Family Medicine Clerkship

Curriculum Resources

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Future of FM Report

General Resources

Family Medicine - General Information

• Future of Family Medicine Report:
  http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/full/2/suppl_1/s3
  
• Stange KC et al. Illuminating the 'Black Box.' A description of 4454 patient visits to 138 family physicians. J Fam Pract. 46 (5): 377-89; May 1998.
  Abstract at PubMed
  
• Stange KC et al. The value of a family physician. J Fam Pract. 46(5): 363-68; May 1998.
  Abstract at PubMed

A How-To Guide for a Clerkship Director using the FM Curriculum Resources

• On-line PowerPoint presentation
• Download the PowerPoint file.
• Download the Acrobat pdf file.

General Textbooks

• Twenty Common Problems in Primary Care.
  Editor: Weiss B.
  Publisher: McGraw Hill.
  SBN: 0070696098
  Format: paperback, 592 pages.
  Pub date: 18 Dec 1998
  Copyright: 1999
  $49.95 US
  Product Line: McGraw-Hill Professional
  Information about book
  
• Essentials of Family Medicine, 4th ed.
  Editors: Sloane P, Slatt L, Ebell M, and Jacques L
  Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  ISBN: 0-7817-3391-X
  Copyright: 2001
  Information about book
  
• Student Guide to Primary Care, Making the Most of Your Early Clinical Experiences
  Editors: Steele DJ, Susan JL, McCurdy FA
  Publisher: Hanley and Belfus
  ISBN 1-56053-545-8
  Copyright: 2003
  Purchase book through STFM bookstore
  
• Guide to the Family Medicine Clerkship
  Editors: Montauk SL, Ricer R, and Filak A
  Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  ISBN 0-781-72349-3
  Copyright: 2001
  Purchase book through STFM bookstore
  
• Fundamentals of Family Medicine: The Family Medicine Clerkship Textbook, 2nd ed.
  Editor: Taylor R
  Publisher: Springer Pub Co
  ISBN 0-387-98445-3
  Copyright: 1998
  Purchase book through STFM bookstore
  
• Textbook of Family Medicine
  Editor: Saultz J
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill
  ISBN 0-07-057958-X
  Copyright: 1999
  
• Textbook of Family Practice
  Editor: Rakel R
  Publisher: W B Saunders
  ISBN: 0721680011
  Copyright: 2001

General On-Line Textbooks

• Merck Manual on-line
  http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
  
• Clearinghouse for Web-based textbooks for medical students
  http://medicalstudent.com/
  
• eMedicine's medical textbooks
  http://www.emedicine.com/med/contents.htm
  
• Virtual Naval Hospital
  http://www.vnh.org/GMO/01Contents.html
  
• General Practice Notebook - a UK medical encyclopedia on the WWW
  http://medicalstudent.com/
  
• University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook
  http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/familymedicine/FPHandbookTOC/index.html

Communication Skills

• PowerPoint presentation by Marian Stuart, PhD on the 15 Minute Hour
• PowerPoint presentation on the Web
• PowerPoint file for download
• Egnew T, Mauksch L, Greer T and Farber S: Integrating Communication Training into a Required Family Medicine Clerkship. Acad Med; 79(8): 737-43; August 2004.

Patient Information

• MEDLINE Plus drug information for patients provided by the American Society for Hospital Pharmacists
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
  
• MEDLINE Plus health topic information for patients
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.html

Curricular Resources

• APGO Women's Healthcare Education Resource Network
  http://www.apgo.org/resourcenetwork/
  The Women's Health Education Resource Network's goal is to be the premier Web-based clearinghouse of women's health education. The Resource Network provides comprehensive and objective resources and practical information for individuals, academic institutions, and organizations interested in women's health care education and training.
  
• Implementing women's health competencies into the undergraduate medical school curriculum. Supplement published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. September 2002, Part 2 · Volume 187 · Number 3
  
• Tufts Institute information relating to ACGME competencies, especially Practice-Based Learning and Improvement and Systems-Based Practice.
  http://www.thci.org/acgme/default.htm#SBPractice
  
• The Women's Health in the Medical School Curriculum - Report of Survey and Recommendations (June 1997) is the first comprehensive assessment of women's health education and training in United States allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to provide this important information. Included in this report are the following:

• Results from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical Curriculum Directory Questionnaire (Phase I of the survey).
•   Findings of the AAMC Medical School Curriculum Survey (Phase II of the survey).
• Recommendations for a Model Core Curriculum on Women's Health.
• Strategies for curriculum implementation.
• A summary of highlights and opportunities for improving women's health medical education.

Copies of the Report are available from the HRSA Information Center at 1-888-ASK-HRSA.

Community Health

• Community Health Resources - Midwestern University - This site has general links and resources relating to community health.
  http://chrc.midwestern.edu/

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This page last updated October 18, 2005