Patient-centered medical home curriculum
At Community Health Network Family Medicine Residency Program, we are committed to designing a residency program of the future that will prepare you to practice in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
In July 2012, we plan to implement our innovative PCMH modular curriculum. The principles behind this curriculum are as follows:
- The majority of learning should occur in the PCMH (Family Medicine Center), starting from day one of residency.
- Family physicians are the best educators for family medicine. Specialists have a supporting role, but not the primary role in your education.
- Patients come first. You will be available in the office to care for your patients on a regular basis starting from your first week of residency.
- High yield learning experiences will be emphasized; low yield shadowing type rotations will be eliminated. We will maximize your residency experience!
- Learning will be longitudinal. Block rotations will no longer be the cornerstone of educational experiences.
- Teams play an important role in health care and in your residency training. You will participate in team-based quality improvement projects and patient care management sessions. You will work alongside your team members during your 12-week modules.
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Acute Care
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Chronic Disease
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Preventive
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Individualized
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PGY-1
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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PGY-2
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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PGY-3
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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12 weeks
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For each module, 50% of your time will be spent in the patient-centered medical home (Family Medicine Center). Content of each module is highlighted below:
- Acute care module: Adult inpatient medicine, pediatric inpatient medicine, emergency medicine, urgent care
- Chronic disease module: Team-based chronic disease management, asthma clinics, geriatrics, hypertension/CHF/lipid clinics, behavioral health team-based care management
- Preventive module: Well child care, gynecology, population management of health maintenance services, sports medicine and orthopedics
- Individualized module: Obstetrics in PGY-1 year, with opportunity to continue with obstetrics in PGY-2 and PGY-3 year for those interested in advanced obstetrics; for those interested in basic obstetrics, elective time will be the emphasis in year 2 and 3; scholarly activity