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Family Med & Community Health (FMCH) Courses

Academic Unit: Family Med & Community Health

FMCH 5345 - Curriculum Design and Teaching Strategies for Medical Education I

(3 cr; Prereq-concurrent entollment in 5346, instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5345 until 23-MAY-05

Identifying/developing course goals. Developing course, teacher, learner evaluations. Students must also take 5346, which follows immediately after 5345.

FMCH 5346 - Curriculum Design and Teaching Strategies for Medical Education II

(1 cr; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in 5345, instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Summer Even Year)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5346 until 23-MAY-05

Taken with 5345. Practicum of lecture, demonstration, small-group discussion, clinical teaching, and computer-assisted instruction. Academic ethics, policies, copyright issues, tenure, academic freedom, problem-based learning.

FMCH 5564 - Family Practice Seminar

(1 cr; Prereq-MD or DO degree; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5564 until 16-MAY-05

Knowledge, skills, and attitudes in biomedical and behavioral sciences that form foundation for academic discipline of family medicine; medical decision making, common problems and procedures, family theory and assessment, clinical pharmacy, human sexuality.

FMCH 5651 - Principles of Geriatrics II

(1 cr; Prereq-Medical School or dental school or GNP school graduate; P-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 5 credits; may be repeated 5 times)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5651 until 16-MAY-05

Second in two-course sequence. Survey of major topics in geriatric medicine. Epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of major geriatric syndromes and illnesses.

FMCH 5950 - Clinical Issues in Human Sexuality

(2 cr; Prereq-Enrollment in health sci grad programs in CSPP, Psy, PubH, SW or FSoS or instr consent; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5950 until 16-MAY-05

Assessment and treatment techniques pertaining to common sexual problems.

FMCH 5955 - Directed Study

(1 cr [max 10]; Prereq-instr consent; qualified students may arrange for work on a tutorial basis; O-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 5955 until 16-MAY-05

Studies on special topics as arranged between student and faculty.

FMCH 7124 - Sleep Disorders

(2 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was NEUR 7124 until 29-APR-24

Students will rotate with sleep medicine physicians at one of two sites.

FMCH 7200 - Introduction to Residency in Family Medicine

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

This 2-week elective is offered at all of the University of Minnesota-affiliated Twin Cities residency programs in Family Medicine, and select other local programs. This elective provides students the opportunity to experience the full spectrum of Family Medicine and Community Health at that program. All efforts will be made to place the student at the program of their choice. The student will work with Family Medicine faculty physicians and residents in all the facets of Family Medicine care including: office, inpatient hospital service, labor and delivery, overnight call, procedures and, where applicable, nursing home rounds or home visits.

FMCH 7500 - Acting Intern Family Medicine

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7500 until 16-MAY-05

This elective is offered at all the University of Minnesota-affiliated Twin Cities Residency Programs in Family Medicine and selected other local programs. This elective provides students the opportunity to experience the full spectrum of Family Medicine. All efforts will be made to place the student at the program of their choice. The student will work with Family Medicine faculty physicians and Family Medicine residents in all the facets of Family Medicine care including: office, inpatient hospital service, labor and delivery, overnight call, procedures and, where applicable, nursing home rounds or home visits. Students are expected to take both inpatient medicine and obstetrical call at a frequency of approximately one night per week, work may include evenings and weekends.

FMCH 7501 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP)

(2 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Med 7500, Obst 7500, USMLE Step 1 Passing Score; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 18 credits; may be repeated 3 times)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7501 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting. Intended for the student with an interest in rural Minnesota primary care. Each student works with family physicians and local and/or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience and one-to-one teaching. Scholarships are available.

FMCH 7502 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Orthopaedic Surgery

(2 cr [max 4]; Prereq-7501, RPAP student; P-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7502 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive orthopaedic surgery experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7503 - Preceptorship in Family Medicine Obstetrics

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7503 until 16-MAY-05

This course provides an overview of family medicine obstetrics, or maternity care. The student is given the opportunity to participate in the care of the pregnant woman both in the clinic and in the hospital. The student is assigned to call one time per week. Additionally, the student will be given time to research one topic of interest and complete a one-page summary.

FMCH 7504 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Surgery

(6 cr; Prereq-Med 7500, Obst 7500, USMLE Step 1 Passing Score; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7504 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive primary care (surgery) experience in a rural setting. Each student works with family physicians and local or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience, one-to-one teaching.

FMCH 7505 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Obstetrics and Gynecology

(6 cr; Prereq-7501; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7505 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive obstetrics/gynecology experience in a rural setting. Each student works with family physicians and local or visiting specialists. Problem-based learning, hands-on clinical experience, one-to-one teaching.

