CCPA 6200 - Community Medical Experience 1

15 credit hours

Community Medical Experience I is the first in a three course series and is offered at clinical training sites during the clinical phase. Students will study the science and practice of medicine across one of seven core clinical experiences (family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, women’s health, surgery, and emergency medicine) in community health centers (CHCs) and partnered hospital settings. Students will expand their knowledge gained in prior or concurrent courses learning alongside clinical preceptors in preventative, acute, emergent, and chronic encounters, care of patients across the lifespan, prenatal and gynecologic care, conditions requiring surgical management, and behavioral and mental health conditions. Instruction occurs primarily through supervised clinical experiences, self-directed study, synchronous learning, assignments, and metacognitive reflection. Prerequisite(s): Admission to and matriculation in the CCPA program and successful completion of didactic coursework.