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Curriculum Overview

The Family Medicine Residency Program balances the care of the acutely ill with preventive health maintenance for outpatients, including the chronically ill. In the first year, residents concentrate on inpatient services. They work under supervision, alongside attending physicians and senior residents from family medicine and other specialties.

In the third year, after getting a fair amount of expertise in inpatient assessment and management, residents supervise other residents on rotation in OB/GYN, pediatrics, medicine, and the medical ICU. This role gives senior residents a chance to study problems in greater depth. They also learn how to teach and coordinate the delivery of care.

Throughout all three years, residents spend a minimum of two half-days per week in ambulatory office sites, caring for their own patient panels. They learn the fundamentals of outpatient management and health maintenance.

Residents in the second and third years also acquire experience in various medical, pediatric, and surgical subspecialties, with a focus on outpatient care.

In the following section, we'll give you a sense of the individual rotations, as well as the richness of the curriculum and academic environment.