Overview
The innovative curriculum within the Rural Family Medicine Program provides residents with a broad scope of training that prepares them to excel in whatever practice environment they pursue. Our program offers excellent resources alongside a wide range of opportunities for resident-centric learning and training.
Our program features a half day each week of dedicated time for didactic learning from family medicine faculty and local subspecialists. Didactics include hands-on learning and procedural training, simulation sessions and resident activities including journal club, wellness and scholarship.
All residents are trained in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders and receive specific training in point-of-care ultrasound using the Butterfly system.
Each year is divided into thirteen blocks, each lasting for four weeks at a time. More information about each rotation is broken down by year below.
Training in PGY-1 is designed to build a strong foundation for rural practice, with high-volume experiences in inpatient medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine as well as more outpatient-oriented training in behavioral health and orthopedics.
Rotations include:
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Inpatient Medicine – 2 blocks
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Obstetrics – 2 blocks
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Behavioral Health – 1 block
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Critical Care – 1 block
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Emergency Medicine – 1 block
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Inpatient Pediatrics – 1 block
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Outpatient Pediatrics – 1 block
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Orthopedics and Sports Medicine – 1 block
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Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care – 1 block
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Elective – 1 block
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Elective / Transition to Rural Location – 1 block (last block of the year)
The curriculum in the latter two years builds upon the foundation from PGY-1, continuing with strong inpatient and emergency medicine rotations with a shift towards more ambulatory experiences to help prepare residents for rural practice.
Rotations include:
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Geriatrics/Pediatrics/Outpatient Family Medicine (longitudinal rotation) – 3 blocks
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Medical and Surgical Subspecialties (longitudinal rotation) – 3 blocks
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Inpatient Medicine – 2 blocks
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Behavioral Health – 1 block
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Emergency Medicine – 1 block
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General Surgery – 1 block
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Elective – 2 blocks
The curriculum in the final year adds layers to the foundation built during PGY-1 and PGY-2, with ongoing inpatient and emergency medicine rotations and a majority of ambulatory experiences that prepare residents for rural practice.
PGY-3 rotations include:
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Medical and Surgical Subspecialties (longitudinal rotation) – 3 blocks
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Geriatrics/Outpatient Family Medicine (longitudinal rotation) – 2 blocks
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Inpatient Medicine – 2 blocks
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Behavioral Health – 1 block
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Emergency Medicine – 1 block
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Elective – 4 blocks
As a small and nimble residency program, we are able to tailor the residency experience to your individualized learning needs and professional goals. Residents are offered a minimum of six elective opportunities.
Potential electives include:
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Academic Medicine
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Addiction Medicine
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Advocacy
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Behavioral Medicine / Psychiatry
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Cardiology
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Critical Care
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Emergency Medicine
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ENT
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Frontier Medicine
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Gastroenterology
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Geriatrics
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Health System Leadership
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Hospitalist Medicine
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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Interventional Radiology
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LGBTQ+
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Neurology
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Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)
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Obstetrics
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Orthopedics
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Pain Management / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Palliative Medicine
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Pediatrics
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Pulmonology
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Quality Improvement
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Rural Medicine
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Sports Medicine
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Student Health
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Surgery
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Urgent Care
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Urology
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Women's Health
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Wound Care
