring Family, S.C. (781 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014)

Narrative Description: This 4-week clinical elective in an ambulatory Med/Peds practice will focus on patient evaluation and treatment, development of an ongoing management plan, and practice management in a clinic setting.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Become proficient in the exam of healthy infants, children and adults.
  2. Understand developmental milestones of infants and children.
  3. Learn the schedules for childhood and adult immunizations and be able to explain the rationale to patients and caregivers.
  4. Develop and implement a management plan for common acute and chronic illnesses.
  5. Understand the basic social, financial, and cultural challenges of geriatric patients.
  6. Become familiar with the basics of practice management.

Learning Activities:

  1. The student will keep a journal summarizing their daily activities, patient encounters, and personal observations and reflections.
  2. The student will learn to perform a more focused history and physical exam directed to the patient’s reason(s) for the clinic visit and develop a diagnosis and management plan. Once reviewed with the preceptor, the student will have responsibility for completing the visit and writing the chart note.
  3. The student will spend time with the office manager, nursing, and support staff, becoming familiar with their responsibilities, phone triage, billing services, record keeping, and referral management. If possible, the student will attend a staff meeting, noting practice style, interaction of providers, and patient discussions. The student should write a paragraph reflecting their observations and review with the preceptor.
  4. The student will become familiar with and may participate in any office-based
  5. The student will research current evidence-based guidelines for patients with diseases/illnesses seen in the office (e.g. hypertension, lipid management, outpatient antibiotic usage) and discuss with the preceptor.
  6. The student will do a short (30 minute) presentation on a clinical topic, in consultation with the preceptor, to the preceptor and staff.

Method of Assessment:

  1. The faculty preceptor will evaluate the student’s performance in the areas of professionalism, clinical knowledge, patient interaction, and level of interest, with additional input from other faculty providers, nurses, and support staff.
  2. The student will receive regular feedback throughout the elective
  3. The student’s journal will be reviewed by the faculty preceptor.
  4. Standard UIC evaluation form will be completed and submitted at the end of the Specific written faculty comments and observations are encouraged.

Required Reading: Standard Medicine and Pediatric ambulatory texts. Up-to date, DynaMed.

General Scheduling: Students are instructed to report to the clinic at 9 am the Monday of their first day on this elective. Students should expect to work full time (approximately 9am-5pm) Monday through Friday while the clinic is open. Students should expect to perform research and prepare for presentations outside of clinic hours, but may work on these activities during clinic, if time allows. The expectation is the student will be engaged in educational activities for a minimum of 35 hours per week.

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Miscellaneous Information: None