Family Medicine Pathway Introduction Sites and Personnel Goals and Objectives Description of Pathway Pathway Summary Table Textbooks and Learning Resources Evaluation

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 The Department of Family Medicine offers a discipline-based pathway for members of the senior class.

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Pathway Director and Site Coordinator:

Drexel University College of Medicine
JulieAnne Hlavac , M.D.
Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine
10 Shurs Lane, Suite 203
Philadelphia, PA 19127
(215) 482-4744 Phone
(215) 482-1095 Fax
jhlavac@drexelmed.edu

Coordinator: Kathleen Kronmiller
(215) 482-4744 Phone
(215) 482-1095 Fax
kathleen.kronmiller@drexelmed.edu

Associate Pathway Directors/Site Preceptors, Site Coordinators and Teaching Sites:

Site	Associate Director/Site Preceptor	Site Coordinator
Warminster	David Berkson, M.D. 10 Shurs Lane, Suite 301 Philadelphia, PA 19127 (215) 482-4744 Phone (215) 482-1095 Fax	Doris Rowley (215) 482-4744 Phone
Chestnut Hill Hospital Family Hospital	Russell Breish, M.D. 8815 Germantown Avenue, 5th Floor Philadelphia, PA  19118 (215) 248-8907 Phone (215) 248-8852 Fax	Ellen Rhudy (215) 248-8447 Phone (215) 248-8852 Fax
Crozer-Chester Medical Center	Deborah Malloy, M.D. Department of Family Medicine 1260 E. Woodland Avenue, Suite 200 Springfield, PA  19064 (610) 690-4471 Phone (610) 690-4479 Fax	TBA (610) 690-4471 Phone (610) 690-4479 Fax
Forbes	Jack Nemec, M.D. Forbes Family Practice 2566 Haymaker Road Monroeville, PA 15146 (412) 858-2676 Phone (412) 858-2765 Fax	Carol Katona (412) 858-2676 Phone
Lancanster General Hospital	Christine Stabler, M.D. Department of Family Medicine 555 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA  17604 (717) 290-4940 Phone (717) 290-4194 Fax	Laura Marshall (717) 290-4940 Phone (717) 290-4194 Fax
Lehigh	Drew Keister, M.D. Lehigh Valley Hospital Family Practice Center for Educational Development and Support 17th and Chew Streets, Suite 601, SON, 1st Floor P.O. Box 7017 Allentown, PA 18105-7017 (610) 402-2554 Phone (610) 402-2203 Fax	Sherri White (610) 402-2554 Phone
Monmouth	Joseph Jaeger, MPH Monmouth Medical Center 300 Second Avenue Long Branch, NJ 07740 (732) 923-6790 Phone (732) 923-6788 Fax	Kathy Fiore (732) 923-6790 Phone
Montgomery Family Practice	David Fox, M.D. 1330 Powell Street, Suite 409 Norristown, PA  19401 (610) 277-0964 Phone (610) 277-7065 Fax	Joyce Gadzicki (610) 277-0964 Phone (610) 277-7065 Fax
St. Vincent Family Practice	Bruce Gebhardt, M.D. 2314 Sassafras Street, Suite 306 Erie, PA  16502 (814) 452-5101 Phone (814) 452-5097 Fax	Diane Whitney (814) 452-5101 Phone (814) 452-5097 Fax
Underwood Memorial Family Practice	Barbara Roehl, M.D. 75 West Red Bank Avenue Woodbury, NJ  08096 (856) 853-2056 Phone (856) 848-5218 Fax	Denise Kemp (856) 853-2056 Phone (856) 848-5218 Fax
Washington Hospital	Paul Slomiany, M.D. Department of Family Medicine 95 Leonard Avenue Washington, PA  15301 (724) 223-3604 Phone (724) 229-2178Fax	Susan Raineri (724) 223-3604 Phone (724) 229-2178Fax
Williamsport Family Practice	Timothy Heilmann, M.D. 699 Rural Avenue, Sublevel 1 Williamsport, PA  17701 (570) 321-2340 Phone (570) 321-2359 Fax	Annette Sheets (570) 321-2340 Phone (570) 321-2359 Fax
Wyoming Valley	Deborah Spring, M.D. Wyoming Valley Family Practice 2 Sharpe Street Kingston, PA 18704-0300 (570) 552-8985 Phone (570) 552-8958 Fax	Jessica Jones (570) 552-8947 Phone
York	Mark A. Goedecker, M.D. 1001 S. George Street York, PA 17403 (717) 851-3038 Phone (717) 851-5852 Fax Email: mgoedecker@yorkhospital.edu	Christie Colon (717) 851-3038 Phone Email ccolon@wellspan.org

