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Ambulatory
Training
All Internal
Medicine residents participate in an expanded and enhanced ambulatory care
educational experience. The program is designed to equip residents with the
knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality primary care. The core of the ambulatory care
experience is in the continuity clinic located in the O'Toole Building directly
across the street from the hospital.
Each medical resident follows a panel of patients throughout his/her
three years of residency and functions as the primary care physician for these
patients. Residents have the opportunity to refer patients seen by them in the
hospital, emergency room or subspecialty clinics to their continuity
clinic. The General Medical Clinic
is structured to provide comprehensive primary care to patients. In order to ensure access for patients,
the clinic is opened on selected evenings in addition to morning and afternoon
sessions. A 24-hour answering service is in place for the patients who receive
their care in the General Medical Clinic.
A comprehensive educational program is provided in
the General Medical Clinic. All
residents attend an ambulatory care seminar at the start of their afternoon
continuity session. The seminars consist of a two-year core curriculum in
medical problems commonly encountered in a primary care practice. Residents
generally see one new patient and four follow-up patients per session, with
variation in accord with seniority. Residents are supervised by a consistent
group of attending physicians from the Section of General Internal Medicine for
all patient encounters.
Ambulatory Block Schedule
Monday |
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8:00 - 12
noon
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
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1:15 - 5:15
pm
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Elective |
Tuesday |
|
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9:00 - 12
noon
|
Elective |
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1:15 - 1:45
pm
|
Clinic
Conference |
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2:00 - 5:15
pm
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
|
5:15 - 8:00
pm
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
Wednesday |
|
|
8:00 - 12
noon
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
|
1:15 - 5:15
pm
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
Thursday |
|
|
9:00 - 12
noon
|
Elective |
|
1:15 - 5:15
pm
|
Elective
|
|
5:15 - 8:00
pm
|
Medical
Continuity Clinic |
Friday |
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7:30 - 8:30
am
|
Medical
Grand Rounds |
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10:00 -
11:00 am |
Journal
Club |
|
11:00 - 12
noon |
Ambulatory
Lecture |
|
1:15 - 5:15 pm |
Medical Continuity
Clinic |
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