Curriculum: Family Medicine Residency in Midland
The Future of Family Medicine Training
In today’s medical environment, family physicians are expected to be the stewards of the healthcare system, coordinators of chronic disease management and leaders in the Patient Centered Medical Home. Our long-standing daily office hours, strong procedural and inpatient training, and involvement in PCMH and other practice transformation initiatives ensure our graduates are well-prepared to meet these challenges.
Our family medicine residents will graduate with a robust medical knowledge base and ample clinical experiences. This will enable them to become not only excellent family physicians for their patients, but also leaders in their communities and health systems. Our recent graduates have found employment in academic medicine with and without obstetrics, rural emergency medicine, rural and community-based outpatient medicine and hospital medicine.
Longitudinal Curriculum
- Arts and Humanities
- Behavioral Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Inpatient Medicine
- Occupational Health
- Office Procedures
- Practice Management
- Sports Medicine
- Research
- Women’s Health
Rotations
First Year
- Family Medicine Orientation (1 block)
- Cardiology (1 block)
- Dermatology (1 block)
- ENT/Ophthalmology (1 block)
- Inpatient Medicine (1 week integrated into each block)
- Obstetrics - Inpatient (2 blocks)
- Obstetrics – Outpatient (1 block)
- Pediatrics-Outpatient + Nursery (3 blocks)
- Psychiatry (1 block)
- Pulmonology (1 block)
- Surgery (1 block)
Second Year
- Cardiology (1 block)
- Clinical Seminars (1 block)
- Emergency Medicine (2 blocks)
- Elective (2 blocks)
- Geriatrics/Palliative Care (1 block)
- Gynecology (2 blocks)
- ICU (1 block)
- Inpatient Medicine (1 week integrated into most blocks)
- Obstetrics - Inpatient (1 block)
- Pediatrics – Inpatient (1 block)
- Urology/Wound Care (1 block)
Third Year
- All Day Office (1 block)
- Clinical Seminars (1 block)
- Emergency Medicine (1 block)
- Elective (5 blocks)
- Geriatrics/Palliative Care (1 block)
- Inpatient Medicine (1 week integrated into most blocks)
- MSK (1 block)
- Nephrology (1 block)
- Obstetrics – Inpatient (1 block)
- Urgent Care (1 block)
Elective Examples:
- Breast Surgery
- Cardiology - Outpatient
- Colorectal Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Endocrinology
- ENT
- Gastroenterology
- Global Health
- Hematology/Oncology
- Infectious Disease
- Interventional Radiology
- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Palliative Care/Hospice
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Rural ER
- Rural Health
- Sports Medicine
- Trauma
- Urgent Care
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
- Wound Care
Research Opportunities
Our residents are active in research and scholarly pursuits through an ongoing research curriculum under the direction of a research committee of faculty, residents and clinic staff. Residents complete a case study with a mentor during their first year and a quality improvement project of their choosing during their second and third years of residency. Case studies and/or quality improvement projects are presented regionally and often nationally. Recently, residents have presented at the Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference.
Call Responsibility
With the change to longitudinal inpatient medicine that is integrated into each rotation, there is no longer a need for call.
Daily Office Hours
1st Year - 1 hour/day
2nd Year - 2-3 hours/day
3rd Year - 3-4 hours/day
