Primary Care Clerkship

Harvard HMS

The Primary Care Clerkship (PCC) is a longitudinal outpatient clinical experience in which each student is matched with a primary care faculty preceptor for nine to twelve months, during which time students evaluate patients in the office with their preceptor for two to three afternoons per month.Students interview and examine patients independently, present to their preceptor, and develop an appropriate assessment and plan with faculty supervision. Students write notes and follow some…