Curriculum Overview
Our curriculum is designed to prepare residents for the breadth, complexity, and responsibility of independent family medicine practice. Comprehensive clinical training, progressive responsibility, structured teaching, and individualized learning opportunities help residents develop the knowledge, judgment, skills, and adaptability needed to practice confidently in a wide range of settings.
Residents assume increasing responsibility throughout their three years of training. The first year emphasizes development of a strong clinical foundation, supported decision-making, and core skills across inpatient and ambulatory settings. During the second year, residents manage increasingly complex patients, explore individual interests, and develop their supervisory and teaching skills. Third-year residents take on greater independence, lead inpatient teams, teach and supervise interns and medical students, and refine the skills needed for their intended careers.
Continuity clinic remains central throughout all three years. As residents progress, they spend increasing time in clinic, assume greater responsibility for their patient panels, and develop lasting relationships with patients and families across the lifespan.
Clinical experiences encompass the full scope of family medicine, including:
- adult inpatient and ambulatory medicine
- obstetrics and women’s health
- pediatrics, emergency and urgent care
- geriatrics
- behavioral health
- procedures, and medical and surgical subspecialties.
Residents learn directly from family medicine faculty, hospital-based physicians, and subspecialists across a large tertiary medical center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and community-based settings.
Clinical rotations are complemented by protected weekly didactics, structured board review, direct observation and feedback, quality improvement and scholarly activity, leadership development, and resident teaching opportunities. Dedicated procedural and point-of-care ultrasound rotations provide focused skill development, while elective time and additional areas of study allow residents to tailor portions of the curriculum to their interests and career goals.
