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A modern state of the art facility, experienced faculty, small groups and personal attention within a large full functioning medical center make this dually accredited ACGME-and AOA-accredited St. Joseph’s-Mount Sinai Family Medicine Residency a unique program. The program’s curriculum is seamlessly integrated allowing osteopathic physicians to fulfill the AOA-required internship while simultaneously fulfilling requirements for both the ACGME and AOA family medicine boards. Centered on core lectures, the diverse and innovative curriculum is offered on two 18-month cycles, including departmental and institutional grand rounds, morning conferences, and the lectures given during our weekly morning academic session. Applicants must be highly qualified, energetic, hard working and dedicated to becoming the best doctors they can be through hard work and learning with the support of a team of caring, experienced faculty. Graduates leave with the confidence and ability to succeed anywhere they choose, at anything they choose. Rotations First year consists of 12 one-month blocks as follows: One block of Family Medicine Two blocks of Internal Medicine One block of MICU One block of Surgery One block of Pediatrics One block of Newborn Nursery One block of Obstetrics One block of Gynecology One block of Emergency Medicine One block of Elective One block of Vacation Second year consists of rotations as follows: One month of Family Medicine One month of Orthopedics One month of Sports Medicine One month of Outpatient Surgery One month of CCU One month of Pediatric Neurodevelopment One month of Emergency Medicine One month of Obstetrics One month of Gynecology Two weeks of Dermatology Two weeks of Pediatric Emergency Medicine One month of Elective Two 2-week blocks of Vacation Third year consists of rotations as follows: Two months of Family Medicine One month of Pediatric Subspecialty One month of Geriatrics One month of Emergency Medicine Two weeks of Urology Two weeks of Community Medicine Two weeks of Practice Management Two weeks of ENT Two weeks of Ophthalmology Two weeks of Infectious Disease Two weeks of Gastroenterology Two weeks of Cardiology Two months of Elective Two 2-week blocks of Vacation During all three years residents will have continuity clinic in the Family Medicine department, consisting of one half day session per week during first year, two sessions during second year and three sessions during third year. In addition, every Wednesday morning is dedicated academic time during which residents are excused from their rotations in order to be present in the Family Medicine Department for a series of lectures and conferences. During the third year, residents go to the Obstetrics clinic for one half-day session per week for their Continuity Obstetrics experience. Research We believe that the discipline of family medicine is enhanced by research about family medicine. Conducting and presenting original research relevant to the broad scope of family medicine is a program requirement. There is an ongoing curriculum that covers the practical “how to’s” of research for reviewing literature, developing an hypothesis, selecting a design and methodology, using biostatistical techniques, and writing and presenting final projects. Beginning with a 14 lecture series by our Director of Research, the Hospital’s Research Committee provides available expertise to each resident researcher. Most studies are clinical investigations in an area of resident interest. Fellowships Unfortunately, departmentally sponsored fellowships are not offered at this time. Our graduates are highly competitive and have completed fellowships in all of the offerings available to board-eligible family physicians. Over the past five years, our residents have tended to concentrate in geriatrics and sports medicine. Job Opportunities, Job Placement, Life After Residency: Our Alumni Report The field of family medicine is burgeoning with greater and greater opportunities as the discipline spearheads the effort to meet the primary care needs of the nation. Family physicians practice in every conceivable setting from the local solo office to the National Institutes of Health. Demand has outpaced supply for the past ten years and all indications are that this trend will continue. It is an exhilarating and innovative time for the family physician. Many of our graduates enter clinical practice, either starting practices of their own or joining those already established. The patient populations served range from the most economically prosperous to the most economically deprived. Whatever the area of practice, whatever the subspecialty of training, whatever the patient population served, the most consistent finding in all our alumni surveys conducted since the inception of the program has been our graduates affirmation that they have been extraordinarily well prepared for the work they have chosen to do. Perhaps above all other aspects of the program, this feedback both confirms our program’s educational strengths and challenges our faculty to ensure that all our future graduates will report back to us with the same enthusiasm, gratitude, and warm regard. Links American Academy of Family Physicians American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians American Medical Association American Osteopathic Association Net Family Medicine Interest Group Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Society of New Jersey Mount Sinai School of Medicine Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN) St. George’s University School of Medicine St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Society of Teachers of Family Medicine |
