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Southwest Regional Campus: Residency

Residency Program Curriculum

First Year of Residency

Course of StudyLength
Orientation1 Month
Inpatient Family Medicine3 Months
Pediatrics1 Months
Obstetrics2 Months
Night Float/Clinic3 Months
Cardiology1 Month
Surgery1 Month

First year residents will also serve one half day per week in clinic seeing 4-6 patients per clinic

Second Year of Residency

Course of StudyLength
Critical Care1 Month
Emergency Medicine1 Month
Management of Healthcare Systems1 Month
Neurology1 Month
Diagnostic Imaging1 Month
Pediatrics1 Months
Ortho/Sports Medicine1 Month
Night Float/Clinic2 Months
Neonatology1 Month
Inpatient Family Medicine2 Months

Second year residents serve three half days per week in clinic seeing 6-8 patients per clinic.

Third Year of Residency

Course of StudyLength
Inpatient Family Medicine2 Months
Psychiatry1 Month
Ophthalmology/ENT1 Month
Community Oriented Primary Care1 Month
Pediatrics1 Month
Management of Healthcare Systems1 Month
Wound Care1 Month
Electives (3)3 Months
Night Float/Clinic1 Month

Third-year residents serve four half days per week in clinic seeing eight to twelve patients per clinic.