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Detailed Curriculum by Years
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Patient
Care
We admit children and adults from our
practice to the Medical Center at MUSC or
Trident Medical Center. Inpatients are cared
for by the family medicine services (an
attending, clinical pharmacist, resident
and interns). Clinical problems occurring
within our practice are similar to those
seen in a community setting. Recognizing
the value of this ambulatory care exposure,
residents have an increasing responsibility
for patient care. They are scheduled for
one, four and five half days in the Family
Medicine Center as first, second and third
year residents, respectively.
The median number of patients seen per
half day is four (first year), six (second
year) and eight (third year). Supervision
is always available from our family medicine
faculty. Each faculty clinician maintains
an active medical practice within the Family
Medicine Center to promote continued growth
as a physician and to serve as a role model.
Learning Clinical
Medicine
Educational noon conferences take place
on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, which
include presentations by physicians, family
medicine residents, pharmacists, nurses
and other health care professionals from
within MUSC and Trident Health System as
well as guest faculty from other institutions.
Topics presented are based on a longitudinal
conference curriculum of the most common
illnesses managed in the family medicine
setting. Each second and third year resident
presents an annual Grand Rounds. Residents
review the principles of our discipline
as applied to the health of an individual
and family for whom they care. The impact
of biomedical and psychosocial factors on
the patient's illness and how these factors
shape and affect management plans are examined. |
Morning Report
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings from
8:00-8:30 a.m. residents and faculty discuss issues
relevant to recent patient care activities, hospital
admissions and patients cared for in the Family
Practice Center. Topics frequently discussed include
EKG interpretation, women's health, sports medicine,
pharmacology, geriatrics, health promotion/disease
prevention and addiction medicine.
Noon Conferences and Committee
Meetings
Educational seminars, Journal Club and committee
meetings are conducted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Fridays during the noon hour. Additionally,
patient care activities are discussed during regularly
occurring noon group business meetings. Residents
are expected to present an annual Grand Rounds
during each of their second and third years. These
presentations occur during the Tuesday and Wednesday
noon conference time and focus on biomedical and
psychosocial factors affecting a patient's illness
or healthcare.
Family Medicine Skills Seminars
Family Medicine Skills Seminars occur every Thursday
from 3:00-5:00 p.m. During this time, topics and
issues related to the practice of Family Medicine
are reviewed and discussed. Regularly, behavioral
science, procedural skills, pharmacotherapeutic
and practice management issues are presented.
Balint Group Study
Balint groups meet every Thursday at noon for
a one-hour session. Separate groups have been
established for second and third year residents.
Balint groups study the doctor-patient relationship
in order to learn how to recognize and interpret
the clinical manifestations of the patient's emotional
state. These clinical manifestations are expressed
verbally and non-verbally and must be identified
and transformed to their psychological determinants
in order to enhance clinical reasoning, develop
plausible hypotheses and initiate sensible management
plans.
Clinical Scholars Program
Second and third year residents must participate
in scholarly activities. Scholarly activities
can be provided through the Clinical Scholars
Program. This program is designed to allow residents
protected time during their training to participate
in quality improvement and research projects.
This program has produced numerous successful
quality improvement projects, which have been
presented at national meetings. All residents
present their scholarly activity during Resident
Research Day each June. Click
here for abstracts from past years.
Other Educational Activities:
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Computers/Medical Informatics
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Preventive Services/Health
Maintenance
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Evidence-Based Medicine
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Quality Improvement
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Sports Medicine
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Environmental and Occupational
Medicine
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Primary Care Research
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Video conferencing
allows residents and faculty downtown to
participate in morning report and noon conference
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