JABSOM Academics

Dept. of Family Medicine and Community Health Electives

Contact: Lira Quitevis
(808) 627-3235 or lira.fmch@gmail.com

1. PRIMARY CARE PRECEPTORSHIP:
Coordinator: Jill Omori, MD
Locations: 6 Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia, American Samoa, Guam, Saipan, Marshall Islands, other medically underserved areas
Objective: Program permits student to gain first hand experience of primary care by working in close contact with a selected physician.
Method:
Instructional program includes maximum possible patient care responsibility commensurate with student ability, full-time attendance, with preceptor, of all conferences, lectures, daily bedside care, hospital admissions, emergencies, etc., that comprise the preceptor's practice.

Evaluation: Each student's performance will be assessed by the primary preceptor.

2. SUB-INTERNSHIP IN FAMILY MEDICINE:
Coordinator: Jill Omori, MD
Location: Wahiawa General Hospital
Objectives: The overall objectives of the sub-internship are to give students opportunities to have experiences which will closely simulate that which he/she might have as a 1st year resident. Specifically, by the time a student has completed this sub-internship, he/she will be able to:

  1. Do a complete and concise history and physical examination on patients admitted to a hospital, which would serve as the main history and physical examination in that patient's record.
  2. Write a set of orders which would be appropriate for the patient's illness.
  3. Follow the patient throughout his hospitalization and write appropriate problem-oriented progress notes describing that patient's care.
  4. Make necessary plans for discharge and follow-up of the patient after his hospitalization.
  5. Be able to perform any procedure which would be appropriate to the level of a 1st year Family Medicine resident.

Method: Students who have demonstrated readiness to take on the responsibilities of the 1st year resident will be allowed to enter the sub-internship. He/She will be directly responsible to the upper level resident as if he/she were the 1st level resident on that service. Work rounds, teaching rounds, lectures and conferences in keeping with 1st level resident program will be provided. This patient care program will include rotational night call and weekend duties under supervision of the upper level residents to whom the student is assigned.
Evaluation: Evaluation reports are obtained from attending physicians and residents who supervise the student during the Family Medicine Inpatient Service, then consolidated and reported by the Associate Program Director of the Integrated Family Medicine Residency Program.

3. SPORTS MEDICINE PRECEPTORSHIP (closed to visiting students):
Coordinator: Jill Omori, MD
Location: University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
Objectives: To allow further experience and studies within the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine. The elective includes exposure to sports medicine clinic, primary care clinic, university athletics training room, collegiate sports medical coverage, sports physical therapy, and requires a review paper on a sports medicine topic.
Method: Full time attendance with a Board Certified Family Practitioner who has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Primary Care Sports Medicine that has been approved by the preceptorship director.
Evaluation: Each student's performance will be assessed by the primary preceptor.

4. TOPICS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH (closed to visiting students):
Coordinator: Jill Omori, MD
Location: Physicians’ offices; assorted Community Health facilities.
Objectives: To allow further experience and flexibility in studies within the field of Primary Care and Community Health.
Method: Though usually pursued under the direction of a Primary Care practitioner, the course in intentionally flexible in order to allow students to work in other Community Health fields as well.
Evaluation: An evaluation of the student is required from the preceptor at the close of the elective. The student also provides the program director with a written summary of research. Credit/No Credit Course.

5. EXTRAMURAL ELECTIVE IN FAMILY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH (closed to visiting students):
Coordinator: Jill Omori, MD
Location: Outside of Hawaii
Objectives: The overall objective is provide students the ability to take a rotation content or format of which is not covered by 545B, C, D, or F.
Method: Varies according to desired outcomes of the rotation.
Evaluation: Preceptor/Supervisor reports by evaluation form to the Program Director. Reception of evaluation form is necessary for course credit to be given. Credit/No Credit Course.


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