Longitudinal Curriculum

Behavioral Science
Video reviews, psychosocial reviews, behavioral precepting, monthly lectures, academic weeks

Call
All residents take call on a rotating basis, every fifth night

Community Medicine
Academic weeks, home visits, community projects

Computer Competency
Online literature searching, computer-aided instruction, Internet, word processing, database management

End-of-Life Care
The End-of-Life Longitudinal Curriculum offers several learning opportunities for residents throughout the three years of the residency. These include a variety of didactic sessions that will teach skills necessary for the family physician to provide excellent EOL care for their patients. A one month elective hospice and palliative care rotation is available in year 2 or 3.

Ethics
The ethics curriculum fosters the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that family practice residents will need in order to facilitate sound, ethical decisions and discussions with their patients/families, colleagues, and as a member of society.

One of the over arching goals of the ethics curriculum is to facilitate learning experiences for the family practice residents which will enhance their skills and understanding of a variety of key ethical values and issues which family physicians commonly encounter in practice, with a special emphasis on developing critical thinking and reflective skills, as well as excellent communication skills.

Family Practice Ambulatory Continuity Care
All levels of residents are scheduled daily at the Family Practice Center

PGY 1: 1 hour per day, 5 days/week
PGY 2: 2 hours per day, 5 days/week
PGY 3: 4 half days/week at the Familiy Practice Center, and 1 half day/week at the Grand Traverse Band Medicine Lodge

Family Practice Didactics
Weekly four-hour block dedicated to a full range of family practice topics plus monthly SCS educational days

Osteopathic Principles
Monthly osteopathic manual medicine lecture/workshops

Practice Management
Lecture series, practice management meetings, academic weeks

Presentation Skills
Case presentation training, lecture training, PowerPoint presentations

Preventive Medicine
Lectures, preventive medicine precepting

Research
All residents complete a research project/paper before graduation from the residency