Curriculum
Our curriculum, while adhering firmly to the ACGME Program Requirements for Residency Education in Family Medicine, also seeks innovation. The curriculum consists of 36 one-month rotations with four electives over the second and third years. Elective choices include a variety of community preceptors. The daily lecture/seminar series is comprehensive and taught by an exciting academic clinical faculty.
PGY1
- Night Float
- OB Clinic
- Pediatrics Inpatient
- General Surgery
- Family Medicine Service (2 months)
- Newborn Nursery/Pediatrics
- Labor & Delivery
- Internal Medicine
- GYN
- Emergency Medicine
- MICU
One half day per week patient care session at the Family Medicine Center
PGY2
- Cardiology
- Psychiatry
- Pediatric ER
- Pediatric Clinic
- Night Float
- Orthopedics
- Practice Management/Neurology
- Family Medicine Service (2 months)
- Pulmonary
- Outpatient Surgery
- Elective
Two to three half-day sessions each week in the Family Medicine Center
PGY3
- Geriatrics
- Clinic/Procedure
- Electives (3 months)
- Family Medicine Service (2 months)
- Dermatology
- Radiology
- Ophthalmology/Urology
- ENT
- Orthopedics
Three to five half-day sessions each week in the Family Medicine Center
Please refer to the following links for information regarding ACGME requirements and special family medicine requirements:
• American Board of Family Practice Requirements
Educational Conferences
Conferences are normally held every Tuesday beginning at noon in our own spacious Ken Lewis Memorial Conference Room. A comprehensive schedule of presentations assures that a wide spectrum of material essential to Family Medicine is covered in an 18 month repeating cycle. Vincent Ober, M.D., Assistant Professor, serves as our Conference Committee Chairperson. He is assisted by a committee consisting of residents and administrative personnel.