Periods | Pre-requisite | Sites & Slots | Hours | Weeks |
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | BCC 7144 BCC 7184 | 1 per site | FT, 44 hr wk | 2,4 |
Faculty and Staff at Health Resource Alliance (Pasco), Suncoast Community Health Centers (Hillsborough), DeSoto Memorial Hospital (Arcadia), or other rural sites
This elective is designed to introduce senior students to the practice of medicine in a rural community. Under the supervision of clinical faculty, students will have the opportunity to practice in a private office or in a community/migrant health center. Students will also round with the preceptor in the hospital. This elective will provide students with a better understanding of rural medicine and the tremendous health needs of underserved rural and migrant populations. Housing will be provided for students at DeSoto Memorial Hospital. Gulfcoast South AHEC will provide students with a fixed travel reimbursement.
The clinical faculty will evaluate the progress and performance of the student in the clinical setting(s).
This elective must be scheduled through Anne Maynard from the AHEC office. Final arrangements for the elective must be made through the Ms. Maynard in conjunction with Gulfcoast North or Gulfcoast South AHEC.