Curriculum Philosophy

The focus of the curriculum is to allow the graduate the potential to practice the full range of family medicine, including obstetrics should they so choose. This is accomplished through a combination of longitudinal threads and block rotations. Evaluation and feedback are given on a regular basis through a variety of means. Our First Year offers an emphasis on hospital care, our second year offers a mix and our third year is more focused on ambulatory training. Throughout is the FPC with the following longitudinal threads.

Longitudinal Threads

Longitudinal activities in the Family Practice Center are focused on ambulatory care of the patients.

Procedures that the resident learns in the FPC include:

The chronic conditions emphasized in the practice include:

We also offer in depth experience in Geriatrics including lectures on common geriatric conditions and care of geriatric patients in the office, long term care, and home setting.

In the longitudinal Community Medicine training we emphasize population based medicine, knowledge and use of community resources, delivery of preventive services, occupational medicine, migrant worker health, and care of battered and abused women.

The Behavioral Medicine curriculum encompasses the principles of professionalism and exceptional communication as well as the traditional counseling training.