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Acting Internship in Family Medicine
This four-week rotation for fourth-year students focuses on comprehensive inpatient care. The student will function as a full team member with residents and faculty, assuming primary inpatient responsibility for their panel of patients. The student will attend daily tutorials and conferences with Family and Community Medicine faculty as scheduled with the inpatient team.
This course is available to M4 students planning a career in Family Medicine. Students are paired with a Family Medicine preceptor for 4-week outpatient rotations. Preceptorship may include family medicine physicians in their private offices, both rural and urban-based.
The purpose of this course is to expose medical students to the fundamentals of cooking in order to improve whole person health and more effectively counsel patients on diet and nutrition. This elective encourages and promotes the personal adoption of culinary and lifestyle medicine so that providers are more likely to discuss and encourage these methods with their patients.
The Geriatrics Elective at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is a comprehensive course designed to provide medical students with an in-depth understanding of the unique healthcare needs of older adults. The course is taught by experienced geriatrics-fellowship trained family medicine physicians and covers a wide range of topics such as age-related changes in physiology, pharmacology, and the management of chronic diseases. Students will have the opportunity to participate in clinical rotations at various geriatric care settings such as nursing homes and senior living centers. Additionally, the course includes seminars, workshops, and case studies that offer students hands-on experience in assessing and managing complex geriatric cases.
There are numerous global health electives available to fourth-year medical students, many of whom also receive generous grants of up to $800 from UC International for international electives. In addition, many students enjoy electives at Indian Health Services sites including those in Navajo Nation and Choctaw Nation. International electives most relevant to primary care include electives in Guatemala and Tanzania, but there are also opportunities for those who speak Spanish in Tijuana and Peru. Students may create their own experience in other locations through family or pre-medical contacts. Find more information about available global health electives here: https://med.uc.edu/about/admin-offices/global-health/global-opportunities-for-uc-learners
This two-week elective immerses fourth-year medical students in the diverse healthcare programs serving people who are unhoused throughout Greater Cincinnati. Students work alongside interdisciplinary teams in street medicine, shelters, medical and behavioral health clinics, dental services, medical respite, outreach, and advocacy programs to better understand the complex medical and social needs of this population. Throughout the elective, students develop individualized learning goals, complete guided readings, and participate in weekly faculty-led discussions and journal reviews that explore the clinical, public health, and structural factors contributing to homelessness. By the end of the rotation, students gain practical skills in trauma-informed, person-centered care while developing a deeper understanding of the physician's role in advancing health equity and advocating for society's most vulnerable populations.
The Mind-Body Medicine Elective provides students with self-care and reflection skills combined with group support to adaptively deal with stressors, leading to overall improved well-being and empathy, and ultimately healthier, balanced professionals. This course will focus on the evidence base and indication for use of mind‐body techniques in both a personal and professional/clinical setting.
This four-week elective gives students exposure to primary care for oncology patients at clinics like the Barrett Center, Blood Cancer Healing Center, and CCHMC. By the end of the rotation, fourth-year students will understand short-term and long-term cardiovascular risk of various cancer therapies including chemotherapy, radiation and targeted therapies, with an emphasis on Modifiable CV risk factors in these patients and recommended screening tests in this population. They will know the risk of second primary malignancies in this population and what specialized screenings are recommended based upon both treatment exposures such as radiation as well as underlying germline mutations such as Li Fraumeni or Lynch Syndrome. Finally, students will understand the unique long-term risks of childhood, adolescent and young adults survivors.
Palliative Care is extra support for patients living with serious illness and their families. This includes symptom management, improving quality of life, and making sure the medical care patients are receiving aligns with their values. Palliative Care is appropriate at any stage of serious illness and can be provided along with curative treatment. Hospice is a subset of Palliative Care for patients with a prognosis of 6 months or less who want comfort-focused medical care at the end of life.
The student's time will be primarily Palliative Care, with some time scheduled on Hospice. There are three spots available certain months - two with an adult palliative care team at UCMC or UCWC, one with a Pediatric Palliative Care team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Students will work with the interdisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, pharmacists and spiritual care providers.
This course introduces medical students to primary care, including psychiatric care, for patients with a variety of developmental and intellectual disabilities in the outpatient setting. Because we cannot control the schedule, the student will be seeing a mix of patients with and without disabilities. We will try our best to maximize their exposure to patients with disabilities, but they will likely also be doing some general family medicine during their time with us. During the course, students will have the opportunity to provide direct medical care as well as participate in off-site experiences including visiting group homes and workshops, attending specialty medical and psychiatric clinics, etc. Directed self-study about specific disabilities of the student's choosing is also an integral part of the course.
This fourth-year elective is available to all medical students with an interest in clinical, practice based or health services research.
Students must contact the research division director a minimum of three months prior to their planned elective month to complete online human subjects and research ethics training prior to the start of the elective.
The Service and Advocacy Longitudinal Elective is a year-long experience for fourth-year medical students who are passionate about improving the health of their communities. Students partner with a community organization of their choice—such as a nonprofit, federally qualified health center, or other community agency—to design and implement a project that addresses a real community health need. Throughout the year, students combine meaningful service with educational modules, peer discussions, and faculty mentorship to deepen their understanding of the social drivers of health, health equity, advocacy, and community engagement. Through this elective, students gain a deeper understanding of the social determinants of health, the impact of these factors on community health outcomes, and their role as physicians in engaging with the community
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