Patient care teams are composed of residents, faculty and nurses. Access to the Texas Medical Center Library and personal computers allow residents to utilize the latest of reference materials. This well-equipped public hospital opened in July 1989, and our residents gain invaluable experience while serving a very needy community. There are five Harris County Hospital District clinics in our Division of Urban Family Medicine, which admit their patients to the Family Practice Service at LBJ . This service is staffed by the Family Practice Chief of Service, various faculty attendings and three residents for a maximum of 18 beds.
Residents are responsible for their own panel of patients from a primarily indigent community.
Family Practice faculty attendings are always available for clinical consultation. There is also an in-house pharmacy and ancillary services for patients. Residents choose Acres Home as their continuity clinic on a volunteer basis. The Aldine Community Health Center is our third resident training clinic. Similar to Acres, residents are responsible for their own panel of patients from a primarily indigent community.