Medical Students

The Department of Family Medicine contributes to every phase of medical student training. We direct and teach courses within the Doctoring Curriculum, and work to help improve students' interview and physical examination skills in the first year of medical school. In the students' second year, we help them learn to interpret clinical evidence and research-based Evidence. We direct the 6-week-long Family Medicine Rural Clerkship required in the third year. And faculty members contribute to fourth year electives, in addition to offering an Acting Internship in Family Medicine.

On-line resources for medical students enrolled in MUSC and the Department of Family Medicine are available.

Transitional Year Program

Our Transitional Year Program is unique in that in combines many qualities not found at other transitional year programs. Our community-based, university-affiliated program allows for residents to train at a community hospital while continuing to be educated by university based faculty and with the resources of a major academic medical center behind them. The combination of family medicine and radiology allows our residents to experience both primary care and a specialty discipline during their year of training.

Residency Program

Our Residency Program is a unique educational partnership between an outstanding community hospital and a modem academic medical center. The residency program has graduated over 370 family physicians and we currently recruit for 36 positions. Our graduates have excelled in both private and academic practice. Trident Medical Center, a nationally recognized community hospital, serves as the primary site for resident education. Additionally, Trident Medical Center serves as the sponsoring institution for the program. This location and partnership with MUSC provides us with many of the unique educational opportunities associated with a community medical center while maintaining the benefits of a university affiliation.

Clinical Pharmacy Program

The Medical University Medical Center and College of Pharmacy in cooperation with the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina sponsor and conduct the Residency in Primary Care Program. This is a 12-month ASHP-accredited program with an emphasis in Family Medicine. The Family Medicine Center is an interdisciplinary health care training site for Family Medicine Residents, medical students, Doctor of Pharmacy Residents and candidates, and undergraduate pharmacy students. The Department of Family Medicine is responsible for its own in-patient service and the hospital is within easy walking distance of the Family Medicine Center. The clinical pharmacy program participates in this responsibility in a clinical and educational role. The patient population consists of over 12,500 families who are representative of Charleston County in their demographic characteristics. The Family Medicine Center has approximately 2,800 patient visits per month. The problems seen in the practice are representative of those usually seen in a community setting.