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FAMILY MEDICINE

Academics

Our Family Medicine Academic Program

The didactic lecture series is structured as a protected and dedicated academic time during the week. All residents will be required to attend except for those covering the ICU or nights. Residents on pre-approved external elective rotations are also excused.

Many sessions are recorded and the material available online so those absent can review from anywhere, at any time. Attendance is taken by scanning a QR code upon arrival and completing a survey at time of dismissal.

Program Activities

Daily activities include:

  • Morning Bedside Rounds
  • Noon Conferences
  • Supervised Handoff Meetings at Shift Change

Activities that are asynchronous include:

  • ACLS/BLS Training
  • CHS-required online modules on Patient Safety, HIPAA, Quality & Process Improvement via HealthStream/Advanced Learning Center (ALC)
  • IHI Quality & Process Improvement Curriculum

Activities within the academic time include:

  • Balint Group Discussions
  • Chart Review
  • Core Family Medicine Lectures
  • Grand Rounds
  • Health Care Delivery Setting & Systems Lectures
  • Journal Club
  • Morbidity & Mortality Conference
  • Physician Well-Being Lectures, Workshops & Activities
  • Practice Management Conferences
  • Professionalism & Communication Workshops
  • Quality & Process Improvement Lectures & Workshops
  • Residents as Teachers Curriculum
  • Simulation Activities & Mock Codes

Curriculum

Purpose

Our program’s core purpose is to design and support an internal medicine residency program that develops board-certified physicians of the future who expertly and empathetically serve the communities in which they choose to practice. Our curriculum is designed to prepare physicians for success in whatever career path they choose.

Model

Each academic year is divided into 10 five-week clinical education blocks. Four weeks of each block are dedicated to the assigned rotation, while one week is dedicated to ambulatory clinical experiences which includes a dedicated, assigned panel of patients within the program’s continuity clinic. This model allows residents to be fully present and immersed in the content of each rotation, instead of dividing attention between competing priorities.

Approach

More broadly, Crestwood Medical Center Internal Medicine residents receive a well-rounded approach to their three years of training with an inpatient-intense first year and inpatient/outpatient balanced second and third years of training. Our program curriculum includes a variety of subspecialty and elective opportunities so that residents actively participate in the design of a training experience that prepares them for their chosen career path and Board exam.

Rotations

A typical resident will experience the following rotations during their three years of training:

PGY1: Continuity Clinic is one half-day weekly for Inpatient Rotations and 2-3 half-days weekly for all other rotations.
RotationWeeks
Ambulatory Family Medicine
2
Inpatient Adult Medicine
2
Inpatient Labor and Delivery
1
Critical Care Medicine
1
Emergency Medicine
1
General Surgery
1
Newborn Nursery/NICU
1
Sports Medicine/Musculoskeletal
1
Radiology/POCUS
1
Anesthesia/Procedures
1
Vacation**
1
PGY2: Continuity Clinic is one half-day weekly on inpatient rotations and 1-3 half-days weekly on outpatient rotations.
RotationWeeks
Outpatient Family Medicine
2
Inpatient Family Medicine Service
2
Inpatient Labor and Delivery
2
Inpatient Pediatrics
1
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
1
Outpatient Pediatrics
1
Behavioral Health
1
Elective
2
Vacation**
1
PGY3: Continuity Clinic is one half-day weekly on inpatient rotations and four half-days weekly on outpatient rotations.
RotationWeeks
Outpatient Family Medicine Service
4
Night Float for Family Medicine Service
1.5
Outpatient Pediatrics
1
Outpatient Dermatology
1
Emergency Medicine
0.5
Health Systems Management
0.5
Outpatient Otolaryngology
0.5
Outpatient Ophthalmology
0.5
Elective
2
Vacation**
1
  • *

    No more than two consecutive weeks of night float will be assigned at a time

  • **

    Can be taken 1-2 weeks at a time

Elective Options

  • Surgical:

    ENT, Ophthalmology, Bariatric Surgery, Anesthesiology, Interventional Radiology or Surgical OB – Hospital-based

  • Medical:

    Adolescent Medicine, Gynecology – Office-based procedures, Dermatology, Nephrology, Cardiology, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology, Pulmonology, Critical Care, Sports Medicine – Advanced, Travel Medicine, Emergency Medicine – Advanced, Urgent Care Medicine – Advanced, Global Health, Community Free Clinic/Community Outreach, Radiology, Hospital Medicine – Advanced, or Rural Health

  • Other:

    Wellness or Research

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