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Foundations of Clinical Practice (FCP) Year One, taught during the first year of medical school, is an integrated series of lectures, small-group discussions, and simulated patient encounters along with a clinical component. The course provides instruction in fundamental clinical skills: taking a patient history, documenting a patient encounter, and performing a physical examination of a normal adult. Students are also introduced to social determinants of health, barriers to care, fundamentals of communication, interprofessional education, and systems based practices. Professionalism, ethics, and the student's emerging role as a healthcare provider are addressed throughout the course. The goal of the Foundation of Clinical Practice (FCP) Year One is for learners to advance their clinical skills, knowledge, and communication skills acknowledging the social context of health and disease.