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Spring 2027
Native American Clinical Elective in Family Medicine
Clinical elective focusing on Family Medicine principles in the Native American community, emphasizing continuing and comprehensive care for health maintenance and illness.
offering recorded2–8 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Mark Beamsley
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam.
Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis for medical conditions.
Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify a working diagnosis.
Present a treatment and diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities.
Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members.
Develop and implement effective patient management plans.
Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner.
Review, interpret and present current literature to support patient care.
Develop clinically relevant questions to advance learning.
Communicate effectively with patients, family, physicians and non-physician team members.
Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care.
Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders and procedures.
Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families.
Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate.
Develop a plan to follow-up and follow-through with patients.
Understand the process of informed consent.
Recognize conditions that determine patient level of care and interpret physiologic changes that require changing the level of care.
Perform minor procedures with supervision.
Demonstrate the ability to manage time and understand, access and utilized the resources and systems necessary to provide optimal patient care.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapMED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813
FAMMED 926
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Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
MARK BEAMSLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLD 006 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 8 | 0 |
| FLD 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 4 | 0 |
| FLD 003 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 4 | 0 |
| FLD 007 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 4 | 0 |
| FLD 009 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 4 | 0 |
| FLD 011 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 4 | 0 |
| FLD 005 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 008 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 5 | 0 |
| FLD 004 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 1 | 0 |
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the class
In-depth exposure to the principles of Family Medicine in the Native American community, emphasizing continuing and comprehensive care. Under direct supervision by faculty, share ongoing responsibility for the patient in both health maintenance and illness. Emphasis on commitment to the patient and understanding the problems in the total context of the patient's life. Development of awareness of student physician and the patient's attitudes and learn to use interactions as a therapeutic tool. In addition to the pathology of disease, learn the appropriate use of patient education, preventative medicine and the role of family and community resources in providing quality primary care.
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Topics
- Family Medicine principles in the Native American community
- Patient commitment and understanding problems in the total context of the patient's life
- Awareness of physician and patient attitudes; using interactions as a therapeutic tool
- Patient education, preventative medicine, and family/community resources in primary care
Skills
- Provide continuing and comprehensive care for health maintenance and illness
- Apply patient education, preventative medicine, and family/community resources for quality primary care
- Perform hypothesis-driven histories and targeted exams
- Interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results
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Native American Clinical Elective in Family Medicine
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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