Piedmont Health Services

CAMPOS and PHS Clinical Track specifics

By acceptance to this track, you will have priority placement in PHS clinics for these various required and elective rotations:

First and Second Year (Foundation Phase): Your required two outpatient clinical weeks will be at PHS.

Application Phase (third year): Your required four-month ambulatory clinical rotation will be at PHS.

Fourth year: Your required CAMPOS rotation in Latino Health (considered an elective by the SOM) will be at PHS.

Potential Benefits to you

1. Allow selected students an enhanced four-year clinical experience with primarily Spanish-speaking underserved patients.
2. Participate in a fourth year rotation where students are more independent and work as acting interns in an ambulatory primary care setting.
3. Learn the PHS electronic medical record during their first year of studies and enhance your ability to function as part of the team in subsequent years, including the fourth year.
4. Enhances your exposure to primary care and treating the underserved populations.
5. Introduces you to a different model of care.
6. Allows you to have a clinical mentor for primary care for four years at PHS.
7. Provides you an opportunity to participate in outreach program via PHS.
8. May stimulate you to study for an MPH based on your PHS experiences and can potentially select PHS for any future research or quality of care projects.