Ambulatory Curriculum
The ambulatory Curriculum is taught at our continuity clinic site, Culver Medical Group.
- Standardized readings to be done prior to each talk are included
- Talks are updated each time they are given by a resident/faculty pair
Afternoon Curriculum (when interns are present)
Clinic talk is from 1 - 1:30 pm, Monday – Friday
Odd Years
Adult Health Care Maintenance
- Immunizations—adult
- Cancer screening (colon, prostate, breast, cervical)
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Young, middle, older adult health maintenance
- Osteoporosis
- Depression (diagnosis and treatment)
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Obesity
- Smoking cessation
- Osteoarthritis
Pediatrics Common Diagnoses
- Toilet training
- Tolddler behavior strategies
- School problems
- Rebellious and out-of-control behavior
- Otitis media
- Headaches
- Rashes
- Scoliosis
- Head injuries
- Language delay
- Pediatric legs
- Fever
- Hematuria, Proteinuria
- Limping child
- Negotiation and behavior change
Even Years
Pediatrics Health Care Maintenance
- Prenatal visit
- Infant visits (development, nutrition, behavior)
- Older infant visits
- Anemia and lead screening
- Toddler visits
- Preschool WCC
- Vision and hearing screening
- School age WCC
- Adolescent WCC
- Immunizations
- Pre-sports participation exam
Adults Common Diagnoses
- Diabetes mellitis (screening, prevention, standards of care, oral and insulin therapy)
- Hypertension (screening, diagnosis, therapy)
- Upper respiratory tract infection
- Sinusitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis
- Low back pain
- Advanced directives
- Chronic Stable Angina (diagnosis, management)
- Emphysema
- Malingering and drug seeking
- Ophthalmology
- CHF—outpatient management
- Nephrolithiasis
- Diverticulosis
Morning Curriculum (PGY2 – 4)
Talk is from 8 - 8:30 pm, Monday – Friday
Based on a 3-year series
Week 2: Topic Focused Conference
Weeks 2,3,4: Board Review
Year 1: Nutrition Series
- Nutritional Assessment
- Infant nutrition (breast, formula, solids)
- Basics of health adult nutrition
- Nutrition in the elderly
- Diabetic diet
- Diet for HTN and high cholesterol
- Dietary advice for obesity
- Evaluation of weight loss
- Sports & nutrition
Year 2: Women's Health Series
- Puberty, normal sexual development
- Congenital anomalies
- Contraception
- Menopause, hormone replacement
- Screening for uterine & ovarian cancer
- Evaluation of breast masses
- Abnormal bleeding
- Management of abnormal PAP results
- Vaginitis, vulvar disease
- Hirsuitism/PCO
- Cervicitis and PID
- Female urinary incontinence
Year 3: Office Orthopedics
- Common fractures
- Shoulder/rotator cuff
- Chronic knee pain
- Acute knee pain
- Acute knee injury
- Ankle sprains
- Foot pain
- Wrist pain
- The elbow
- Neck pain
- The acute joint—to tap, or not to tap
- The adult hip
- Common injections in the office