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Family Medicine Interest Group Attends AAFP Conference

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Eight medical students from the Baylor College of Medicine attended the American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference in Kansas City, MO. The annual conference hosted over 5,000 attendees and showcased a variety of workshops, lectures, as well as hundreds of residency programs from around the nation. One of the students noted that “the residency fair was an incredible opportunity to meet programs from across the country and develop a feel for which ones offer the best fit for our long-term goals. Furthermore, building relationships with each program and future colleagues in the field showed us the inspiring community of family docs that we are joining.”

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Our Commitment to You

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We are committed to providing quality education in family medicine and generalist medicine and to prepare students for today's demanding medical environment. One unique feature of our curriculum is the use of standardized patients to evaluate and give feedback on your performance in handling clinical situations. Another important feature is the use of office-based preceptors to teach the essentials of primary care and family medicine and to serve as role models. Through all of our required courses and electives, we seek to develop thoughtful, competent and compassionate physicians.

We welcome your interest and urge you to browse through our website for more information on each course offering. Please contact us if you have questions or desire more detailed information.

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Patient, Physician and Society

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This first- and second-year course teach students about interviewing, medical history taking, physical examination, professional values, and the social context of patients and physicians. Shruti Varadarajan, M.D., FAAFP serves as course director.

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Family Medicine Clerkship

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Under the guidance and direction of William Huang, M.D., the Family and Community Medicine Clerkship introduces students to the role and identity of the family physician and demonstrates the family medicine approach to the comprehensive care of common health problems.

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Family and Community Medicine Electives

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The Department of Family and Community Medicine offers several preclinical electives (e.g., Medical Spanish, History of Medicine, Compassion and the Art of Medicine), non-clinical electives (e.g., Health Services Research, Underserved Care Clinic, Community Project in Underserved Care), and clinical electives (e.g., Care for the Underserved, Procedures in Primary Care, Immigrant Medicine). Anjali Aggarwal, M.D., is the lead electives officer for the department. View Family and Community Medicine Electives.

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