Family medicine attending rotate through the service and conduct teaching rounds including bedside teaching, clinical problem solving, and patient management. Emphasis is placed on the whole spectrum of care for patients as they transition from the inpatient to the outpatient setting. Call is every fourth to fifth night. Residents participate in and present at weekly conferences. One block is spent at a children's hospital emergency room doing urgent pediatric evaluations.
Supervision is provided by attendings in pediatric emergency medicine.
Opportunities for the initial evaluation of sick children and procedural training abound. One block of comprehensive ambulatory care training in orthopedics, including pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine. Second year residents will work with family practice and orthopedic attendings with practices focusing on the foot, knee, spine, hips and shoulder. Emphasis is placed on comprehensive musculoskeletal exams. This is a call-free block.