Family Medicine - Curriculum

Year I

First-year residents spend 1/2 day per week in the Family Medicine Center (Generations Family Care).  It is here that they begin the continuity care for their panel of patients that they will see for the 3 years of training. The first month (July) is spent in the community medicine with the introduction of the resident to the medical community and services that they will utilize in the provision of care for their own patients. Included in this month are educational sessions in ACLS, PALS and ALSO training, as well as clinics on casting and basic and advanced skin surgery techniques.

• Family Medicine Teaching Service (2 months)
• Night Float for Teaching Service (1 months)
• Pediatrics Inpatient (2 months)
• Surgery (2 months)
• Obstetrics and GYN (2 months)
• Orthopedics (both inpatient and outpatient (1 month)
• Emergency Medicine(1 month)
• Community Medicine (1 month - July)

Year II

The second-year resident spends 4 hours per day in the Family Medicine Center providing ongoing care to their respective patient panel. Residents also rotate through the Family Planning Clinics, a geriatric assessment service, the Family Practice Procedures center and Hospice services.

• Family Medicine Teaching Service (3 months)
• Night Float for Teaching Service (1 month)
• CCU/Cardiology (1 month)
• ICU (1 month)
• Pediatrics Inpatient(1 month)
• OB/GYN (1 month)
• ENT/Ophth (1 month)
• Behavioral Science (1 month)
• Pediatric Outpatient/Neonatal (1 month)
• Family Medicine Outpatient (1 month)

Year III

The Third-year resident will spend 5 hours each day seeing their patients in the office. They will continue to gain experience in procedures as well as geriatric assessment and will increase their level of teaching by serving as the chief of the inpatient teaching service for 2.5 months. Ample elective time is available for the resident to select additional training.

• Family Medicine Teaching Service (2.5 months)
• Family Medicine Teaching Service CHIEF (2 months)
• Gynecology (2 weeks)
• Dermatology (2 weeks)
• Gastroenterology (2 weeks)
• Urology (2 weeks)
• Neurology (2 weeks)
• Cardiology (2 weeks)
• Family Medicine Outpatient (1 month)
• Electives (3 months)
• Practice Management (2 weeks)

Conference and Lecture Schedule

• Grand Rounds - Every Thursday, 8-9
• Lecture Block including Practice Management, Coding, Medical Topics, Pediatric Topics, Behavioral Science, Women's Health and Procedures, - Every Thursday from 9:15-12:30
• Journal Club - Monthly
• Teaching Conferences - click for details.

Additional Information

• Postgraduate Training - click here for details
• Other curriculum features: CPT Coding, ACLS, ALSO courses - sponsored by Synergy Medical Education Alliance.
• Procedural Training in:
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • Colposcopy and LEEP (in conduction with our OB dept)
  • No-scalpel vasectomy
  • Narolaryngoscopy
  • Cryosurgery
  • Joint Injections
  • Minor office surgery
  • Gynecologic procedures
  • FNA of the breast
  • Skin surgery techniques
  • Casting