Code :	030
Title :	PRIMARY CARE TRACK

Sponsor :	ROBERT COHN, M.D.
Department :	Primary Caret Track
Address :	School of Medicine
	Room E414
Phone :	216-368-0114

ADVISORS : Robert Cohn, M.D. Director - Primary Care Track (PCT) Room E414, School of Medicine (216)368-0114 Jason Chao, M.D. Director, Years 1 and 2 Curriculum Room E414, School of Medicine (216)368-0590 Pamela B. Glover, MEd Program Coordinator (216)368-5966 Linda Lewin, M.D. Assistant Program Director (216)844-8260 Jack Medalie, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Year 4 Curriculum

DESCRIPTION : While designated as an Area of Concentration, the Primary Care Track represents a specialized curriculum within the School of Medicine designed for students with a career interest in General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics or Family Medicine. There are currently two entry points to the Primary Care Track: at the beginning of the first year and at the beginning of the third year of medical school. Meetings are held to inform students of program details prior to application deadlines. Interested students are encouraged to contact PCT representatives at any time for more information about the program. PCT students spend an average of one afternoon a week in course work related to the program. For first year students, this entails didactic and practical work in physical diagnosis (3 afternoons a month) and Primary Care Grand Rounds (aone afternoon a month). When the physical diagnosis course is completed, other PCT obligations may include planning for the summer project. A rotating MAP is required as students prepare for the clinical preceptorship that begins in Year 2. Second year PCT students work with a clinical preceptor 3 afternoons a month and attend Primary Care Grand Rounds one afternoon a month. PCT students complete advanced physical diagnosis in Year 2 and take the PD written and practical exams with their second year classmates. The PCT curriculum satisfies eight (8) Type A flexible credits. Taking five (5) more courses will fulfill the requirement for Type A Electives. Students may select any five (5) courses to fulfill this requirement, but is recommended that students discuss elective selection with their PCT advisor. The Year 3 Curriculum is an integrated, cross-disciplinary curriculum, analogous to the integrated basic science curriculum in year 1 and 2 at CWRU. At least 50 percent of clinical training is based in the ambulatory area, and each student has a primary care continuity clinic throughout the third year at one of 2 sites: MetroHealth Medical Center and University Hospitals of Cleveland/Veterans Affairs Medical Center. While the goals and evaluation methods are paralleled across these two sites, important program differences allow each student to choose a program on the basis of his/her needs and preferences. Details are available from PCT faculty and staff. In year 4, PCT students have one requirement: a one (1) month Health Policy elective (to satisfy the PCT AoC). In addition to the Health Policy elective, PCT students will fulfill the medical school's requirement for Type B Electives (see Type B electives catalog). Information is provided to students and their advisors to help them select electives that will prepare them for a career in primary care. The years ends with a Year 4 PCT retreat.