Family Medicine Residency Curriculum*

First Year:

  
Intensive Care Unit 1 block
Cardiology – Outpatient and Consult Service 1 block
Pediatrics 2 blocks
Pediatric Night Float 1 block, divided into 2 weeks
Gyn 1 block
Family Medicine Service 3 blocks
Family Medicine Center/Community 1 block
Emergency Trauma Center 1 block
Surgery 1 block
Geriatrics 1 block
Family Medicine Center Office Hours:
One half day per week		  
(two to three half days per week during
Family Medicine Center and Geriatrics rotations.)		  

Second Year:

  
Outpatient Cardiology 1 block
Pediatrics
(function as supervising resident)		 1 block
Pediatric and FM Night Float 1 1/2 blocks, divided into 2 weeks
Obstetrics 2 blocks
Emergency Trauma Center 1/2  block
ENT/Urology 1 block
Orthopaedics 1 block
Family Medicine Service 2 blocks
Family Medicine Center/Community/STD 1 block
Geriatrics 1 block+ longitudinal
Psychiatry 1 block
Longitudinal Elective:
One half day per week, nine months of the year		  
Family Medicine Center Office Hours:
three half days per week		  

Third Year:

  
Colo/Rectal 1 block
Family Medicine Service
(function as supervising resident)		 2o blocks
Pediatrics
(function as supervising resident)		 1 block
Pediatric and FM Night Float 1 block, divided into 2 weeks
Neurology & Ophthalmology 1 block
Family Medicine Center/Community 1 block
Outpatient Surgery 1 block
Family Medicine Center/
Practice Management
longitudinal
Dermatology 1 block
Rheumatology/Sports Medicine 1 block
Geriatrics longitudinal
Electives 3 blocks
Longitudinal Elective:
One half day per week, nine months of the year		  
Also available within curriculum, Geriatrics tract and Sports Medicine tract.
Family Medicine Center Office Hours:
five half days per week while on outpatient rotation		  
The Geriatric Track:
The Geriatrics Track is designed to enhance the geriatrics experience of any residents that are interested in increasing their Geriatrics skills and knowledge (whether or not they are interested in pursuing a Fellowship after residency).  The track begins during internship and continues throughout residency.  The resident is paired with a faculty mentor with expertise in geriatrics and gains additional geriatric experience through longitudinal electives, elective rotations and geriatric conferences in order to increase exposure and experience in geriatrics.  The tract is designed to engage the resident in many facets of geriatric medicine including medical directorships of long-term care facilities, wound care, palliative end-of-life care and geriatric assessment as well as general care of the geriatric patient.		  
Sports Medicine Track:
All sports medicine interested residents will make their desire to go onto fellowship known at the time they decide that is the case.  If this is prior to their first day of residency they will preferentially be mentees with Dr. Chrusch.
Sports medicine interested first years will be
  • challenged to find interesting cases to submit for presentation at the National American Medical Society for Sports Medicine meeting.  
  • encouraged to attend the National AMSSM meeting even if no case was accepted.  
  • allowed to attend Jenkintown and Abington football game if interest is present.
  • expected to attend intermittent Wednesday morning sports medicine case conferences as much as their schedule allows.
  • offered the chance to cover the Abington multi-school cross country event early in the year.  
  • offered the chance to cover the Philadelphia Triathalon and the Keystone State Games.  
  • asked to help with mass pre-participation physical exams for Jenkintown School District.
Sports medicine interested second years will be
  • challenged to find interesting cases to submit for presentation at the National American Medical Society for Sports Medicine meeting.  
  • encouraged to attend the National AMSSM meeting even if no case was accepted.  
  • covering Jenkintown and Abington football games. A preference will be given to those expressing a sports medicine interest.  They will be paid 100 dollars a game.  
  • offered volunteer shadowing at football games.
  • provided with networking opportunities with fellowship directors.
  • offered  the chance to cover the Abington multi-school cross country event early in the year.  
  • offered the chance to cover the Philadelphia Triathalon and the Keystone State Games. 
  • offered Orthopedic longitudinal electives if interest is present.  
  • asked to help with the mass pre-participation physical exams at Jenkintown
  • asked attend the Side line coverage lecture series provided at AFM.
  • asked to review the AMSSM fellowship application presentation:
    http://www.amssm.org/MemberFiles/AMSSMResidentPresentation2009.pdf
Sports medicine interested third years will be
  • encouraged to schedule away electives prior to match day.
  • asked to schedule an early Mentor meeting that will focus on the application process and reviewing the resident’s application.
  • strongly encouraged to provide lectures on various sports medicine topics.
  • running Wednesday morning case conference once a month with Dr. Chrusch.
  • organizing football coverage for Jenkintown and Abington School Districts.  
  • attending the side line coverage lecture series provided at AFM.  
  • providing coverage for Jenkintown and Abington football games.  They will be paid 100 dollars a game.  Preference will be given to residents expressing sports medicine interest.
  • offered volunteer shadowing at football games.  
  • offered opportunities for networking with fellowship directors
  • offered the chance to cover the Abington multi-school cross country event early in the year.  
  • offered the chance to cover the Philadelphia Triathalon and the Keystone State Games
*Revised Annually