3 Year Curriculum at a Glance

The curriculum provides broad training across the full scope of family medicine while allowing residents to assume increasing responsibility and tailor portions of their education to their career goals. The rotations below represent the total time devoted to each experience. Rotation order varies by resident, and some experiences may be divided across the academic year. Continuity clinic and weekly didactics continue longitudinally throughout all three years.

The first year develops core skills across inpatient, ambulatory, emergency, pediatrics, obstetrics, and critical care settings.

Rotation Duration
Introductory Month 4 weeks
Inpatient Family Medicine 12 weeks
Inpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
ICU 4 weeks
Cardiology 4 weeks
Psychiatry 4 weeks
Adult ED 4 weeks
Practice Management 4 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Standard Curriculum: OB 4 weeks
Standard Curriculum: Nephrology 4 weeks
Enhanced OB Pathway: OB 8 weeks

During the second year, residents manage increasingly complex patients, broaden their clinical experience, develop procedural skills, and begin assuming greater teaching and supervisory responsibility.

Rotation Duration
Intro Supervision 2 weeks
Inpatient Family Medicine 12 weeks
Inpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Neurology 4 weeks
Obstetrics 4 weeks
Peds ER 2 weeks
Community Family Medicine 4 weeks
Sports Medicine 2 weeks
Surgical Selective* 2 weeks
Ophthalmology 2 weeks
Procedures 2 weeks
Electives 12 weeks

 *Surgical selective options include urology, ENT, general surgery, and orthopedics.

Third-year residents take on greater clinical independence, lead inpatient teams, teach and supervise junior residents and medical students, and use elective time to prepare for their intended careers.

Rotation Duration
Intro Leadership 2 weeks
Inpatient Family Medicine 8 weeks
Inpatient Pediatrics 2 weeks
Continuity Clinic 6 weeks
Gynecology 4 weeks
Geriatrics 4 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Point of Care Ultrasound 2 weeks
Electives 12 weeks
Standard Curriculum: Rural ER 4 weeks
Standard Curriculum: Dermatology 4 weeks
Enhanced OB Pathway: OB 12 weeks
Enhanced OB Pathway: Newborn* 4 weeks

*Newborn rotation focused on resuscitation of infant after birth