Four physician faculty and a geriatric nurse practitioner teach residents special techniques required to care for the elderly. The experience incorporates ambulatory, inpatient, home and nursing home care. The curriculum in health promotion integrates into family medicine training such topics as health risk appraisal, health education, nutrition, fitness and exercise prescriptions, stress management, environmental health, occupational and school health. We also offer electives in these areas. Community Medicine Theory and practical experience of the integration between family physicians and the communities they work with are taught in this one month rotation.
Residents identify a community, make a community diagnosis, and develop an intervention.
Electives A full range of elective offerings is available. Conferences The Rose Residency has weekly conferences addressing problems frequently seen in family practice. An 18 month schedule covers core topics, which are primarily ambulatory and taught by family physicians. Daily ambulatory conferences occur prior to resident continuity clinics and are frequently led by residents. Residents also have the opportunity to attend conferences when assigned to specialty rotations.