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Family Medicine Residency Program

Year One Curriculum

Family Medicine Orientation
The orientation 2 week block provides an introduction to Family Medicine as well as establishes basic skills necessary for residency training. The following activities are some of the topics presented during this block:

 

  • BLS/ACLS/PALS
  • ALSO
  • Common problems in Family Medicine
  • OB skills
  • Computerized patient records
  • Inpatient/Outpatient call orientation
  • Team building

Clinic Exam Room
Emergency Medicine
This rotation is completed at the Emergency Department of Charleston Memorial Hospital and the Medical Center at MUSC. Full-time emergency medicine physicians are present in the Emergency Department at all times. Faculty consultation on each patient evaluated is required. Residents work shifts will rotate depending upon service needs.

Family Medicine/General Internal Medicine Inpatient
Four blocks of first year training in adult patient care is provided on our family medicine inpatient team attended by our faculty, a clinical pharmacist and supervised by an upper level family medicine resident at both the Medical Center at MUSC (1 block) and Trident Medical Center (3 blocks).
Obstetrics/Gynecology
During the first year, the experience in OB/GYN is divided between Trident Medical Center and the Medical Center at MUSC. The resident rotates with a private OB/GYN group at Trident Medical Center. In addition to ambulatory prenatal care, the resident is actively involved in the patient's active labor. Additional time is spent working with family medicine faculty and midwives as they care for patients at our downtown practice.
Pediatric Inpatient
Family medicine residents work as part of the pediatric hospital team at MUSC Children's Hospital, a nationally recognized pediatric hospital. This rotation consists of medical students, an upper level pediatric resident, a clinical pharmacist and a pediatric faculty attending. Two blocks are spent on the acute-care service working with children admitted directly from the ambulatory clinic or emergency department.
Pediatric Outpatient/ER
During this one block rotation, the first year resident works in the Pediatric Emergency Department at MUSC Children's Hospital.
Year One
First Year Residents spend one (1) 1/2 day per week in the Family Medicine Center participating in patient care.
Rotation Requirement
(5-week blocks)		 Location
Family Medicine Orientation 2 weeks (July) Univeristy Family Medicine
(Peter J. Carek, MD)
Emergency Medicine* 1 block MUH/Charleston Memorial Hospital
(Sam Kini, MD)
Internal Medicine (including ICU)


4 blocks



 Family Medicine Inpatient Service-MUH
and
Family Medicine Inpatient Services-Trident Medical Center
Obstetrics/Gynecology* 2 blocks Medical University Hospital
Trident Medical Center(Ann Rodden, MD)
Pediatric Inpatient 2 blocks MUSC Children's Hospital
Pediatric Outpatient/ER* 1 block MUSC Children's Hospital
*resident vacations allowed during these blocks
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