Curriculum & Didactics
Curriculum
The Family Medicine Residency Program at AtlantiCare offers a variety of clinical rotations for our residents to train in broad spectrum family medicine. The schedule allows for an adequate amount of elective time beginning at the end of the PGY 2 so residents can gain experience in different areas of medicine, in order to tailor their future practice to their areas of interest.
PGY-1
FMP(Continuity Clinic) 8 Weeks
Inpatient Medicine 14 weeks
Labor & Delivery 8 weeks
ICU-Mainland 2 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Outpatient Psychiatry 2 weeks
Surgery 2 weeks
Pediatrics Inpatient / ED 4 weeks
Pediatrics Inpatient / ED 4 weeks
Night Float 2 weeks
Palliative Medicine 2 weeks
PGY-2
FMP(Continuity Clinic) 10 Weeks
Inpatient Medicine 8 weeks
Sports Medicine 4 weeks
Urgent Care 4 weeks
Outpatient Pediatrics 4 weeks
Emergency Medicine 4 weeks
Cardiology 4 weeks
Practice Management 2 weeks
Night Float 6 weeks
Electives 6 weeks
PGY-3
FMP(Continuity Clinic) 10 Weeks
Inpatient Medicine 6 weeks
Gynecology 4 weeks
Geriatrics 4 weeks
Community Health 2 weeks
Night Float 6 weeks
Electives 20 weeks
Didactics
Weekly didactic conferences are held in the medical education classroom on Thursday afternoons. Sessions include a variety of educational formats including procedure workshops, simulation labs, journal club, resident case presentations, and faculty presentations on core topics in family medicine.
| Week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resident meeting | Family Medicine Core Topic | Simulation Lab | Senior Case Presentation |
| 2 | Pediatrics Core Topic (CHOP guest lecturer) | Family Medicine Core Topic | Procedure Workshop | Journal Club |
| 3 | Resident - PD meeting | Family Medicine Core Topic | Family Medicine Core Topic | Balint Group / Literature in Medicine |
| 4 | Root Cause Analysis | Family Medicine Core Topic | Self-directed Module | Intern Case Presentation |