The Family Medicine Department interacts with medical students at all levels of training. These interactions include shadowing experiences in the first year and mentoring as students are introduced to clinical medicine, the longitudinal Doctoring course, the core Family Practice Clerkship, and finally several electives. Many of these interactions take place in the community in private doctor's offices or at residency training sites. These are the frontline experiences in medical care. Some of the sites are located in West Philadelphia where community plays an important role in health outcomes. Others are located within a two hour radius of the city providing a different perspective on primary care.

Students also interact with our department through research. Fields of research in our department include: depression in the elderly, adherence to antidepressant therapy, end of life care, literacy, obstetrics and others. Some students do summer projects, and others do their scholarly pursuits with our research faculty.

We also have an active Family Medicine Interest Group which offers activities including lunch talks, dinners and a suturing workshop. Finally we are excited to offer advisory services to any student who is potentially interested in family medicine as a career. Please contact Dr. Margo with any questions

MD 301- the Doctor-Patient Course

MD 302, 303, 305- Introduction to Clinical Medicine

FM 200- Family Practice Clerkship

FM300: Family Practice Preceptorship
FM 325: Primary Care Sports Medicine Elective
FM 326: Public Health and Family Medicine Elective

Doctoring I
Doctoring II
Opportunities for Scholarly Pursuit
Frontiers in Medicine