4th Year Information
Course Enrollment Information
Courses offered by the Department of Family and Community Medicine provide fourth year medical students with a variety rich opportunities to learn about Family Medicine as a specialty. Most of our courses occur in ambulatory settings, but we do offer in-patient and research experiences.
Our Fourth Year Academic Coordinator, Rachel Halvaksz, (office: 613L, Medical School Bldg), is the contact person for all course paperwork, including course approvals, drops, or course changes. K. Ashok Kumar, MD, FRCS, FAAFP, is the Faculty Director for all Family Medicine courses.
To read the current list of Family Medicine (FAPR) courses descriptions, please review the Senior Academic Year Catalog.
FMIG Welcome Dinner
Come to our FMIG Welcome Dinner. This is a great opportunity to, meet our new FMIG officers, see what events we are offering this year and meet some of the Family Medicine Faculty Members. Please contact Rachel to add your name to the attendance list and to pick up tickets.
Date: 5 August 2009; Location: Blue Star Brewery
FMIG Family Medicine Residency Fair
This year's FMIG Family Medicine Residency Fair will be held in the Parman Auditorium Foyer on Thursday, 27 August 2009 from 11:00-2:00. This is a great opportunity for you to meet Family Medicine Residency Programs from Texas and neighboring states.
FMIG Ms3/MS4 Mixers
Do you have an interest in Family Medicine? Are you interested in learning the diversity that Family Medicine can offer to you? These mixers are a great opportunity for you to meet Family Medicine Faculty Members to learn about what they do in the field of Family Medicine and to ask any questions you have about Family Medicine.
Dates/location: TBA
Senior Workshops
The Medical Student Predoctoral Education Division will host two workshops on the residency process for 4th Years who indicated they plan to enter Family Medicine residencies in the 2010 Match. Both workshops will have the same content, so you only need to attend one. If you are unavailable at either time, please contact Rachel Halvaksz by email.
Workshop 1: 12 August 2009
Workshop 2: 2 September 2009
Location: 624E Medical School Building (Family and Community Medicine Conference Room)
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM (food available beginning at 5:15; Please RSVP to Rachel Halvaksz (Halvaksz@uthscsa.edu)
Reception/Individual Consultations: 7:00-7:30 PM (Other FM faculty will join us)
Topics to be addressed
- Overview of the Match process; How to Match (i.e., avoid the Scramble)
- How to get/use a Family Medicine mentor
- Things to do/avoid in the Match Process
- Programs: Number to apply to match/How to identify programs that fit you
- Letters of recommendation—number needed, types of writers, how to ask, and how to get LOR
- How to write a CV/Complete your ERAS application
- How to write an effective personal statement
- How to get the most from your interviews
- How to rank programs
- How to follow-up with programs
- Your questions/concerns
Presenters: Applicant info/perspective: Dr. Kumar & Dr. Tysinger
Program perspective: Dr. Mark Nadeau (FM PD) & Dr. Margaret Mann-Zeballos (FM Assoc PD)
Senior Awards
The Department of Family and Community Medicine presents six awards to graduating students at the Annual Senior Awards Dinner. Each award comes with a monetary component. Only students who match with a Family Medicine residency in the regular Match are eligible for these awards.
Please review the award information below, identify any award(s) for which you wish to be considered, and write a strong narrative for each award describing why you should receive it.
The four John Primomo, MD Awards:
- Excellence in Community Service
- Excellence in Research (for family medicine research conducted during medical school)
- Excellence in Academic Family Medicine
- Excellence in Geriatrics
The Alexander Major, MD Exemplary Family Physician Award is presented to a graduating student who demonstrates excellence in clinical and academic ability, community involvement, and leadership potential.
The Bates Medical Award was established in 2002 at the bequest of LeRoy E. Bates, III, in order to honor his mother, father, and grandfather. This award is presented to students who plan to specialize as a medical doctor in general practice (Family Medicine). For this award, a review of nominees' performance evaluations during the Family Medicine Clerkship will occur. Please state in the narrative, your overall contribution to Family Medicine during your time in Medical School.
Please submit:
- Your Narrative(s),
- Curriculum Vitae (CV),
- Contact Information (i.e., home and email addresses; home and mobile telephone numbers)
Deadlines for these submissions will occur in February 2010.
Past Senior Award Winners:
2009
Primomo: Catherine Meshew
Major: Mathew Brimberry
Bates: David Mullican
2008
Primomo: Steven Chao and Joseph Koch
Major: Joseph Koch
Bates: Hoang Ho and Julian Lee