Program Overview

University of Kansas Family Practice Program

The University of Kansas Family Practice Program is designed to provide comprehensive, continuous medical care for all ages, genders, and affected organ systems. The program encompasses the preventive, acute, and chronic aspects of health care, involving both medical and surgical skills.

Program Description

Family medicine is a hallmark of the program, focusing on the treatment of the whole person in the context of their family and community. The program includes various courses and electives that provide students with hands-on experience in patient care, research, and community health.

Courses and Electives

• FAPR 900: Rural Preceptorship: A four-week rural preceptorship with a practicing physician in Kansas, emphasizing rural primary care.
• FAPR 901: Subinternship in Family Medicine: A sub-internship designed to prepare students for residency, focusing on patient care in hospital, ambulatory, and maternity-care settings.
• FAPR 905: Summer Training Option of Rural Medicine: An elective for students between the first and second years of medical school, providing the opportunity to observe a rural primary care physician and participate in rural-related research.
• FAPR 906: Summer Training Option of Rural Medicine, 4-week option: A shorter version of the FAPR 905 elective, lasting four weeks.
• FAPR 910: Family Medicine Elective: A clinical elective for fourth-year medical students, mimicking the structure and content of the required sub-internship.
• FAPR 915: Medicine and the Family: An elective course focusing on family dynamics and their relation to medical practice.
• FAPR 920: Research in Family Medicine: An elective allowing students to develop a research plan and work with a Family Medicine faculty member.
• FAPR 925: Interdisciplinary Community Partnership: A course designed to develop strategies for community health assessment and intervention, working with a team of health professional students and a community "lay health advisor."
• FAPR 926: AIDS Care in the Community: An elective providing a concentrated experience in AIDS medical care in a family practice setting.
• FAPR 927: Palliative Care in a Community Setting: An elective focusing on end-of-life medical care, including symptom management and psycho-social issues.
• FAPR 930: LGBTQ+ Health: A four-week clinical elective focusing on primary healthcare needs and health disparities faced by the LGBTQ+ population.
• FAPR 935: Primary Care Sports Medicine: A course designed for students interested in sports medicine or orthopedics, providing hands-on experience working with Primary Care Sports Medicine physicians.
• FAPR 955: Family Medicine Clerkship: A clinical clerkship providing students with the opportunity to gain an understanding of Family Medicine through patient interviews, physical examination, and other educational experiences.
• FAPR 961: Community Based Geriatrics: An elective rotation focusing on caring for older patients, including educational experiences in outpatient clinic, long-term care facilities, and hospice.
• FAPR 962: Advanced Clinical Reasoning Skills: A course designed to improve clinical reasoning skills, recognizing common errors and developing practice habits to improve diagnostic accuracy.
• FAPR 963: Cross-cultural Health Leadership Module I: Didactic: A course training medical students in cross-cultural communication skills via interactive sessions.
• FAPR 970: Virtual International Educational Experience: A virtual global health elective providing students with the opportunity to build competencies in Global Health, interprofessionalism, and cross-cultural care.
• FAPR 972: Care Beyond the Boulevard/Street Medicine: An elective designed for students interested in Street Medicine and/or the underserved community, providing the opportunity to work with patients in multiple settings.
• FAPR 974: Family Medicine Transition to Residency: A preparatory course elective for fourth-year medical students who have matched into family medicine, focusing on skills expected of interns on their first day of residency.
• FAPR 975: Rural Elective: An advanced elective in a rural setting, allowing students to further explore the practice of medicine in rural communities.
• FAPR 977: Medical Spanish-Level 1: An entry-level Medical Spanish course for students with minimal or no Spanish language education.
• FAPR 978: Medical Spanish-Level 2: An intermediate-low level Medical Spanish class, building on the skills learned in the Level 1 course.

Program Requirements

• Completion of required clerkships and electives
• Prerequisites for specific courses and electives, as listed above

Research Areas

• Rural health care
• Family medicine
• Community health
• Global health
• Cross-cultural care
• LGBTQ+ health
• Sports medicine
• Geriatrics
• Palliative care
• AIDS care