Family Medicine Clerkship

Click Here for the WRITE Preceptor Summary Form which is an overview of all WRITE requirements to be submitted at the WRITE close-out session.

Click Here for the Family Medicine Clinical Performance Evaluation process

The UWSOM Department of Family Medicine Clerkship Web Site is at http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship; here you will find the Goals & Objectives of the Family Medicine Clerkship:
A. Biopsychosocial Aspects of Care
B. Comprehensive Care
C. Continuity of Care
D. Context of Care
E. Coordination and Integration of Care

WRITE Students earn six weeks of Family Medicine credit during the on-site portion of the program and will be required to complete Family Medicine's Core Competencies Curriculum, covering Clinical Knowledge, including Acute and Chronic Illness care and Wellness and Prevention; Management and Counseling Skills, Behavior Change, and Professionalism.
The Family Medicine Clerkship web site is set up for the traditional 6-week clerkship. Taking into account the expanded nature of the WRITE program, it is not required that WRITE students complete at the same pace the weekly activities of the FM "Assignment Tracker" (formerly the Mid/End Clerkship Review Form), but should integrate the "weekly" requirements into their clerkship experience as it makes sense to do so, making sure to complete everything by the time of the Family Medicine exam in May. To make updates to the Assignment Tracker go to http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/curricula/review. Students should bring a printout of this form to preceptor to review during the monthly written and verbal feedback sessions.

Family Medicine Requirements:

• Clinical Knowledge
• Patient Interviewing and Management and Counseling Skills
• Behavior Change
• Professionalism
• Students are expected to log onto the Assignment Tracker link (formerly the Mid/End Clerkship Review): http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/curricula/review to record the completion of these requirements. It is designed to help students and preceptors track and maximize the clerkship experience
• Exam: http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/evaluation/exam; the required exam is pass / fail, as described in the clerkship grading policy. The exam is web-based and takes place at the clerkship site on the Tuesday of the last week of the rotation at 12:00 PM Pacific Time (Note that there are time zone differences across clerkships). Students who fail the exam are no longer eligible for an honors grade and are required to retake the exam. If the student fails the exam on a second try, the student may be required to repeat the clerkship.
  The exam consists of eight (8) short answer questions in a SOAP note format. You will be given the subjective and objective sections of the note and asked to create the assessment and plan. Students are given a total of 4 hours to complete the exam. Test questions will be drawn from your required readings and online learning modules from all parts of the curriculum in caring for eight hypothetical patients. More information and tips on how to prepare for the exam is available at the exam link, above.
• For details about the assignment of the Final Grade go to: http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/evaluation/final
• Student Evaluation of Clerkship, http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/evaluation/courseEval, must be completed by the student prior to the release of their Family Medicine grade.
• Other Useful Resources for both preceptors and students, including issues of clinical safety, absence policy, contacts at the UW, cultural competency, ethics, and equal opportunity policy, can be found at http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/resources.
• Preceptor Resources, including the Family Medicine Evaluation and Grading Policy, a Daily Feedback card, tips on Methods for Teaching and Giving Feedback can all be found on the FM web site at: http://depts.washington.edu/fammed/predoc/clerkship/faculty.