Overview

Welcome to the Medical Student Education section within the Department of Family and Community Medicine. One hundred percent of our clinical faculty and residents have a role in teaching the medical students at Wake Forest’s School of Medicine. We are proud of this commitment and the department’s successful teaching. Many of our faculty are course directors for first-and second-year courses. These courses introduce clinical skills, the doctor–patient relationship, physical exam and diagnosis, community health experiences, and health care systems to the students in their basic science years (the first two years of medical school).

Once the students reach their third year, all rotate through the department in groups of 10-12. Although students spend most of their time in our clinic alongside our faculty and residents, they are exposed to community practices one half day a week. We are grateful for the area family physicians who give their time to teaching medical students. During a student’s 4th year, we offer electives within our department’s clinic and hospital service, Sports Medicine, and we facilitate all community electives and special community electives. Thank you for visiting our website.

C. Randall Clinch, DO, MS
Director of Mecial Student Education