Call Schedule
The family medicine residency program provides residents with the opportunity to learn in a variety of methods. Residents work with a great faculty, choose from several educational electives as well as attend daily conferences.
Duration of each rotation is one month unless specified otherwise.
PGY-1 (Call averages every four to five nights)
- Orientation (no call)
- Family Practice Ward (no call)
- Family Practice Ward (no call)
- Medicine Ward
- Medicine Ward Medical ICU
- Obstetrics
- General Surgery
- Pediatric Ward
- Pediatric Ward Ambulatory Pediatrics
PGY-2 (call averages every seven to eight nights)
- Family Medicine Ward
- Family Medicine Ward
- Pediatrics - Ambulatory
- Orthopedics
- Emergency Medicine
- Cardiology/CCU
- Dermatology
- Chemical Dependency
- Community Medicine
- Geriatrics
- General Surgery
Elective PGY-3 (call averages every 10 to 12 days)
- Family Medicine Ward Senior Rotation (six weeks)
- ENT
- Gynecology
- Radiology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology/Urology
- Practice Management
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective
- Elective (two weeks)
Didactics
One of the cornerstones of any residency programs is its didactic conference series. The curriculum must be rich, robust, and highly pertinent to the resident's education, yet at the same time, captivating and stimulating-- worthy of a busy young physician's scarce time. We feel that our lecture series meets and exceeds these goals. Family Medicine holds block conference every Thursday in the afternoon. The block conference schedule covers a wide variety of topics crucial to Family Medicine. Lecturers range from family medicine faculty and residents, our specialty colleagues, who enjoy a collaborative and informal relationship with our program and our residents.
Other vital conferences include Morbidity & Mortality Rounds and Journal Club. Each of these forums are conducted monthly by our residents and are designed to critically look at outcomes in the management or mismanagement of our inpatients, and to apply the constructs of critical appraisal to journal articles. Faculty, residents, and invited guests participate in these stimulating and often controversial forums.
Another integral feature of our didactic block curriculum is Family Medicine Grand Rounds. These residency-sponsored block onferences take place monthly at St. Joseph's Hospital. They are well attended by residents, faculty, staff, and physicians from the community. Many nationally acclaimed speakers participate, along with local favorites of the program. Every third year resident is required to present a topic of their choice for these Grand Rounds. In preparation, they are provided with instruction in Microsoft PowerPoint and other tools to enhance their presentation skills. As a rule, these presentations have been outstanding, and many worthy of publication!
Many other didactic sessions complement the training here. These range from Morning Report, to daily mini-lectures provided by faculty to the inpatient team, to weekly block conferences and conferences on other residency services within the hospital. The Department of Academic Affairs at St. Josephs's also hosts a monthly housestaff meeting that meet the ACGME core compencies with such interesting topics as end of life ethical issues and medical jurisprudence.
Electives
Electives are an important part of each resident's education and experience. Not only can an elective be designed around a perceived interest or deficit that the learner may feel they have, but they can also be fun. This program offers five and one-half months of elective time in the second and third years. Residents design their electives with assistance from faculty. Our most popular electives are listed below, but the list is by no means complete. Special electives, such as international experiences may be arranged with the Director's approval on a case by case basis.
- Emergency Medicine
- Urgent Care
- Trauma
- Sports Medicine
- Allergy
- Rheumatology
- Gastroenterology
- Endocrinology
- Infectious Disease
- Advanced Obstetrics
- Adolescent Health
- Rural Preceptorship
- Alternative Medicine
- Medical ICU
- Pediatric ICU
