• Behavioral • Community Med. • Geriatrics • Surgery
Behavioral Science The Behavioral Science experience is a longitudinal rotation over the course of the entire second year of the residency program. Second year residents spend every Wednesday afternoon participating in a didactic session on behavioral science topic for 1 1/2 hours, then spend the rest of the afternoon counseling patients who have been referred for crisis intervention or brief therapy sessions. Residents learn counseling skills, the basics of DSM-IV diagnoses, use of psychiatric medications, and assessment of psychological issues with their patients. Supervision is provided by faculty family physicians, and a PhD. Psychologist. Residents are encouraged and expected to incorporate the principles that they have learned in the Behavioral Science experience into their own practice of medicine in the Family Practice Center.
Outpatient Services (Community Medicine) This is a six week rotation where the resident gains knowledge of the resources available in the community for his/her patients. These experiences include time spent with the Public Health nurse, home health nurses, visits to several local factories to learn about industrial medicine, time spent in an occupational medicine clinic, and visits to other local health resources. Sports Medicine experiences are also incorporated into the curriculum.
Geriatrics Geriatrics is a four week rotation during the second year at Anberry Rehabilitation Hospital, managing predominantly geriatric patients with a faculty physician who is the Medical Director of the facility. Residents learn through a combination of patient care duties and focused tutorials about the unique aspects of the care of the aging patient.
Surgery Subspecialties During the first year of training the resident takes 40 hours of ENT. In the second and third years, Urology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, and Dermatology are required. The resident is assigned to a private attending in the respective specialty area. Emphasis is primarily on the outpatient aspect of these specialties with the resident spending the majority of the time in the physician's office. A primary care physician or a trained emergency room physician provides on-site supervision when the resident is in the ER.
Electives Elective time is available in the third year so that residents may select clinical areas of concentration with the purpose of adjusting their training to anticipate future practice settings. The format for electives may include any of the following: • Additional time on a required service • Away rotations • Medical or surgical subspecialty training • Research • Family or individual counseling • Rural practice experience • Independent study of diagnostic methods, i.e., EKG interpretation, radiographic diagnosis, etc. • Opportunities available to learn Flexible Sigmoidoscopy, Exercise Treadmill, and other procedures.
