First Aid for Jefferson Clerkship Students

Family Medicine Programs

General Information - Contacts

Clerkship Director	Dr. Fred Markham	Fred.Markham@jefferson.edu 215-955-2350
Dr. Markham’s Administrative Assistant	Natalie Nederostek 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401 Curtis	Natalie.Nederostek@jefferson.edu 215-955-1372
Course Coordinator	Lisa Michaluk, MSEd 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401 Curtis	Lisa.Michaluk@jefferson.edu 215-955-2362
Current Liaisons (2012-2013)
3rd Year Liaisons	Will Garner Clark Veet	will.garner@jefferson.edu clark.veet@jefferson.edu
4th Year Liaisons	Gwendolyne Jack Lael Greenstein	Gwendolyne.Jack@jefferson.edu Lael.Greenstein@jefferson.edu

Site-Specific Information

Abington Bryn Mawr Christiana Crozer-Chester Latrobe

Reading TJUH/JFMA Underwood Virtua York

Program Comparisons at a Glance

Criteria	Abington	Bryn Mawr	Christiana	Crozer	Latrobe
Number of Students	2	3	7	1	4-5
Students/Resident	No info	1	1	1	1
Average Hours/Week	No info	40	40	50	40
Weekend Hours	No info	None	None	None	None
Evening Call	None	None	None	None	None
Housing Provided On-site	None	None	None	None	Yes

Criteria	Reading	TJUH/JFMA	Underwood	Virtua	York
Number of Students	1-2	11-14	2	1	1
Students/Resident	1	1	1	No info	1
Average Hours/Week	50	40	40	35	50
Weekend Hours	None	1 half day	None	None	Yes
Evening Call	1/wk 5-11	None	None	None	None
Housing Provided On-site	Yes	None	None	None	Yes

Rotation Basics:

Grade:

• There is an end of rotation OSCE that is pass/fail and based on 3 patient encounters. Grading is based on professionalism and communication skills and no formal studying is necessary to do well. These sessions are based on counseling and do not include physical exam or any procedures.

What books/materials/white coat supplies do you need?

• The required reading is Essentials of Family Medicine but many students have found this to be too dense and the most popular books to use for general studying have been Casefiles and Blueprints. It is important to know the basics of core topics of family medicine and a list of these topics are available on Pulse.

Student-suggested helpful hints:

• There are no formal practice questions available but some students have found questions from this website to be helpful (https://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/CourseSites/quiz/quizsheet.cfm?keywordID=1999&CourseID=19&num=1&start=1&noindex=1)
• Read articles available on UpToDate and the American Academy of Family Physicians for more in-depth coverage of core topics. Also, it is good to try to follow up on some patients that you see in the office with a telephone call or by seeing them in a subsequent visit if possible. Try to review the basics of the well-adult and well-child exams and read the chapter in Essentials about health maintenance/preventative medicine (ie. what would you recommend for a healthy 50 year old man who comes in for an annual visit, etc).

---

Last revised: 07/12