The Department of Family Medicine
Curriculum
Each year is broken up into 13 blocks, each block is 4 weeks
First-Year Requirements
UFP Clinic Time: 1-2 half days per week based on rotations.
- Family Medicine (1 ambulatory, 2 in-patient) - 3 blocks
- OB/GYN (2 labor & delivery, 1 gynecology) - 3 blocks
- Pediatrics (2 ward, 1 newborn nursery) - 3 blocks*
- MICU - 1 block
- Surgery - 1 block
- Emergency Room - 1 block
- Elective - 1 block
13 BLOCKS TOTAL
*The ward rotations are held at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Second- and Third-Year Requirements
UFP Clinic Time: Average of 4-1/2 days per week based on rotations
PGY-2 and PGY-3 Family Medicine In-Patient Service - 6 blocks
- UFP Clinic - 2 blocks
- Pediatrics (ambulatory) - 2 blocks
- Orthopedics (out-patient) - 2 blocks
- 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 - 1 block
- Dermatology - 1/2 block
- ENT - 1/2 block
- Neurology - 1/2 block
- Occupational and Community Medicine - 1/2 block
- Ophthalmology - 1/2 block
- Urology - 1/2 block
- Elective - 4 blocks
26 BLOCKS TOTAL
(Longitudinal - PGY-2 and PGY-3 FM Practice Management)
Electives
Any required rotation may be repeated as an elective, or an elective rotation unique to the resident may be created following a discussion with the Program Director.
- Allergy
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology (Out-patient)
- Community Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine Preceptorship (PGY-3)
- Infectious Disease
- Intensive Care Nursery
- International Medicine
- 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
Didactics
Didactics are held daily every afternoon from 12pm to 1pm. Noon didactics cover a broad range of material over the course of the year. Lunch is provided at all noon didactics. At least once a month, skill labs are held to practice procedure. Grand Rounds are held monthly and residents or faculty present their own research or specific topics are discussed. Residents are given opportunities to attend other Grand Rounds held by other residency/fellowship programs. Morning report is held by the inpatient team each day.
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