Clerkship Preceptor Options
This eight-week clerkship is comprised of the Family Medicine Component and the Internal Medicine Component, each four weeks. The routine arrangement is to work with a local urban family medicine preceptor during the Family Medicine Component and with a local urban Internal Medicine preceptor during the Internal Medicine Component.
However, there are two other options you may choose.
Option 1
During your Family Medicine Component, you may request to work with an established rural family medicine preceptor. The Family Medicine Department is taking preceptor requests for rural placements only. You will still work with an internal medicine preceptor during your Internal Medicine Component. You can request to work with a rural family medicine preceptor during your Family Medicine Component and with a local urban family medicine preceptor instead of an internal medicine preceptor during your Internal Medicine Component In other words, you can work with two family medicine preceptors (one rural and one urban instead of an internal medicine preceptor).
Students cannot request two local urban placements with a family medicine preceptor. This is so our students may receive the full experience of ambulatory medicine caring for urban, rural, and underserved patients.
Option 2
Requests for either of the elective options are honored on a first-come-first-serve basis, therefore, submit your request as early as possible. When placing a request, you may list as many preceptor choices as you want, preferably at least three choices. It is not guaranteed that you will get placed with your first choice. A list of family medicine preceptors can be found at "Preceptors."
Guidelines for Placing a Request
All Family Medicine placement requests must be made through the Family Medicine Office with either Deb Badura (Predoctoral Coordinator), 280-4542 or Colleen Madison (Administrative Assistant), 280-4111. Please do not contact a preceptor/physician on your own.
Required Lead time
Your request must be submitted no less than 4 weeks prior to your Family Medicine Component start date.
Placement Guidelines
If the first requested choice is unavailable, we continue to try to place you with your second, third, etc. choices. If none of your choices are available, either Colleen Madison or Deb Badura will contact you to discuss other options.
Submittal Guidelines
There are four ways to submit a request for either Option 1 or Option 2.
Use the online submittal form.
- Email your request to either Deb Badura
- Call Deb Badura (280-4542) with your request
- Stop in the Family Medicine Department at Creighton University Medical Center, Suite 6720 between 8am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
