Medical Conferences are provided during lunch each day. There are also special conferences periodically that residents are encouraged to attend. The rotations during the first year of training are all required. Clinical and diagnostic skills developed during these rotations provide a foundation for residents to build on during their second and third years. The Community Medicine rotation enables the resident to participate in several varied outreach and health promotion programs offered to the community.
Call is no more frequent than every fourth night, usually no more than one weekend per month.
The second year rotations provide a more intensive experience in some of the subspecialties of medicine. Most rotations are done at Trinity Lutheran Hospital with the exception of Pediatrics which is done at Children's Mercy Hospital, less than a mile away. There are two months devoted to work in electives chosen by the residents. During the behavioral science rotation, residents work with a clinical psychologist in the Family Medicine Center. Diagnoses and counseling techniques are emphasized during this rotation.