Family Medicine Residency Curriculum
PGY 1
- Family Medicine 101
- Inpatient Medicine (3)
- Cardiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Gynecology
- OB
- Orthopedics
- Pediatric Inpatient at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Pediatric Outpatient
- Pulmonology
- Surgery
PGY II
- Family Health Center
- Inpatient Medicine (2)
- Dermatology
- Elective
- Elective/FMOB at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
- ICU at UPMC Hamot
- OB
- Ophthalmology/Urology
- Orthopedics
- Pediatric ER at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Pediatric Outpatient
- Physiatry/ENT
PGY III
- Inpatient Medicine (2)
- Emergency Medicine (SR)
- Community Medicine/Radiology
- Geriatrics
- Neurology
- OB
- Practice MGMT/Health Systems
- Sports Medicine/Behavioral Health
- Elective (4)
First Year
The first year provides incoming residents with solid introduction to the breadth and diversity of family medicine. It includes a series of inpatient rotations at UPMC Horizon (internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and emergency medicine), one month of inpatient pediatrics at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Call during the intern year is dependent upon the rotation. On the inpatient medicine rotation, interns take in-house call during the daytime every other weekend. The rest of the intern class alternates for the other weekends. Weekend call outside of the inpatient rotation is 1 in 6 weekends. During the OB month, interns may take call up to once a week. Call can be assigned during inpatient pediatrics at times.
Residents also spend one half-day session, per week, in the Family Medicine Center.
Second and Third Years
The second and third-year curriculum offers a broader array of experiences, along with the required rotations by the ACGME, in order to achieve a greater educational experience in the depths of family medicine.
Second year residents spend 3 half-day sessions, on average, per week in the office and third year residents spend 3-4 half-day sessions, depending upon the rotation.
Additional continuity experiences in the second and third year include:
- Nursing Home Continuity: St. Paul’s Nursing Home, Greenville, PA
- OB Continuity: Monthly hours from January of PGY-2 to December PGY-3 in the OB offices
- Pediatric Continuity: Weekly hours from January PGY-3 to June PGY-3
There is no in-house overnight call in our program. PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents perform in-house call until 10 p.m. on weeknights averaging 3 call nights/month. The senior resident on the service covers every other weekend until 10 p.m. on the inpatient block with the other senior residents alternating weekends. Outside of your inpatient block, senior residents average 4 weekends/year.
Electives
Common Electives in Our Program
- Allergy/Immunology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Family Health Center
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- HIV Care
- General Surgery
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Obstetrics
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Urology
We are able to utilize the full benefits of our large tertiary-care system to access electives in many fields with appropriate advance planning. We strongly believe in the benefits of customizing your residency experience to achieve your future practice goals.