The above clinical campuses and affiliates have offered to provide the ambulatory experience. These are competitive and priorities will be given based on a first come basis and request from the clinical site.

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The objectives of this pathway will be:

1. To provide the students with a broad experience in both hospital-based and ambulatory medicine.
2. To build on the clinical and cognitive skills learning during the preceding three years of medical school
3. To prepare students for residency training in a primary care discipline.

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Click here for a summary table of the Family Medicine Pathway.

The essential components of the pathway are:

1. One Medicine subinternship

2. Required Neurology rotation

3. Family Medicine rotation (outpatient)

All Family Medicine 4^th Year Pathway courses must be scheduled directly through the Family Medicine Pathway Office. Declared Pathway students have priority for available affiliate sites. Non-pathway students will be assigned to accessible sites. Students may contact the affiliate sites directly, or they may make arrangements with Amie E. Feliccitti, Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine for 4^th Year Pathway. Please call (215) 482-4744. Students who are pursuing Family Medicine residencies outside Pennsylvania should contact the Pathway Director, Dr. Hlavac, for options.

Subinternship
A. Introduction

The subinternship experience will be at the Drexel University College of Medicine or an approved clinical site.

One four-week required subinternship in Internal Medicine. It is strongly recommended that the senior student take a second elective subinternship that is primarily hospital based from the following:
1. Family Medicine Inpatient Service
2. CCU or ICU
3. Obstetrics and Gynecology
4. Pediatrics
5. Emergency Medicine
6. Surgery

B. Goals and Objectives

The two subintern experiences are meant to build on skills previously obtained during third-year clerkships, as well as understand the complexities of providing both inpatient and ambulatory care and the interrelation between the two.

The subintern will be expected to be an integral part of inpatient and ambulatory services. The subinternship should provide the student with sufficient number of patients and educational opportunities for their academic growth.

C. Subintern Responsibilities

The expectations of the senior student will be to fulfill the requirements set forth by the individual departments which are providing the subinternship.

Family Medicine Rotation
The outpatient experience in Family Medicine is an essential component of the fourth-year pathway. This rotation ideally will permit the senior student to understand the interrelation of ambulatory and inpatient care based on the current realities of medicine.

Electives
A. Required Electives

The required electives are to broaden and enhance skills, to practice medicine in a system whose future is clearly ambulatory based.

Electives may be chosen from the following list of medical or surgical specialties:
· Cardiology
· Dermatology
· ENT
· Gynecology (ambulatory)
· Infectious Disease
· Ophthalmology
· Orthopedics (ambulatory)
· Pediatrics (ambulatory)
· Psychiatry
· Pulmonary
· Radiology
· Rheumatology
· Renal

B. Free Electives

The student may choose three free electives at either "home" or "away" clinical sites. These electives should be used to:
1. broaden or pursue an interest
2. strengthen any perceived weakness or deficiencies
3. evaluate a potential residency program

Free electives need to be approved by the Department of Family Medicine.

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As required for specific rotations.

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Performance during Subinternships and elective rotations will be evaluated by both supervising attending physicians with input from senior residents when appropriate using standard Drexel University College of Medicine clinical evaluation forms. The completed forms will be forwarded to the office of the Pathway Course Director for the Department of Family Medicine. Students not receiving a grade of satisfactory or higher will be provided with counseling and remediation.

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