All phase II (third year) medical students participate in the seven-week family medicine clerkship. During these two months, you'll train through a combination of clinical, community and health policy experiences.
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 clerkship consists of a three week online/virtual curriculum and four weeks of clinical and health policy experience.
Primarily an outpatient rotation, clerkship students see a broad range of patients and clinical problems. You will provide instruction in health policy and advocacy, while participating in evidence-based clinical practice.
As a phase II student, you will experience:
Advocacy and health policy instruction
Rural and Indian Health Service site options
Possible maternal child family medicine service UNMH
Possible in-patient family medicine service at UNMH
Phase III (fourth year) students participate in a variety of inpatient and ambulatory clerkship opportunities in family medicine, including:
Family practice at UNMH sub-internship
Family medicine maternal child health sub-internship
Health for the public
Healthcare for the homeless
Public health epidemiology in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Meet our Leadership
Clerkship Director
Elena Bissell, MD Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) Advisor
Assistant Clerkship Director
Brian Solan, MD Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine
