First Year
First-year residents spend much of the year rotating through different services of the hospital and clinics with residents spending one to two sessions a week in the Family Medicine Residency Clinic.
Orientation: Begins mid-June and lasts for two weeks.
Year One Schedule (July 1):
| Rotation |
| Introduction to Family Medicine – 4 weeks (split month) |
| Radiology – 2 weeks / Family Medicine Residency Clinic – 2 weeks (split month) |
| Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks |
| General Surgery – 4 weeks |
| Inpatient Teaching Service (3 blocks) – 12 weeks |
| Intensive Critical Care – 4 weeks |
| Obstetrics Newborn – 4 weeks |
| Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine – 2 weeks / Otorhinolaryngology – 2 weeks (split month) |
| Pediatrics Inpatient – 4 weeks |
| Pediatrics Outpatient – 4 weeks |
| Psychiatry Behavioral Health – 4 weeks |
| Geriatrics – 1 week, quarterly |
| Continuity Clinic – 14 weeks |
Second Year
During the second year there is an increasing focus on ambulatory care, with residents spending two to four sessions a week in the Family Medicine Residency Clinic.
Residents also serve as supervisory residents on the inpatient teaching service.
Year Two Schedule (July 1):
| Rotation |
| Introduction to Family Medicine – 4 weeks (split month) |
| Cardiology – 4 weeks |
| Elective – 8 weeks |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks |
| Inpatient Teaching Service – 8 weeks |
| Obstetrics Newborn – 4 weeks |
| Orthopedics Sports Medicine – 4 weeks |
| Pediatrics Outpatient – 4 weeks |
| Pediatrics Inpatient – 4 weeks |
| Family Medicine Residency Clinic – 2 weeks / Night Float – 2 weeks |
| Community Medicine – 4 weeks |
| Geriatrics – 1 week, quarterly |
| Continuity Clinic – 16 weeks |
Third Year
The third-year curriculum is almost entirely focused on ambulatory care. Residents spend two to four sessions a week in the Family Medicine Residency Clinic. Residents spend more time in a leadership role with clinic teams.
Year Three Schedule (July 1):
| Rotation |
| Introduction to Family Medicine – 4 weeks (split month) |
| Elective – 16 weeks |
| Family Medicine Residency Clinic – 2 weeks / Night Float – 2 weeks |
| Geriatrics – 1 week, quarterly |
| Gynecology - 4 weeks |
| Inpatient Teaching Service - 4 weeks |
| Ophthalmology – 2 weeks / Urology – 2 weeks (split month) |
| Orthopedics Sports Medicine 4 weeks |
| Emergency Medicine - 4 weeks |
| Dermatology – 2 weeks / Night Float – 2 weeks |
| Practice Management – 4 weeks |
| Continuity Clinic – 16 weeks |
Specialty Tracks:
Sports Medicine Track Curriculum:
- Provides residents with the skills and knowledge needed to become competent and proficient when caring for musculoskeletal injuries in their practice
- Offers experience with procedures such as casting and splinting, joint injections, exercise stress testing and athletic team coverage
- Prepares residents for a future sports medicine fellowship position
- Incorporates American Medical Society for Sports Medicine U.S. curriculum, athletic event coverage, University Hospital’s (Cleveland, Ohio) concussion protocol
- Priority fracture call for sports track residents
- Provides casting CME credit
Emergency Medicine Track Curriculum
- Utilizes the Foundations in Emergency Medicine curriculum adopted by many emergency medicine (EM) residencies across the nation. While the education and curriculum does not replace training at an EM residency, this resource is provided along with supplemental EM rotations, EM shifts and EM didactics in order to train EM track residents to be proficient as a rural EM physicians and to be well prepared for an EM fellowship
- Requires Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) - covered with second year educational expenses
- Presents a pipeline to moonlighting
Hospitalist Medicine Track Curriculum
- Self-study curriculum using Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
- Yearly hospital medicine procedural training (one weekend)
- Intubations, central venous catheter (CVC), thoracentesis, paracentesis, etc.
- Procedural training goals
- Dedicated daily inpatient rounds starting in second year
- Capped at two patients
- Electives for internal medicine at Norman Regional, OSU, St. Anthony’s in Tulsa
- Emphasis on Osteopathic Manipulation Medicine (OMM), if interested
- Ample opportunities for Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment (OMT)
- Emphasis on obstetrics and women’s health available
- Curriculum tailored to resident goal and can be very comprehensive
Comprehensive Didactics, Journal Club, Book Club (FP Essentials + First Aid for Family Medicine)
- Harvard TEECH Program Grant
- Extensive procedural training through National Procedure Institute including point of care ultrasound (POCUS), hospitalist procedures, outpatient clinic procedures
- Opportunities for ATLS and difficult airway course
- State-of-the-art, multi-context simulation lab on-site for emergency medicine, ambulatory medicine, hospitalist medicine skills training in real time with feedback from a supportive team
Didactics:
- Diverse lecture topics and guest speakers
- Monthly resident council
- Monthly Balint group
- Monthly half day of administrative time for residents
- Annual suture workshop
- Annual anesthesia workshop
Longitudinal Experiences:
Family Medicine Residency Clinic, including but not limited to nursing home and home visits.
Away elective:
A one-block away elective may be granted to residents in good academic standing at the discretion of the program director. Residents will be responsible for any costs associated with travel and housing for an away elective.
Electives may also include any additional experience on the core rotations as desired in preparation for future practice.
Moonlighting:
Moonlighting is encouraged, but not required, during the second and third years of training. Moonlighting must be approved by the program director.