FMCH 7506 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Pediatrics

(6 cr; Prereq-7501; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7506 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive pediatrics experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7507 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Otolaryngology

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7507 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive otolaryngology experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7508 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Urology

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7508 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive urology experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7509 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Primary Care Clerkship I

(4 cr; Prereq-7501; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7509 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7510 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Primary Care Clerkship II

(4 cr; Prereq-7509; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7510 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive primary care experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7511 - Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine (UCAM)

(4 cr; Prereq-FMCH 7600 and FMCH 7700; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7511 until 16-MAY-05

UCAM provides 12 weeks of ambulatory continuity experience in an underserved urban community Family Medicine Clinic. UCAM expands the Family Medicine Clerkship exposure to patient diversity, low income, multicultural urban medicine, and community health. Students are required to attend the Family Medicine Clerkship/Primary Care Selective seminars as well as 4 UCAM seminars. From a scheduling point of view, UCAM combines the 8 weeks of Family Medicine Clerkship/Primary Care Selective with 4 extra weeks of elective credit. The principles of urban medicine will be blended throughout the 12 weeks, as will the project. Each student will participate in a community health project and complete a journal about his/her experience. The community health project ideally combines the EBM focus of the Family Medicine clerkship project with a longitudinal project.

FMCH 7512 - Urban Community Ambulatory Medicine (UCAM)

(4 cr; Prereq-7511, InMd 5508, InMd 7509; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7512 until 16-MAY-05

Expands primary-care clerkship (PCC) into 16 weeks of primary care experience in one underserved urban clinic. Students attend PCC seminars during first eight weeks, followed by weekly seminars covering patient diversity, indigenous medicine, and community health.

FMCH 7513 - Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP): Orthopaedic SurgeryRSU

(2 cr [max 4]; Prereq-Accepted into RPAP; P-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7513 until 16-MAY-05

Community-based elective with extensive orthopaedic surgery experience in a rural setting.

FMCH 7515 - RPAP: Emergency Medicine

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

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FMCH 7516 - Research in Human Sexuality

(2 cr [max 4]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7516 until 16-MAY-05

This elective consists of clinical and/or laboratory research related to human sexuality in areas such as incest, rape, gender dysphoria, compulsive sexual behavior, sex offenses, and sexual dysfunction. It is adaptable to the specific interests of the student and faculty.

FMCH 7519 - Clinical Practice of Occupational Medicine

(2 cr [max 4]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7519 until 16-MAY-05

Students perform complete occupational health history, set up basic problem-solving approahces to occupational health problems.

FMCH 7520 - Rural Rotation in Family Medicine

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7520 until 16-MAY-05

This course is intended for students interested in observing and participating in Family Medicine in the rural setting. Students participate in patient care in the patient's home, in long-term facilities, in the doctor's office and in the hospital. Students observe close interrelationships between practicing physicians and the community.

FMCH 7521 - Topics in Immigrant Health

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7521 until 16-MAY-05

Course is designed to offer an intensive multidimensional exploration of immigrant health using clinical, multimedia, academic and on-line learning. The course will include an individualized in-depth project and an individualized learning plan will be developed between each student and the course director after assessing the student's experience, background and interest. This course will combine clinical experiences at a variety of sites which serve immigrant patients with text-based and web-based reading, on-line research, group and individual community visits and on-line and class discussions to provide students with an opportunity to study in-depth the issues that communities and methods by which those barriers are being overcome.

FMCH 7524 - Rotation in Palliative Medicine and Hospice

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was MED 7542 until 29-APR-24

Introduces students to the field of palliative care and hospice medicine. Students will participate in patient care with hospice staff and palliative care physicians and other practitioners in the hospital, nursing home, clinic, and patient's homes. Students will directly work with interdisciplinary teams in their daily work, and spend time with practitioners in social work, nursing, spiritual health, music therapy, and physicians.

FMCH 7525 - Cardiology for Primary Care

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7525 until 16-MAY-05

Students will participate in daily cardiology inpatient rounds. They will work 1:1 with the rounding cardiologist for the week. Responsibilities include the initial cardiology consultation and daily rounds on patients in the hospital.

FMCH 7526 - Medicine and the Arts

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall)

Equivalent courses: was INMD 7526 until 01-MAY-23

Students will work with the course directors to tailor a course of study that will immerse them in forms of art and creative expression (such as literature, film, visual art, music, etc.) that reflect--and are inspired by--the practice of medicine.

FMCH 7530 - Preceptorship in Community Family Medicine

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7530 until 16-MAY-05

This course is intended for students interested in pursuing family medicine as a career, or for students wishing to acquire a broadly-based medical background before training in another specialty. The student will usually participate in inpatient and outpatient care in the family medicine clinic and in the hospital.

FMCH 7531 - Introduction to Healthcare for the Underserved

(2 cr [max 6]; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7531 until 16-MAY-05

Introduces students to the health care needs and challenges faced by special population groups served by Family Medicine. These include immigrant and refugee populations, minority populations, and various other underserved groups. During this rotation based in a clinic serving one or more of these population groups, the student will become familiar with the unique health needs of a population and the resources and methods used to address those needs. Issues such as communication, education, and traditional healing beliefs and systems will be addressed. Typically, 2.5 days per week will be spent in direct patient care, 1 day is reserved for students to perform independent learning around the population to be studied while the remaining 1.5 days may be spent in a variety of non-direct patient care or community-based activities, depending on the clinic site.

