During the FMCC Assistant Internship, students will learn how to apply their knowledge to solve patients' problems in the community setting.

This seven-week Assistant Internship extends students’ capacity in delivering primary care by polishing up their skills in conducting family medicine consultations and facilitating richer understanding of social determinants of health. It starts with an orientation week to lay a foundation of knowledge in primary care. It is then followed by various skills-building workshops to equip students with the necessary skills to handle patients and clinical scenarios in the community setting. The clerkship puts great emphasis on experiential learning by exposing students to a wide variety of ambulatory-care settings where students will interact with patients directly to understand their concerns and expectations.

Starting from 2026, apart from traditional clinical settings in Hong Kong, students will also have attachments in the District Health Centres and the Department of Family Medicine in The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital. These exposures shall widen our students’ perspectives in understanding how primary healthcare services are being delivered under different contexts.

By the end of the Programme, students are expected to be able to:

• Apply appropriate clinical skills to manage health problems in community-based settings using the bio-psycho-social model
• Work as a member of a primary care team
• Describe the integrated and multidisciplinary characteristics of community-based care
• Provide coordinated, multi-disciplinary and continuing community-based care