2009-2010 KCUMB College Catalog - Kansas City University of ...

focus on assisting with the treatment and medical management of patients with
psychiatric disorders to better understand mental health and illness to prepare for more
advanced study of the discipline. Specific goals, learning objectives and reading
assignments are outlined in the required curriculum modules. Awarded traditional
grades.
5 semester credits
SURG 301/302 – General Surgery I & II
These third-year required clerkships are designed to provide the student with clinical
exposure, observation and training to further their understanding of general surgery.
Students focus on active participation in the care of surgical patients on the wards, in the
operating room and in the clinic to prepare for more advanced study of the discipline.
Specific goals, learning objectives and reading assignments are outlined in the required
curriculum modules. Awarded traditional grades.
5 semester credits
EMED 401 – Emergency Medicine
This fourth-year required clerkship is designed to provide the student with clinical
exposure, observation and training to further their understanding of emergency
medicine. Students focus on the care, treatment and diagnosis of a variety of acute and
sub-acute problems in the adult emergency medicine patient. Learning highlights how to
stabilize and correctly triage critically ill patients to prepare for more advanced study of
the discipline. Specific goals, learning objectives and reading assignments are outlined in
the required curriculum modules. Hourly requirements for this clerkship are outlined in
the Clinical Clerkship Manual. Graded S/U.
5 semester credits
FMED 401 – Rural/Underserved Primary Care Clinic I
This fourth-year required clerkship is designed to provide the student with clinical
exposure, observation and training to further their understanding of rural or underserved
primary care. Students focus on continuity of patient care and ambulatory management
of common acute to chronic medical problems within a rural or underserved primary
care setting to prepare for more advanced study of the discipline. Specific goals, learning
objectives and reading assignments are outlined in the required curriculum modules.
Graded S/U.
5 semester credits
FMED 402/403 – Rural/Underserved Primary Care Clinic II & III (option II)
Required clerkships for those students pursuing fourth-year curriculum option II;
otherwise considered as elective clerkships. These fourth-year clerkships are designed to
provide the student with additional clinical exposure, observation and training of rural or
underserved primary care. Students focus on continuity of patient care and ambulatory
management of common acute to chronic medical problems within a rural or
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