Didactics 

Our resident lectures (or as we call them--didactics) are held on Tuesday afternoons. 

The following topics are routinely reviewed: 

In our experience, we have found that there is no best method for learning certain topics. For example, our location lends itself to a strong geriatric training and as a result we developed a longitudinal and untraditional geriatrics rotation. Instead of one month of day-to-day geriatrics training, our residents will spend time at a community center for the elderly, on a skilled rehab unit and engaging in home visits. This is just one of our many examples of innovation in curricula. 

 

Point-of-Care Teaching and Mentorship 

Our pride and joy is the faculty-resident relationship. Any of our graduates will tell you that the accessibility and warmth of our faculty is unmatched in medicine. Our faculty are compassionate and honest. We feel that the best way to learn is for teachers and students to learn together. For this reason we provide a lot of one-on-one mentorship. For the first 3 months of residency we have one faculty designated as an intern-only faculty during your first months in the office. This helps breakdown walls in hierarchy and provide open lines of communication from day one. During the inpatient rotation, every Friday is "Feedback Friday". Faculty will sit one-on-one with each member of the team and review performance, provide support, praise when earned and constructive feedback. Every week during inpatient months, residents will also have a quick lesson in a pertinent topic from the faculty. Lastly, every day in the clinic we review a teaching point before we start seeing patients. Teaching can happen at any moment and we take advantage of every one we can find.