Curriculum: PGY II
ICU
1 block
- Learn to manage broad range of critical
care problems
- Mechanical ventilator management
- Procedural skills including
intubation, thoracentesis and placement
of central and arterial lines
Family Medicine Inpatient Service
2 blocks
- Responsibility for inpatient care of FHC
and primary care clinic patients
- General
medicine patients who represent a typical
family physician’s service
- Daily rounds with senior resident
and attendings
- Supervised by senior resident
and family medicine directors
Obstetrics
2 blocks
- Weekly morning report OB conference with
all residents
- Increased OB responsibilites,
more complex problems
Ambulatory Gynecology
1 block
- Review Comprehensive Gynecology text
- Weekly and monthly colposcopy
lectures
- Opportunity to certify in colposcopy
- Extensive outpatient gynecology
work with community teaching
attendings
Inpatient Pediatrics
1 block
- Assume a more supervisory role for first-year
residents
- Curricular focus on GI, neurology
and cardiology topics
- Online learning for
pediatric radiographs
Cardiology
1 block
- Teaching by cardiologists on a brisk service
with a wide spectrum of cardiac cases
- Opportunity
to use simulated heart program to review
arrhythmias and auscultation exercises
- Emphasis
on EKG reading
- Develop understanding of
indications and interpretations of cardiac
testing and procedures
Infectious Disease
1 block
- Full management of critically ill patients
acting as consultant with specialist support
- Sharpen
skills of diagnosis of infectious disease
including use of microbiology laboratory
- One-on-one
discussions with ID faculty
- Weekly ID resident/student
presentations
Gastroenterology
1 block
- Assessment and management of GI problems
- Consultation service
from large specialty group noted for outstanding
teaching
- Busy inpatient GI service
Ambulatory Pediatrics
1 block
- Extensive outpatient pediatric work with
pediatricians from Crusader Clinic, a federally
funded community health center
- A valuable
experience in the office management of
pediatric problems
- Curricular focus on adolescent
health and pediatric behavior disorders
including eating, depression and ADHD
Emergency
Medicine
1 block
- Application of ATLS and ACLS principles
- Evaluate and treat emergency
patients including trauma and severe illness
- Develop
urgent care skills
- Supervision by certified
emergency physicians
Elective
1 block
University Family Health Center(outpatient)
- Second-year residents
generally spend three half-days per week
in clinic, further developing a panel of
clinic patients
- Increased office procedures
*Curriculum is subject to revision by the American Board of Family Medicine and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). |
