Family Medicine Clinic

Full-spectrum family medicine is taught throughout the three-year program. We have fantastic teaching both in the clinic and during inpatient rotations. We maintain a good relationship with the hospital, which facilitates smoother operation of inpatient, obstetric, surgical, and emergency services, though the hospital is not dependent on the residents. We are unopposed and do not compete with other residencies for teaching or procedures.

First-year residents spend 2-3 half days per week in the clinic, second-year residents 3-4 half days, and third-year residents 4-5 half days. Residents gradually increase from seeing 4 patients to 10-12 patients per half day, gradually building a practice by caring for both individuals and families and following them through hospitalizations, surgeries, obstetrical deliveries, and nursing home admissions.

Residents are taught numerous procedures—depending on personal interest—including colposcopy, circumcision, vasectomies, endotracheal intubation, arterial and central line placement, esophago-gastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy, first trimester OB ultrasound. Those who are interested may participate in the osteopathic manipulation clinic. Residents participate in ACLS, ATLS, PALS, ALSO and Neonatal Resuscitation courses.

Didactics are held during the lunch period each week day and every Thursday afternoon. Topics cover the full spectrum of family medicine including preventive medicine, cardiology, nephrology, orthopedics, humanism, quality improvement, and practice management.