Inpatient/Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Family Medicine in Orlando

Information about this clinical experience:

You will be under the supervision of a board-certified family medicine physician. The preceptor holds hospital privileges at Advent Health. The physician has been involved in the education of family medicine residents from Florida Health, and these trainees sometimes rotate in the doctor's outpatient practice. The preceptor has several decades of experience as a clinician and educator.  The physician has taught international medical graduates from all over the world, and this gives the doctor's professional life considerable meaning.

You will see patients with the preceptor in the hospital and outpatient practice from 9 AM to 5 PM. The day begins at the outpatient practice where you will see patients with the preceptor in the office until Noon. From 12:30 to 1:30 PM, you will visit the hospital with the preceptor to take part in hospital rounds. The remaining part of the day will be spent in the office seeing outpatients. Please note that the typical census in the hospital is 3-4 patients.

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision:

• Taking patient histories under supervision.

• Performing exams under the physician's supervision.

• Presenting patients.

• Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.

• Educating patients under supervision.

• Spending time with other healthcare professionals to understand their roles and responsibilities.

The activities above will mostly take place in the outpatient setting. As a result of hospital policies, inpatient activities will be more observational.

Please note that 40-50% of the patients are Spanish-speaking.