Medical students
Foundations of Clinical Medicine
The Foundations of Clinical Medicine course is required for all first- and second-year medical students. Through campus and community experiences, students are exposed to generalist medicine by working one-on-one with a general internist, a general pediatrician or a family doctor one-half day every other week for a two-year period.
The VCU Department of Family Medicine serves as an essential partner in this interdisciplinary course by providing the staff required to coordinate 150 student placements with community family physicians, as well as one-third of the small group instructors. Dr. Carolyn Peel serves as the family physician coordinator for the course; Judy Gary and Mary Lee Magee share the role of FCM educational coordinators from family medicine.
Faculty development
The department has also made a commitment to provide faculty development for the family physicians that teach our students. Judy Gary coordinates the preceptor faculty-enrichment activities.