M3 Family Medicine Electives

The following electives are offered by the Department of Family and Community Medicine as Graded Electives. These courses run for one month and students will receive a grade. Taking a graded elective in the third-year curriculum will reduce by one, the number of electives a student will be required to take in the fourth-year.

A brief description of each Family Medicine elective follows. More detailed descriptions of these electives are available in the Office of the Registrar: MEB 3rd floor, 456-8873.
Any changes or requests for an elective must be made through the registrar's office. Contact Joanne Carlson at 456-8732 or jcarlson@mcw.edu to make arrangements.

Ambulatory Family Medicine
A one-month elective which occurs at the Racine Family Practice Center, a family practice residency training site. The student will be exposed to a broad spectrum of illnesses across a varied patient population with emphasis on providing care to the underserved.

Sarah Drasen, Student Coordinator (262-687-5624)
Melly R. Goodell, MD, Course Director (262-687-5670)
Available: Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, June

Belize International Health Program
A one-month outpatient rotation in a medically underserved country. The elective will offer an oportunity to appreciate and describe cost-effective approaches to medical diagnosis and treatment, demonstrate effective team-building skills, identify prevalent cross-cultural and underserved issues in primary care, recognize and treat the illnesses and conditions common to both the US and Belize population, and describe the delivery of health care in a multi-cultural region of the world.

Anne Nohl, Administrative Director (456-4372) anohl@mcw.edu
Heather Lotz, Regional Coordinator (456-4622) hlotz@mcw.edu
Available: Sept - May

Family-Centered Obstetrics
A one-month inpatient experience on labor and delivery. The student will aprticipate in the care of women in labor and delivery of their babies, acquire a family medicine perspective on the roles of the patient, family, nurse, family physician etc., and have fun delivering babies.

David Olson, MD, Assistant Professor (527-8789)
Family Practice Residency Program St. Michael Hospital
Fax: 527-8046 E-mail: stmikefp@mcw.edu
Available: May, June

Integrating Complementary & Alternative Therapies into Primary Care
A one-month experience in the outpatient setting. Students will receive skill training in providing alternative therapies, ie, acupuncture energetics, prescribing homeopathics, osteopathic manimpulation, prolotherapy and prescribing herbal remedies and nutritional supplements.

Paul J. Millea, MD (456-5726) pmillea@mail.mcw.edu
pager: 584-8935
Available: Jul, Aug, Oct, Dec, Feb, Apr, June