Matilde Irigoyen, M.D.
Course Director (left)
Office: VC 4-402
Phone: Ext.  5-9585
Email: mi5@columbia.edu

Rebecca Kurth, M.D.
Course Director (right)
Office: P&S 3-401
Phone: Ext. 5-2966 or 5-9585
Email: rjk1@columbia.edu

This five week clinical clerkship provides an exciting opportunity for students to have clinical experiences in ambulatory practices in rural, suburban and urban settings. Students will learn the core skills and knowledge essential to the practice of Primary Care: diagnosis and treatment of common outpatient complaints, management of chronic medical conditions and strategies for health promotion and disease prevention. Students will be precepted by faculty in general medicine, general pediatrics and/or family medicine. The teaching sites for the five-week clerkship are: Bassett HealthCare (Cooperstown, NY), The Tulley Center (Stamford, CT), Stamford Hospital (Stamford, CT), Harlem Hospital Center, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt, Presbyterian Hospital, NH-Dartmouth —Concord, or Indian Health Service sites in Arizona and New Mexico.