PAL 5500 Clinical Medicine Whole Patient Integration I – Continuity Clinic
The Continuity Clinic experience involves shadowing a supervising preceptor in an outpatient community clinic one-half day per week over three consecutive semesters during the first year of PA education. The Continuity Clinic curriculum offers the PA student the opportunity to (1) begin the process of professional development early in the 28 month curriculum and establish norms for patient-centered professional behavior; (2) expose students early to the process of clinical problem solving; (3) provide students with a longitudinal clinical experience, which will give them a relevant context for the basic science curriculum; and (4) expose students to excellent primary care physician role models early in their PA education. Once a week for 15 weeks. Spring semester Phase I.