Primary care doctor-patient relationship, preventive care and patient education are emphasized. The ability to practice in an HMO setting provides the resident with an opportunity to learn efficiency and economy in the outpatient setting along with the business and economics of medical practice. The attending staff of board certified general internists is committed to providing high quality patient care and teaching. There is an excellent attending to resident ratio, which promotes timely feedback, discussion and review of cases. Approximately 20 referral subspecialty clinics are available to assist in patient evaluation and management.
Residents interface with certified nurse practitioners.
The clinic enjoys on site ancillary support from the nutritional and social services departments. Under the guidance of an attending physician, the resident is afforded the opportunity to develop competency in pelvic examinations, joint aspiration and injection, flexible sigmoidoscopy and minor skin procedures. Additional ambulatory training is an integral part of the ambulatory selectives in dermatology, medical ophthalmology, otorhinolarynology, physical medicine and rehabilitation and office orthopedics. Residents also evaluate outpatients on the subspecialty rotations and in several general internists' offices affiliated with the hospital.