Residency Program
Curriculum (.pdf available)
First Year Resident Requirements:
UFP Clinic Time: 1-2 ½ days per week based on rotations.
3 blocks* Family Medicine (1 ambulatory, 2 in-patient)
3 blocks OB/GYN (2 labor & delivery, 1 gynecology)
3 blocks Pediatrics (2 ward, 1 newborn nursery)
1 block MICU
1 block Surgery
1 block Emergency Room
1 block **Elective
13 BLOCKS TOTAL
Second and Third Year Resident Requirements:
UFP Clinic Time: Average of 4 1/2 days per week based on rotations
6 blocks PGY 2 & PGY 3 Family Medicine In-patient Service
1 block Rural Family Medicine
2 blocks UFP Clinic
2 blocks Pediatrics (ambulatory)
2 blocks Orthopedics (out-patient)
1 block Surgery (general out-patient)
1 block Cardiology (in-patient)
1 block Gastroenterology
1 block Emergency Room
1 block Procedures
1 block Psychiatry
1 Block Rural Family Medicine
½ block Dermatology
½ block ENT
½ block Neurology
½ block Occupational and Community Medicine
½ block Ophthalmology
½ block Urology
4 block **Elective
26 BLOCKS TOTAL
(Longitudinal - PGY 2 & PGY 3 FM Practice Management)
Electives*
Allergy
Anesthesiology
Cardiology (Out-patient)
Community Medicine
Endocrinology
Family Medicine Preceptorship (PGY-3)
Infectious Disease
Intensive Care Nursery
Nephrology
OB/GYN (Advanced)
Occupational Medicine
Oncology
Oral Surgery
Pediatrics (out-patient)
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Public Health Clinic
Pulmonology
Radiology
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine
5 BLOCKS TOTAL
*Block = 4 weeks
**In addition, any required rotation may be repeated as an elective, or an elective rotation unique to the resident may be created following discussion with the Program Director
Sample Block Schedules
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
University Family Physicians
UT Graduate School of Medicine
UT Medical Center
1924 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999
(865) 305-9350
Academic Inquiries:
(865) 305-9352