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Curriculum

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Year One

  • Adult Medicine: 4 months
  • Inpatient Pediatrics: 2 months
  • Care of the Surgical Patient: 1 month
  • Community Medicine: 1/2 month
  • Emergency Care: 1 month
  • Human Behavior and Mental Health: 1 month
  • Maternity Care: 2 months
  • Radiology: 1/2 month

Year Two

  • Adult Medicine: 1.5 months
  • (Inpatient) Pediatrics: 1 month
  • (Outpatient) Pediatrics: 1 month
  • Critical Care/Pulmonology: 1 month
  • Family Medicine Night Float: 1 month (taken as 2 half-months)
  • Maternity Care: 1 month
  • Neurology: 1/2 month
  • Emergency Care: 1 month

Year Three

  • Adult Medicine: 1 month
  • (Outpatient) Pediatrics: 1 month
  • Family Medicine Night Float: 1 month (taken as 2 half-months)
  • Maternity Care: 1 month
  • Urgent Care: 1/2 month

Additional Requirements

For 2nd or 3rd year

  • Cardiology
  • Gynecological Care
  • Orthopaedics
  • Otolaryngology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Management of Health Systems
  • Care of the Skin and Associated Organs

Elective Rotations

  • Allergy/Immunology
  • Anesthesiology
  • NICU
  • Endocrinology
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Hospice/Palliative Care
  • Infectious Disease
  • International Medicine
  • Maternity Care
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Parental Elective
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Pulmonology
  • Rural Family Medicine
  • Sports Medicine