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Nutrition
Geriatrics
Gastroenterology
Sports Medicine

Overview of the Curriculum

Our curriculum is designed to provide the knowledge and experience that our residents need to develop into competent and caring family physicians.

First Year Curriculum

We integrate rotations, longitudinal patient care and didactic teaching experiences, conferences, and seminars to provide a firm foundation in all areas of family medicine. The first year provides in-hospital training with one or two half days per week spent seeing patients in the family practice center. Night float covers all call during the week. Our Community-Oriented Family Family Medicine I rotation combines an introduction to office medicine with community medicine and behavioral medicine. 

bulletOB/Newborn                                      
bulletSurgery                         
bulletPediatrics                                
bulletFamily Medicine Teaching Service 
bullet Family Medicine teaching/Critical care
bulletEmergency Medicine       
bullet Community-Oriented Family Medicine Elective   
bulletNight float family medicine team
2 months
1 months
2 months
2 months
1 month
1 month
1 month
2 months

Osteopathic internship details

bulletAccreditation, OMT, and practice climate
bulletAnnual OMT Day
bulletTraditional rotating osteopathic interns take many of the same rotations with flexibility of electives consistent with their interests

Second Year Curriculum

The second and third years continue to provide inpatient training but there is increasing emphasis on ambulatory rotations. The second year resident sees patients in the family medicine center two to three half days per week and the third year resident sees patients in this office three to four half days per week.

Night call in the second and third years is covered by the night float system. The resident on the night float rotation is on call Sunday through Thursday night for one month (two separate 2 week stretches. He or she has no daytime responsibilities except seeing his or her family medicine center patients one half day per week and this resident has no weekend call responsibilities.

bulletFamily Medicine Teaching Service  
bulletOB/Newborn              
bulletContinuity Emergency Medicine (Night Float)/Orthopedics    
bulletPediatrics                
bulletSurgery                 
bulletPulmonary/Cardiology      
bulletGYN                              
bulletFamily Medicine/GYN emphasis (formerly OFMII)
bulletDermatology
bulletEmergency Medicine            
bulletElective
1 months
1 month
2 month
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month

Third Year Curriculum

bulletFamily Medicine Teaching Service       
bulletPediatrics       
bulletOB/Newborn
bulletRural Medicine                             
bullet Continuity Emergency Medicine (half as Night Float)
bulletENT / Ophthalmology      
bullet Community-Oriented Family Medicine/Practice Management
bulletMusculoskeletal Elective   
bulletElectives (2 weeks  of surgical/procedural)
Away electives

Maternity elective
International elective 
1 month
1 month
1 month
2 months
2 months
1 month
1 month
1 months
2 months

Electives/Curricular Elements

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Away electives

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Maternity elective

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International elective

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Sports Medicine

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Nutrition

Longitudinal Curriculum

bulletDaily conferences  
bulletTar Wars - teach 5th graders
bulletAFP Office hours 
bulletAFP Office Laboratory  
bulletPeriodic workshops
bulletPractice Based Small Group Learning
bulletGeriatrics

Workshops and Courses
These courses are all paid for by the residency and are available at Altoona Hospital.

bulletALSO Course (Advanced Life Support Obstetrics)
bulletBLS Course (Basic Life Support)
bulletACLS Course (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
bulletPALS Course (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
bulletNRP Course (Neonatal Resuscitation Program)
bulletATLS Course (Advanced Trauma Life Support)
bulletOMT Day (Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy)
bulletPractice Management (2 day course with Jack Valancy)
bulletSports Medicine Day
bulletColposcopy Course
bulletResident Retreat (OK, this isn't a course, but we do offer it once or twice a year)
bulletFirst Year Orientation

Competencies
Teaching of these competencies is woven through the whole curriculum.

bullet Medical Knowledge
bulletPatient Care
bullet Interpersonal and Communication Skills
bullet Practice-based Learning
bullet Professionalism
bullet Systems-based Practice