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Clinical Practice includes the Foundations of Clinical Practice (FCP) course for first-year students (FCP), which runs from August to mid-January, and Clinical Skills (CS) curricular elements embedded in Phase I blocks which occur after FCP concludes.

Left to Right:
Cathy Sanchez, Nancy Sinclair, Ann Morrison, Teresa Anderson, Deana Richter, George Comerci

COURSE DIRECTORS:

Foundations of Clinical Practice (FCP)
George D. Comerci, Jr., MD, FACP and Teresa Trogdon Anderson, MD, FAAP

Clinical Skills (CS) Block Activities
George D. Comerci, Jr., MD, FAAP and Ann Morrison, MD
 

TED CURRICULUM SUPPORT ACTIVITIES:

• Serving on course steering committee

• Training faculty to precept small groups; providing logistical support for preceptor orientations

• Assisting with preceptor recruitment, tracking, and reporting process

• Working with technical support in ongoing development of electronic processes

• Reserving rooms

• Preparing room & group assignments

• Ordering and maintaining course books, materials, and supplies

• Preparing, duplicating, and distributing course syllabus for students

• Preparing preceptor information and distributing it with syllabus to preceptors

• Assisting with real patient recruitment and maintaining current list

• Working with Course Directors and Assessment & Learning in the identification of cases for use in teaching with SPs

• Recruiting Clinical Teaching Associates for teaching activities

• Communicating with Assessment & learning regarding the scheduling, training, and use of standardized patients in learning and testing activities

• Attending and supporting regular course meetings and committee meetings

• Attending and supporting course large group sessions

• Setting up rooms for small group activities

• Communicating with students and preceptors about equipment, activities, assignments, etc.

• Receiving via email and tracking timely submission of written assignments

• Preparing and distributing student attendance and performance documentation

• Submitting grades

• Preparing and sending thank-you letters to patients and preceptors