In addition to the responsibilities described as part of Year 2, residents coordinate the daily morning conference. Residents also attend research conference each week and direct the family practice center's warfarin management program. Call is every 5 th to 6 th night. Residents see their patients in the Family Practice Center 3 to 4 half-days throughout the year. One half-block working with family practice faculty in maternity care of family practice patients.
Residents continue to follow their own pregnant patients throughout the year.
One block in a variety of experiences designed to teach the resident the full spectrum of geriatric care. Residents will attend the Geriatric Assessment Center, consult on a geropsychiatric service, spend time with a hospice nurse and at an adult day care, round at a subacute facility and see patients at a community senior center. Supervision is provided by family practice faculty certified in geriatrics. Residents receive training in various medical and surgical specialties using a combination of short block experiences intermingled with longitudinal experiences. One block at a large children's hospital in inner city Philadelphia.