The three-year Family Practice Residency program consists of a combination of patient care and teaching. This takes place in the family practice center, at the bedside, in formal conference settings and in the community.

First Year
The primary goal of the first year is to master the fundamental aspects of hospital-based medicine through rotations in general and emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and other specialties.

Second and Third Years
During the second and third years, residents spend an increasing amount of time in the family practice center and community settings. Residents pursue areas of special interest during their elective months and may use one of those months for an away elective during their third year. Pediatric rotations for the family practice residents occur at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia during all three years of residency.

FIRST YEAR
General Internal Medicine		1 month
Inpatient Family Practice Service		2 months
Emergency Medicine		1 month
Intensive Care Unit		1 month
Cardiology		1 month
Obstetrics		2 months
General Surgery		1 month
Pediatrics (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)		2 months
Community Practice Center (no call during this rotation)		one month
Family practice center		1-2 sessions per week
SECOND YEAR
General Internal Medicine (Teaching Resident)		1 month
Inpatient Family Practice Service		1 month
Emergency Medicine		1 month
Pediatrics (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)		1 month
Otolaryngology/Ophthalmology		1 month
Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine		1 month
Dermatology/Allergy		1 month
Psychiatry		1 month
Outpatient Surgery		1 month
Gynecology		1 month
Electives		1 month
Community Medicine/Practice Management		one month
Family Practice Center		3-4 sessions per week
THIRD YEAR
Cardiology		1 month
General Internal Medicine (Teaching Resident)		1 month
Cardiology		1 month
Neurology/Endocrinology		1 month
Community Health Elective/Practice Management		1 month
Orthopaedics and Urology		1 month
Pulmonary Medicine and Gastroenterology		1 month
Rheumatology and Oncology		1 month
Pediatrics (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)		1 month
Obstetrics		1 month
Elective		2 months
Family Practice Center		4-5 sessions per week

Medical Subspecialities
The majority of specialty rotations are office preceptorship/ambulatory experience in block format. A few disciplines are taught longitudinally such as behavioral science and geriatrics. Resident education also includes participating in journal clubs and giving formal lectures during certain rotations (ie., OB/GYN, pediatrics).

 

Call Schedules
First Year: on call average of every 5th night, one month no call
Second Year: on call average of every 9th night (all home call, except CHOP rotation)
Third Year: on call average of every 9th night (all home call)

All Years: no backup call