FMCH 7535 - Community Health in Family Medicine

(3 cr [max 5]; Prereq-At least two six-week rotations in medicine or pediatrics or obstetrics or surgery; H-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7535 until 16-MAY-05

Individually designed outpatient rotation. Combines clinical work in urban setting with a series of experiences in the community.

FMCH 7537 - Sports Medicine

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7537 until 16-MAY-05

Students will gain experience in the field of sports medicine including exposure to the disciplines of primary care sports medicine, orthopedic sports medicine, sports physical therapy, and athletic training.

FMCH 7538 - Sports Medicine in Duluth

(2 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7538 until 16-MAY-05

This course is an opportunity for students interested in primary care or a musculo-skeletal specialty to develop an appreciation for the role of sports medicine in his/her practice. The student will work closely with full-time sports medicine physicians and allied health providers, including physical therapists and athletic trainers.

FMCH 7539 - Sports Medicine (Virtual)

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)

This is a 2 week, independent study in topics relating to Sports Medicine. This online elective will include directed musculoskeletal exam review using EBM, case study review, and power point presentations on a variety of topics. This elective should be considered a supplement to, and not a replacement of FMCH 7537.

FMCH 7551 - Rural Community Ambulatory Medicine PCC

(12 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Twelve-week course. Four weeks in a Twin Cities Family Residency clinic, eight weeks in a selected Rural Community. Exposure to patients from diverse backgrounds in an outpatient setting to rural medicine, delivery systems, and community health. Small-group seminars, one-day Hospice experience, project, final exam.

FMCH 7560 - Addiction and Substance Abuse Disorder Treatment

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7560 until 16-MAY-05

Intensive exposure to current approaches to therapy and rehabilitation of chemically dependent patients. For most of these patients, alcohol is the most abused drug. The course includes participant observation in group therapy sessions and lectures.

FMCH 7577 - An Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Therapies

(3 cr; Prereq-Internet access, basic e-mail skills; Nurs 5609 recommended; O-N or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7577 until 16-MAY-05

Complementary therapies and their integration with allopathic treatments. Observation of complementary care providers in community. Examines culturally-based approaches to health care. Weekly seminars, special project, use of Internet.

FMCH 7585 - Sexual Health Concerns in Clinical Practice

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7585 until 16-MAY-05

This course requires a minimum commitment of 40 hours per week (some evening time possible) over a 2-4 week period. Students will have the opportunity for observation and practice of sex-related education and counseling through participation in intake and assessment sequences, individual and conjoint sessions, and group sex therapy. Each student will be supervised by a member of the Program in Human Sexuality staff. The student is expected to participate in several hours of staff conferences and seminars each week. Readings will be assigned.

FMCH 7595 - Family Medicine Research

(2 cr [max 8]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7595 until 16-MAY-05

Academic research in collaboration with member of academic or clinical faculty. Identification of parameters/methodological components of family medicine research. Develops knowledge/skills essential for academic careers in family medicine.

FMCH 7599 - Family Medicine Independent Study

(2 cr [max 8]; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits)

Equivalent courses: was FPCH 7599 until 16-MAY-05

This course is intended for a student intererested in pursuing a Family Medicine project that does not fit well in one of the other Family Medicine elective descriptions. For any directed study project, there will be a written agreement between the student and Course Director.

FMCH 7600 - Family Medicine Four-Week Clerkship

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 2 times)

Equivalent courses: INMD 7220 (starting 08-MAY-17), INMD 7209 (inactive, starting 06-MAY-13), INMD 7415, FMCH 7602 (inactive), INMD 7215 (inactive, starting 05-JAN-15), INMD 7435 (inactive), INMD 7223 (starting 04-MAY-20), FMCH 7601 (inactive)

Ambulatory four-week clerkship.

FMCH 7655 - Interdisciplinary Rotation in Hospice Care

(2 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

The course is intended to introduce students to the multidisciplinary field of hospice care. The rotation will be based out of AccentCare Fairview Hospice - West. Primarily students will spend the rotation working with the hospice care consult team; seeing hospice patients with physicians and other practitioners on the multidisciplinary team, including nurse practitioners, social workers, and spiritual health providers.

FMCH 7700 - UCAM Acting Internship Family Medicine

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Four-week ambulatory experience in family medicine clinic.

FMCH 7701 - RPAP: Family Medicine Clerkship

(4 cr; H-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Community-based elective. Extensive primary care experience in rural setting.

FMCH 7702 - RPAP: Primary Care Selective

(4 cr; P-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)

Community-based elective. Extensive primary care experience in rural setting.

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