Average fifteen patients on service. Emory University, Grady Memorial, Atlanta VAMC, Crawford Long Emory and Crawford patients are predominantly tertiary referral from throughout the southeast. Clinic is attended one-half day per week, regardless of the primary hospital assignment. All patients are evaluated by the resident, and then presented to one of the general internists who staff the clinic on a full time basis. The typical resident follows about 140 patients, most of whom have initially been seen on the inpatient service Primary Care 3 Designed to prepare the resident to deliver comprehensive primary care.
Emphasis is on cost-effectiveness, preventive medicine, practical skills learning, etc.
Clinical exposure to dermatology, office gynecology, family planning, ophthalmology, ENT, flexible sigmoidoscopy, stress electrocardiography, and continuing through PGY II and III years. Selected didactic instruction will be included. The resident also has the option to pursue research opportunities.