Aquifer Family Medicine
The 40 interactive virtual patient cases in Aquifer Family Medicine deliver on the learning objectives of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s (STFM) clerkship curriculum, powered by Aqueduct, Aquifer’s teaching and learning platform.
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Key Features
- Created for educators, by educators, to cover the full range of STFM curriculum
- Available for institutional subscription or for direct purchase by individual subscribers
- Access to Aquifer Calibrate: Transformative Assessments for Clinical Learning Mastery, our innovative system for formative assessment, available with your subscription
- Proven pedagogy that standardizes experiences—overcoming geography, seasonality, and accessibility
- Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated content
- Self-assessment questions emphasize key content and enable students to test their knowledge and skills
- A wealth of source material, tools, and full references in each case
- Delivered via the Aqueduct teaching and learning platform, which includes user management options, easy reporting on student progress and course usage, plus tools for creating custom courses to match a specific curriculum
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Course Content
This course covers the complete STFM Family Medicine Clerkship Curriculum. Course content includes five Aquifer Pediatrics cases and two Aquifer Internal Medicine cases to help cover the full range of family medicine learning objectives.
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Curriculum Integration
Aquifer Family Medicine can be used by third-year medical students, PA students, and NP/DNP students as a complement to a clerkship or course on family medicine.
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Assessment
Aquifer Calibrate, an innovative system for formative assessments, is available for Aquifer Family Medicine. Calibrate combines the concepts of test-enhanced learning and distributed practice to facilitate efficient study planning and self-directed learning for students, and identify at-risk students and curricular gaps for faculty. Calibrate is available with your institutional subscription to Family Medicine.
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Case List
Family Medicine 01: 45-year-old wellness visit
Family Medicine 02: 55-year-old wellness visit
Family Medicine 03: 70-year-old with insomnia
Family Medicine 04: 19-year-old with sports injury
Family Medicine 05: 30-year-old with palpitations
Family Medicine 06: 57-year-old diabetes care visit
Family Medicine 07: 53-year-old with leg swelling
Family Medicine 08: 54-year-old with elevated blood pressure
Family Medicine 09: 50-year-old with palpitations
Family Medicine 10: 45-year-old with low back pain
Family Medicine 11: 74-year-old with knee pain
Family Medicine 12: 16-year-old with vaginal bleeding and UCG
Family Medicine 13: 40-year-old with a persistent cough
Family Medicine 14: 35-year-old with missed period
Family Medicine 15: 42-year-old with right upper quadrant pain
Family Medicine 16: 68-year-old with skin lesion
Family Medicine 17: 55-year-old postmenopausal patient with vaginal bleeding
Family Medicine 18: 24-year-old with headaches
Family Medicine 19: 39-year-old with epigastric pain
Family Medicine 20: 28-year-old with lower abdominal pain
Family Medicine 21: 12-year-old with fever
Family Medicine 22: 70-year-old with new-onset unilateral weakness
Family Medicine 23: 5-year-old with sore throat
Family Medicine 24: 4-week-old with fussiness
Family Medicine 25: 38-year-old with shoulder pain
Family Medicine 26: 55-year-old with fatigue
Family Medicine 27: 17-year-old with groin pain
Family Medicine 28: 58-year-old with shortness of breath
Family Medicine 29: 72-year-old with dementia
Family Medicine 30: 27-year-old labor and delivery
Family Medicine 31: 66-year-old with shortness of breath
Family Medicine 32: 33-year-old with painful cycles
Family Medicine 33: 28-year-old with dizziness
Pediatrics 01: Newborn infant evaluation and care
Pediatrics 02: Infant well-child visits (2, 6, and 9 months)
Pediatrics 03: 3-year-old well-child visit
Pediatrics 04: 8-year-old well-child check
Pediatrics 13: 6-year-old with chronic cough
Internal Medicine 02: 60-year-old with chest pain
Internal Medicine 16: 45-year-old who struggles with excess weight
User Story
Learn how Aquifer Family Medicine can benefit medical students and faculty in your program.
David Anthony, MD, M.Sc
Brown University
I like that these cases are real-life scenarios and very applicable to the patients I see in clinic with my mentors. I feel just by doing these cases in a few days, my experience in family medicine has improved by leaps and bounds and my mentors can see a marked improvement and change in me, even down to how I interact with patients and present myself. Thank you so much Aquifer, you're a lifesaver!
In the first and second years of medical school, you learn a lot about physiology and diseases—usually by organ system. Aquifer Family Medicine gives you the opportunity to start thinking about the way that patients actually present—and begin to apply what you already know. The cases are a wonderful way to start turning medical facts into clinical judgment. I just wished I had used them earlier and more often.
Aquifer Family Medicine Course Board
Katie Margo, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Editor-in-Chief
Former Roles: Curriculum Lead, Case Author, Associate Editor
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 05: 30-year-old woman with palpitations
Institution: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Institutional Title: Associate Professor Emeritus
Jason Chao, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor – Assessment Lead
Former Roles: Case Author, Case Editor
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 02: 55-year-old man wellness visit
Institution: Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Institutional Title: Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director
Elizabeth Brown, MD, MPH, IBCLC
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor – Adoption & Use Lead
Former Roles: Case Author, Case Editor
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 21: 12-year-old female with fever
Institution: University of Rochester
Institutional Title: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Institution Role: Director of Medical Student Education, Dept. of Family Medicine; Global Health Pathway Director; Clerkship Director
Jordan White, MD, MPH
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor – Curriculum Lead
Former Role: Case Editor
Institution: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Institutional Title: Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Medical Science
Institutional Role: Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Wendy Biggs, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Institution: Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Institutional Title: Assistant Dean, Career Advising and Student Engagement
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director, Comprehensive Community Clerkship
Bruce Britton, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Former Role: Case Editor
Institution: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Institutional Title: Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Institutional Role: Vice Chair, Education
Rebecca E. Cantone, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Former Role: Case Editor
Institution:Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Institutional Title: Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Scappoose Family Medicine Clinic
Institutional Role: Assistant Dean of UME Student Affairs, OHSU School of Medicine
Matthew Hawks, MD, MHPE
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Institution: Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians
Institutional Title: Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director, Department of Family Medicine
Kellner Pruett, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Institution: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center
Institutional Title: Medical Education Division Director, M3 Family Medicine Clerkship Director
Martha Seagrave, PA-C
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 20: 28-year-old woman with abdominal pain
Institution: Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Institutional Title: Professor
Institutional Role: Director of Medical Student Education in Family Medicine
Sarah Stumbar, MD, MPH
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Former Role: Case Editor
Institution: Florida International Hebert Wertheim College of Medicine
Institutional Title: Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Associate Professor of Family Medicine