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. Supervision is by pediatric emergency medicine faculty. Opportunities for the initial evaluation of sick children and procedural training abound.
Residents work in shifts throughout their block and take no call.
Teams of residents are organized to focus on particular needs within the community - mentoring of children, health education, community liaison, and elderly home visits. Residents work with community leaders, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, educators, and family medicine fellows and attendings to assess, intervene, and evaluate the health of this community. Curricular time is spread throughout the second and third years with 10 dedicated half-days for site visits and monthly sessions with family medicine faculty expert in community oriented primary care. The family medicine center provides care to all ages and has school health contracts with several of the arts and music colleges within the area. A large part of the training in adolescent health occurs at a homeless shelter for adolescents where a team of residents, medical students and a family medicine attending provide care on a weekly basis.