CAMPOS Curriculum
Here’s what CAMPOS students can expect each year, though some changes in this are likely as the program continues to evolve.
CAMPOS curriculum, by year of medical school - click on the year for details
Years 1& 2 | Summer | Year 3 | Year 4
Years one and two
Welcome to CAMPOS! An orientation meeting will be held during medical school orientation week and allows incoming students to meet with faculty and other CAMPOS students to learn more about the program.
Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) and Medical Spanish elective: ICM is a required course in the first two years. The course focuses on teaching students medical interviewing and physical examination skills in a small group setting. Beginning in 2007-08, the Medical Spanish elective offered by CAMPOS will be integrated into ICM. Incoming CAMPOS students will be placed in either the intermediate or advanced group, based on language fluency. Students will learn the medical interview in both English and Spanish. CAMPOS faculty will serve as teachers for the small groups. Dr. Marco Alemán will teach the advanced class and Dr. Bonzo Reddick will teach the intermediate class. At selected times throughout the two years, both groups will meet together for special lectures and activities related to interviewing, physical exam, or cultural issues, using small group discussions and standardized patients. These sessions will be conducted in Spanish and emphasize the spoken language used in clinical encounters.
Students gain further practice in interviewing skills while working in community practices during community weeks. There are five separate weeks scheduled throughout first and second years. Whenever feasible, CAMPOS students will be placed in practices or communities with large numbers of Spanish-speaking patients. Site placement is based on a number of factors, including availability of practices and the personal needs of the student.
Community Service : CAMPOS students are required, as part of their Medical Spanish elective, to perform 10 hours of service a year to the Latino community during each of their first two years of medical school. The goal of the service requirement is to give students a richer understanding of this community and its needs. Travel time to and from the community service and any formalized training your receive in preparation for the event may be applied to the total hours; however, at least 5 of the annual 10 hours must be in direct service to the community. Currently approved community service activities include Proyecto Bienestar de Chatham, St. Thomas Moore Health Fair,and translating at SHAC, a local student run free clinic. Students complete an on-line form documenting their service.
Summer between years one and two
Students are free to take the summer off if they like. However, the following opportunities are available:
Immersion Elective: All CAMPOS students are encouraged (not required) to do a month in a Spanish-speaking country on a health or service-related project. There are several UNC –affiliated programs, such as the Honduran Health Alliance and Proyecto Puentes de Salud, are available, as are a number of extra-mural organizations such as Child Family Health International. Students are encouraged to find an existing program that fits their availability, interest, educational goals, and budget. Credit will be given for programs approved by the faculty. Click on Immersion for a listing of additional resources.
Working with the Underserved Preceptorship: This program allows CAMPOS students to spend concentrated time working with community physicians who care for Latino patients. Besides practicing their basic clinical skills, students complete a project aimed at addressing a need within the Latino community. A stipend is offered for this six week program and students receive elective credit.
Research: Several UNC faculty have ongoing research program in Spanish-speaking countries. Students make arrangements individually with the faculty member. Elective credit is available.
Third Year
Clinical Rotations: Several clerkships (obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, pediatrics) offer wonderful opportunities to work with Spanish-speaking patients and the CAMPOS administration will forward the list of CAMPOS student to all clinical clerkships, asking them to place you at the site with a high prevalence of Spanish-speaking patients. However, you need to take the initiative and contact individual clerkship administrators to be sure you are placed in this sites. When you sign up for your clerkships in the spring semester of your second year, we will compile and distribute a list of sites developed by CAMPOS students who just completed the clerkships. They will be your best source of information about great sites.
Fourth Year
Immersion Elective: described above
Ambulatory Care Selective: This is a required, four week selective (a required rotation where students choose from a predetermined list of clinical sites). One option to consider is "Global Health in Family Medicine." The first two weeks students attend seminars on global health topics (immunizations, women's health, infectious diseases, etc.). The last two weeks students do clinical work at a rural clinic in Santa Lucia , Honduras, that is run by a non-profit, Shoulder to Shoulder. There are two section of this rotation. ACSM 401-46 is held in Chapel Hill in Block 8 and ACSM 401-60 is held in Asheville , NC in Block 3.
Final Assessment: On a Saturday in March of the fourth year, CAMPOS students will participate in a four station clinical assessment in which they will interview and examine Spanish-speaking patients.
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