Family Medicine Clerkship: Core Patient Experiences and Clinical Skills
UNR Med Year 3 Structure
Patient Experiences
- Abnormal bowel function
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Breast cancer screening
- Breast mass, benign
- Cervical cancer screening
- Chest pain
- Chronic back pain
- Colorectal cancer screening
- Contraception Management
- Depression
- Diet/exercise
- Ear Pain
- Fever
- GE reflux (GERD)
- Headache, migraine or other
- Heart failure
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Leg swelling
- Multiple chronic illnesses (depression, hypertension, hypothyroidism)
- Sexual activity
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Shortness of breath/wheezing
- Skin lesions
- Skin rashes
- Substance use, dependence/abuse
- URI-upper respiratory infection
- UTI/pyelonephritis
- Wellness and prevention
Clinical Skills
- Abdominal examination
- CBC interpretation
- Coping with pain/illness
- Developmental milestones assessment
- Difficult patient
- EKG interpretation
- End of life issues
- Evidence based medicine (EBM) application
- Fluid & electrolyte calculations
- Graph and interpret growth chart data
- Heart & lung sound recognition
- LFT interpretation
- Liquid nitrogen use
- Motivational interviewing-counseling for behavior change
- Newborn exam & screening
- Prevention counseling
- Skin lesion ID
- Skin procedures
- Specific musculoskeletal exams: knee, hand, shoulder, back, ankle
- Well child exam-Adolescent (13-19 yr)
- Well child exam-Infant (1-12 mos)
- Well child exam-School age (5-12 yr)
- Well child exam-Toddler (1-5 yr)
- X-ray interpretation, chest