The curriculum of the Family Practice Program is designed to reinforce and expand the knowledge and skills that are acquired in medical school. An early introduction to family and community medicine at the Blackstock Family Health Center is provided to ensure that the resident will develop a significant patient panel and complete initiation to ambulatory care and the family practice philosophy by the year's end. An extremely compact and highly organized year, the emphasis is on acute inpatient care with a solid introduction to the Blackstock Family Health Center's ambulatory population.
The First Year
(one block = four weeks)
|
PGY 1 Schedule |
Duration |
Call |
|
Continuity Clinic |
Year Round |
1 or 2 half days per week during the entire year |
|
Community Medicine |
2 Blocks |
No call |
|
Family Practice Inpatient Wards |
1 Block |
Call every third or fourth night |
|
Emergency Medicine |
1 Block |
Resident chooses call shifts |
|
Internal Medicine Wards |
2 Blocks |
Call every fourth night |
|
Nursery |
1 Block |
Call every fourth night |
|
OB Service |
2 Blocks |
Call averages every third night (Night Float / Shift System) |
|
Pediatric Wards |
1 Block |
Call every fourth night |
|
Surgery |
2 Blocks |
Call every third night |
|
Elective |
1 Blocks |
No call |
The Second Year
Approximately 50 percent of the training time is spent on inpatient medicine, with the remainder on ambulatory care. Exposure to clinical psychiatry, the ICU service, orthopedics and increased involvement at the Blackstock Family Health center is included in this year. One month is available for electives.
|
PGY 2 Schedule |
Duration |
Call |
|
Continuity Clinic |
Year Round |
2 to 4 half days per week |
|
Family Practice Inpatient Service |
3 Blocks |
Call every third to fourth night (2 continuity clinics per week) |
|
Cardiology |
1 Block |
Call during the week until 5:00pm only |
|
Gynecology |
1 Block |
Call for Brackenridge ER on 6 evenings |
|
ICU |
1 Block |
Call every third to fourth night (1 continuity clinic per week) |
|
Night Float |
1 Block |
No Call |
|
OB Continuity |
30 days |
Assigned by block throughout the year - 3 sets of 10 day shifts |
|
Orthopedics |
1 Block |
No Call, Experience at ortho and cast clinics at Brackenridge |
|
Outpatient Pediatrics |
1 Block |
Call for Children's Emergency Room total of 24 hours |
|
Pediatric Wards |
1 Block |
Call every fourth night (2 continuity clinics per week) |
|
Psychiatry |
1 Block |
Call arranged with other residents on team |
|
Rural Medicine |
1 Block |
Call every 7th night & 1 weekend (1 continuity clinic per week) |
|
Elective |
1 Block |
No Call |
|
Nursing Home |
Year Round |
1 half day per month with no call |
The Third Year
The bulk of the third year is spent in the ambulatory care setting, with a three-month elective period available in the third year. A month of family and community medicine and one of neurology is required of all third-year residents. Senior residents are responsible, with attending supervision, for the inpatient service and are assisted by second year residents.
|
PGY 3 Schedule |
Duration |
Call |
|
Continuity Clinic |
Year Round |
2 to 4 half days per week |
|
Dermatology |
1 Block |
No Call |
|
Elective |
3 Blocks |
No Call |
|
ENT |
2 Weeks |
No Call |
|
Emergency Medicine |
1 Block |
|
|
Family Practice Inpatient Service |
2 Blocks |
Call every third or fourth night |
|
Neurology |
1 Block |
|
|
Night Float |
1 Block |
No Call |
|
Nursing Home |
Year Round |
1 half day per month with no call |
|
OB Continuity |
30 Days |
Assigned by block throughout the year - 3 sets of 10 day shifts |
|
Ophthalmology |
2 Weeks |
No Call |
|
Orthopedics |
1 Block |
No Call |
|
Radiology |
2 Weeks |
No Call |
|
Sports Medicine |
2 Weeks |
No Call |
|
Urology |
2 Weeks |
No Call |
Conferences
Conferences are held weekly and core didactic presentations are provided. Residents do not have clinical activities during the dedicated Wednesday afternoon conference period. Conferences are also held each Tuesday at University Medical Center at Brackenridge. Family Practice Grand Rounds are held monthly. In addition, a large variety of conferences, sponsored by various specialties are available at the hospital(s).
Research
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) longitudinal team research projects.
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