Curriculum Overview

The Memorial Family Medicine curriculum is based on American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Core Educational Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents and meets current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program requirements. These documents are available in full through the Residency Coordinator's office or at the above organizations' web sites
(AAFP.org and ACGME.org, respectively).
All residents and faculty have input into the curriculum, which will provide the skills and training needed for family physicians of the future.

FMS (7 AM - 6 PM - 6 days a week) - PGY1 and PGY2 typically manage about 6-8 patients and learn to treat common conditions requiring hospital admission. PGY3 will lead the team and oversee all the team’s patients.

OB (6 AM - 6 PM - 6 days a week) - PGY1 will round on postpartum patients and manage the labor and delivery unit along with the OB resident intern. PGY2 will round on more complex OB admission patients and be responsible for OB triage.

Night Float (5:30 PM - 8:30 AM - Monday - Friday) - PGY1 and PGY3 will be paired up together and admit patients to our inpatient and nursery service overnight. They will manage currently admitted patients overnight and respond to codes. In the morning, they will present these patients to the inpatient attending. They will complete two blocks of 10 shifts each.

Nursery (7 AM - 5:30 PM Sunday - Friday) - PGY1 resident will manage our inpatient nursery service, currently consisting of up to 6 newborns. They will learn the comprehensive newborn exam, manage routine newborn care after delivery, and perform circumcisions as needed.