I've been gathering opinions on how best to set up Family Medicine in the curriculum. There is resounding support for the regular appearance of a generalist who could position the week's lecture material into real clinical contexts.
This happened last year (by chance?) when Dr. WR gave a talk on commonly encountered infections during the ID block. T M (VP Academic) says that it's the one lecture everybody remembers from Family Medicine.
I'd like to have this kind of "Primary Care: Reality Check" scheduled for one hour in prime time (9:30-11:30) on a weekly or biweekly basis in Phases 1 and 2.
I think the students would love it.
I think it would go some way toward reconciling the content-rich mornings with the clinical process afternoons.
(I do understand that it might be difficult to fully schedule by this September...)
I wonder what you think.
