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 Curriculum - First Year |
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| The first year provides incoming residents with a solid introduction to the breadth and diversity of family medicine. A series of inpatient rotations at UPMC St. Margaret (internal medicine, surgery, and emergency medicine) are blended with outpatient experiences in community medicine, school health, ambulatory surgery, and two months of outpatient pediatrics. In-hospital rotations involve a floor team comprised of a senior and first year resident along with attending faculty and often medical students. Residents also spend one or two half-day sessions per week at one of our Family Health Centers. An AOA accredited residency in Osteopathic Medicine is also available for Osteopathic students interested in family medicine.
| FIRST YEAR | | Obstetrics | Family Health Center/
School Health | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | Inpatient Teaching Service | Inpatient Teaching Service | Inpatient FHC Service | | Ambulatory Pediatics | Pediatric ER | Outpatient Family Medicine | Inpatient Surgery | Emergency Department | Night Float |
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| Contact Information | Michele Hilty
412-784-4227
hiltyml@upmc.edu
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| Curriculum - Second Year |
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To further emphasize outpatient medicine, a greater variety of experiences becomes available in the second year. In addition to outpatient rotations in women’s health, sports medicine, and cardiology, there are two blocks of elective time. Time in the Family Health Centers also expands, with an average of three to four sessions per week. While night call responsibilities decline, teaching duties to first year residents and medical students increase.
| SECOND YEAR | | Obstetrics | Women's Health | Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | Sports Medicine | Cardiology | Inpatient Pediatics | Pediatric ER/
Senior Night Float | Impatient Teaching Service | Family Health Center | Medical Management | Local Elective | Elective |
LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCES:
Family Health Center 3 or 4 sessions/week
Daily Behavioral Sciences
Community Health Project
Nursing Home and Home Visit Program
Direct observation/videotaping with faculty advisor/mentor
OTHER SECOND YEAR EXPERIENCES:
PALS
ALSO
ATLS/NALS (optional)
Second-Year Retreat
Optional OB Track
Merit Seminar
Family Practice Refresher Course
School Sports Physicals
Optional Private Practice Initiative (PPI)
| "UPMC St. Margaret combines a strong teaching faculty with great clinical experiences. St. Margaret's residents and faculty work well together in a friendly learning environment." Radha Mahale, M.D.
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| Curriculum - Third Year |
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A further shift to the outpatient arena of the Family Health Centers results in each third year resident having four to five office sessions per week. A leadership position is now present, as third year residents head up the medical teams of the most challenging hospital rotations. With two additional months of elective time, the third year allows a resident to concentrate on his or her areas of special interest and begin final preparation for medical practice. A Private Practice Initiative (PPI) for each resident provides weekly outpatient experience for each resident to further prepare them for their new role as full-time attending physicians.
| THIRD YEAR | | Opththalmology | Outpatient FHC | FHC Service | Impatient 3B Medicine | Neurology/Urology | Orthopedics | | ENT | Geriatrics | Pediatric ER/Senior Night Float | Dermatology | Elective | Teaching Selective |
LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCES:
Family Health Center 4 sessions/week
Daily Behavioral Sciences
Community Health Project
Nursing Home and Home Visit Program
OTHER THIRD YEAR EXPERIENCES:
ACLS Renewal
ATLS/NALS (optional)
Practice Management Workshop
Third-Year Retreat
Optional OB Track
School Sports Physicals
School Sex Education Program
Family Practice Refresher Course
Merit Seminar
Private Practice Initiative (PPI)
 | "UPMC St. Margaret provides a balanced mixture of basic family practice problems as well as complex clinical situations." Mary Pat Friedlander
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