Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 2022-2023

OCOM 7009 - Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship 6


The sixth in a series of longitudinal courses that guides students towards competence in patient-centered primary care. This course helps learners develop the skills needed to become leaders in health care delivery science, population health, communications, health care team leadership, health information technology and analytics, patient-centered medical home practice, as well as in the community and in community agency management. 

Credit Hours:4

Course Outcomes
  • Students will be able to explain the benefits of interdisciplinary health care teams. 
  • Students will be able to identify the communicative needs of consultants and other parts of the health care system. 
  • Students will be able to assist patients in connecting with peer support groups or other appropriate community resources. 
  • Students will be able to assist patients with health behavior change. 
  • Students will be able to apply team-based principles to patient care. 
  • Students will be able to support and visit a panel of patients in a longitudinal fashion.
  • Students will be able to engage with and support a community agency in providing care for a particular population of patients towards improved outcomes.
  • Students will be able to utilize literature in addressing disease and patient-oriented evidence in care of patients. 
  • Students will be able to identify and apply population health data to address health care disparities.
  • Students will be able to integrate the critical appraisal of the medical literature with clinical expertise for the patient’s unique biology, values, ethnicity, and circumstances.
  • Students will be able to perform regular self-assessment and select educational activities best designed to address identified deficits in competency and performance, in alignment with standards set by the profession.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate the use of tools employed in quality improvement. 


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