Residency Curriculum Options
Memorial residents
have four curricular options:- Traditional, Rural, Health
Service Management, and Sports Medicine Focus. Each option
provides the resident with a strong base in the core areas
of the family medicine while allowing the resident to pursue
training more relevant to his or her intended carrier. Note
: A block rotation is 4 weeks.
Traditional
Curriculum
The traditional curriculum, our most popular, is designed to prepare the resident for the challenges of practice in a variety of settings. The key to excellent resident education is direct patient management. Our philosophy is to allow residents to manage patients under the guidance of experienced physicians. The core clinical rotations of adult medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics will provide plentiful and varied experience such that our graduates are very comfortable managing the most challenging patients.
Longitudinal experiences in the first year include
continuity clinic two half days a week on most rotations
in the E. Blair Warner Family Medicine Center, a geriatrics
nursing home experience, critical care, behavioral science,
practice management, and noon conferences daily Monday through
Friday.
Longitudinal experiences in the second year include continuity
clinic 3 half days a week on most rotations in the E. Blair
Warner Family Medicine Center, a geriatrics nursing home
experience, critical care, behavioral science, sports medicine,
practice management, and noon conferences daily Monday through
Friday. A wide variety of additional opportunities are available
such as training room experiences at local schools and community
outreach.
Longitudinal
components of curriculum
Behavioral
Science / Noon Conference
/ Procedures
Longitudinal experiences in the third year include continuity
clinic 4 half days a week on most rotations in the E. Blair
Warner Family Medicine Center, a geriatrics nursing home
experience, behavioral science, sports medicine, practice
management, and noon conferences daily Monday through Friday.
A wide variety of additional opportunities are available
such as training room experiences at local schools and community
outreach.
* Whichever of the two rotations not done the first year will be done second year
*Adult inpatient
medicine, pulmonary, cardiology, pediatric in-patient service,
and care of your continuity patients as inpatients all contribute
to a longitudinal critical care experience.
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Rural
Curriculum
Memorial has a
rural focus curriculum that any resident who matches in
the program may elect to take. This curriculum is intended
for residents who know early in their training that they
want to practice in a rural setting. One block in each of
the three years is spent at a rural site. Years two and
three allow the resident to select a site remote from the
South Bend area. Many residents use this as an opportunity
to work at a site in the region of the country where they
hope to practice in the future. Modifications of the traditional
curriculum to accommodate the three blocks of the rural
rotations include moving one block of orthopedics from the
first year to the third year and limiting other third year
electives to three blocks.
Longitudinal
components of curriculum
Behavioral
Science / Noon Conference
/ Procedures
* Whichever of the two rotations not done the first year will be done second year
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Health
Services Management Curriculum
This innovative
four year curriculum not only prepares residents for a career
in the practice of family medicine, but for a leadership
role in health care administration and policy-making. The
resident spends six and one-half blocks spread over years
two through four, with the administrative and management
team of Memorial Hospital and Health System rotating through
departments concerned with finances, quality, information
systems, corporate compliance, and much more. In addition,
residents in this curriculum usually spend one evening a
week during the academic year taking classes at Indiana
University South Bend to fulfill the requirements for a
Masters Degree in Public Affairs with a concentration in
Health Services Management. Courses in the curriculum include
emphasis on public management, health information systems,
the impact of legislation and tort law on health care delivery
and health planning as well as many other areas. This curriculum
is available to a limited number of residents.
Longitudinal
components of curriculum
Behavioral
Science / Noon Conference
/ Procedures
* Whichever of
the two rotations not done the first year will be done second
year
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Sports
Medicine Focus Curriculum
Beginning in the PGY-1 curriculum there will be longitudinal components including high school training room and event coverage, preparticipation exams, research, and local, national, and international special events.
Longitudinal
components of curriculum
Behavioral
Science / Noon Conference
/ Procedures
* Whichever of
the two rotations not done the first year will be done second
year
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Elective
Possibilities
The traditional curriculum has a total of 5.5 blocks of
electives. The rural curriculum has 3 blocks of electives.
The HSM Curriculum has 6.5 blocks of electives. The Sports
Medicine Focus Curriculum has 4 blocks of electives. Note:
Each block is 4 weeks long.
