Residency Program
Curricula
Area - Ambulatory Medicine - Rural/Community
Medicine
Area:
Community Medicine-Oak Ridge
Location:
Summit
Medical Group of Oak Ridge
801
Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak
Ridge , TN
Faculty:
- Michael
Henderson, MD
- Robert
Casey, MD
- James
Giles, MD
- Alex
Alexander, MD
- Jennifer
Lay Best, MD
Staff
Contact:
- Becky
- Phone:
(865) 483-3172
Schedule:
- Monday
– Friday, typically 8 AM until 5 PM
- The
resident is excused to attend their ambulatory clinic.
Goals
and Objectives:
This
rotation will augment the ambulatory experience by immersion in
a community private practice. The resident will see first hand how
this practice is integrated in the community, evaluate and make
initial treatment decisions for a diverse patient population and
learn the importance of excellent communication skills between primary
care providers and specialty consultants as well as insurers and
ancillary service providers. The resident will have the opportunity
to interact with office and billing managers, see how an office
laboratory operates and learn the basic operations of scheduling
patients and handling telephone calls appropriately. The resident
will be expected to present a professional appearance and demeanor.
The
resident will evaluate and initiate treatment for a wide variety
of problems which are commonly encountered in an ambulatory primary
care practice.
References,
Suggested Readings : Rose, BD (Ed); Up-To-Date, Wellesley , MA ,
2007. Available through Preston Medical Library. The following topics
are suggested:
- Overview
of hypertension in adults
- Clinical
Practice Guidelines
- Acute
sinusitis and rhinosinusitis in adults
- AGA
Guidelines to Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Evaluation
and treatment of insomnia
- Insect
stings
- The
difficult patient
Evaluation:
Each resident will be informally and continually evaluated based
on interactions with faculty during the course of the rotation.
A summative evaluation will be completed by Dr. Henderson via New
Innovations at the end of the rotation.
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