There, supervision is provided by full-time primary care attendings, each of whom has an appointment on the Montefiore staff. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between primary and community health care. Health Care Team Experience Residents are trained to be members of health care teams that include nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, nutritionists and psychologists. Team members share the responsibility for delivering and coordinating care to families who are, themselves, part of the health team. After the first several months of training, each resident joins with another in his or her track to share responsibility for one house staff position.
Partners share responsibility for their continuity practices.
Curriculum Few residency programs offer as much training in social medicine and community health. Core rotations in Medical Spanish, Epidemiology and Community Assessment, and Understanding the Health System are expected, and a social medicine project is required. At our health centers acupuncture, shiatsu, biofeedback, and herbal therapies are offered and integrated with primary care. Electives are available to residents interested in behavioral medicine, meditation, acupressure, and other therapies derived from non-allopathic medical and healing traditions. Like many other programs, our residency training is committed to rigorous standards of clinical excellence.