Combined Ambulatory Medicine and Pediatrics Clerkship (CAMPC)
MS-3

8 weeks

Course Director
Michael Elnicki, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine, Director of General Internal Medicine, UPMC Shadyside
elnickim@upmc.edu

Course Co-Director
Elmer J. Holzinger, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
holzingere@dom.pitt.edu

Course Co-Director
Phillip H. Kaleida, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
phillip.kaleida@chp.edu

Course Description

This 8-week combined ambulatory course provides students with 4-week experiences in medicine and in pediatrics. During one half–day per week, students participate in a longitudinal curriculum that covers topics common to both disciplines. The clerkship curriculum is presented in an integrated fashion across both disciplines, and incorporates many cross-cutting themes, such as evidence–based medicine, health–care finance, tobacco cessation, women’s health, geriatrics, wellness and prevention, and interpersonal communications.

The goals of the course are that students should become able to:

1. assess the well patient in an ambulatory setting,
2. evaluate common acute clinical problems in the ambulatory setting,
3. manage the longitudinal care of the patient with chronic conditions,
4. develop a cost effective approach to practicing medicine,
5. develop a population perspective to medicine using epidemiology and evidence–based medicine principles.

Students participate in patient care at offices and clinics throughout the region, including hospital–based sites and a variety of community–based locations, in generalist and/or specialist settings.

Educational Methods

	Ambulatory patient–care activities		Critically appraised topic assignments		Standardized  patient sessions		Multimedia modules
	Lectures Web-based CLIPP cases		Structured readings		Learning logs		Workshops

Evaluation

Evaluation in this course is based on medicine preceptor evaluations (30%), pediatrics preceptor evaluations (30%), written exam (15%), standardized patient OSCE (15%), and professionalism (10%).

Grading: The Clerkship is graded Honors, High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, or Unsatisfactory.

Faculty Note

Elmer Holzinger, MD, is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the Donald S. Fraley Award for Medical Student Mentoring, and the Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award. Melissa McNeil, MD, is a recipient of the Excellence in Education Award for Small Group Facilitator and the Donald S. Fraley Award for Medical Student Mentoring. Goutham Rao, MD, is a recipient of the Kenneth E. Schuit Award. Michael Wald, MD, and Michael Wusylko, MD, are recipients of the Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award. In addition, the following faculty participants are members of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators: Michael Elnicki, MD; Elmer Holzinger, MD; Phillip Kaleida, MD; Melissa McNeil, MD; and Goutham Rao, MD.