Curriculum

Program Curriculum

Your curriculum is divided into 13 four-week blocks with a goal of balancing ACGME requirements with an abundance of available elective time to allow residents time to pursue specific tracks or just hone their skills.

Locations

• SRMC: Sky Ridge Medical Center
• TMCA: The Medical Center of Aurora
• PSL/C: Presbyterian St. Lukes/Children’s Hospital

PGY 1

Orientation

• 1 month introduction to outpatient, inpatient, and labor and delivery, as well as workshops.

Family Medicine Practice

• 1-month outpatient clinic at Cornerstone Family Practice
• Initial development of skills and confidence in outpatient clinic, ultrasound and procedures as well as OPP and OMM

Inpatient medicine

• 3 months at SRMC
• Internal medicine and Family Medicine attendings provide an exceptional learning environment balancing patient volume and teaching

Obstetrics

• 2 months at TMCA
• Manage and deliver laboring patients in L&D with family physicians, private OB/GYNs, and OB laborists and go to OB clinic

Sports medicine

• 1 month in outpatient family physician / orthopedic surgery offices
• Opportunity to begin developing skills at diagnosis and treatment of bone and joint injury and procedures

Surgery

• 2 weeks at SRMC
• Become an intern on the general surgery residency service. Develop an understanding of surgical diseases including assisting in the OR

Cardiology

• 2 weeks at SRMC
• Develop skills of cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment

Inpatient Pediatric Cardiology

• 2 weeks at PSL/C
• Diagnosis and treatment of hospitalized sick children

Newborn nursery

• 1 month at TMCA
• Care for well newborns and recognize and treat sick neonates; spend time treating patients in NICU

Behavioral health

• 1 month of inpatient psychiatry
• Develop a better understanding of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment as it encompasses a good portion of outpatient family medicine office

visits

Elective

• 1 month to focus on a specific track or individual interests

PGY 2

Family Medicine Practice

• 1 month outpatient clinic at Cornerstone Family Practice
• Increase patient volume while further developing skills and confidence in outpatient clinic, ultrasound and procedures as well as OPP/OMM

Inpatient medicine

• 2 months at SRMC as a senior resident
• Attendings from Internal Medicine and Family Medicine provide an exceptional learning environment balancing patient volume and teaching

Obstetrics

• 1 month at TMCA
• Manage and deliver laboring patients in L&D with family physicians, private OB/GYNs, and OB laborists and go to OB clinic

Sports medicine

• 1 month in outpatient family physician/orthopedic surgery offices
• Opportunity to spend 1 winter month in Crested Butte, CO with a busy orthopedic surgeon balanced with time for winter activities
• Opportunity to further develop skills at diagnosis and treatment of bone and joint injury and procedures

Newborn nursery

• 2 weeks at TMCA
• Care for well newborns and recognize and treat sick neonates; spend time treating patients in NICU

Outpatient pediatrics

• 1 month with community pediatrician
• Care for well and sick children

Emergency medicine

• 1 month in TMCA emergency department
• Develop abilities in emergency and urgent care

Surgical subspecialties

• Ophthalmology: 2 weeks outpatient
• ENT: 2 weeks outpatient

Geriatrics

• 1 month at a facility that includes SNF/assisted living/nursing home
• Focus on the management of older patients through the continuum from the hospital to institutionalized care

Health systems management

• 1 month at Cornerstone Family Practice (includes 1 week with medical malpractice carrier)
• Various guest speakers in practice management, assigned readings and shadowing clinic leadership give the residents greater understanding of the health system

Elective

• 1 month to focus on specific track or individual interests

PGY 3

Family Medicine Practice

• 1 month outpatient clinic at Cornerstone Family Practice
• Continue to increase skills and confidence in outpatient clinic, ultrasound and procedures as well as OPP and OMM

Inpatient medicine

• 1 month at SRMC as a senior resident
• Internal medicine attendings provide an exceptional learning environment balancing patient volume and teaching

Pediatric emergency medicine

• 1 month at PSL/C
• Solidify skills in evaluation and treatment of sick children with emergency and urgent care concerns

Emergency medicine

• 1 month in TMCA emergency department
• Develop abilities in emergency and urgent care

Gynecology

• 1 month outpatient gynecology
• Experience in private OB/GYN office dedicated to well-woman health care, diseases of the genital tract, and procedures

Surgical subspecialties

• 2 weeks outpatient urology

Pain management

• 2 weeks of outpatient pain management clinic
• Outpatient experience dedicated to familiarization with addiction and pain management

Neurology

• 2 weeks of outpatient clinic
• Outpatient experience dedicated to diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders

Dermatology

• 1 month of outpatient clinic
• Solidify diagnosis and treatment (including procedures) of the skin

Outpatient pediatrics

• 1 month with community pediatrician
• Care for well and sick children

Rural rotation (can be done as PGY-2)

• 1 month outpatient in rural Colorado location
• Develop understanding of rural practice and its joys and limitations in rural Colorado

Electives

6 months to focus on a specific track or individual interests

• Wound care
• Research
• Integrative medicine
• Inpatient OMM/outpatient OMM
• ID
• Endocrinology
• Ophthalmology
• Ultrasound
• Advocacy
• Homeless clinic
• Sports medicine
• Wilderness medicine
• Obstetrics
• Podiatry

HealthONE FM RESIDENCY BLOCKS 2023 — 2024

	Dates		PGY – 1	Blocks	PGY – 2	Blocks	PGY – 3	Blocks
1	1–Jul	30–Jul	Orientation	1	Elective	1	Elective	4
2	31–Jul	27–Aug	Inpatient Medicine	3	Rural Medicine	1
3	28–Aug	24–Sep			Inpatient Medicine	2
4	25–Sep	22–Oct
5	23–Oct	19–Nov	Obstetrics	2	Emergency Medicine	1	Outpatient Pediatrics	1
6	20–Nov	17–Dec			Obstetrics	1	Inpatient Care	1
7	18–Dec	14–Jan	Psychiatry	1	Sports Med (Crest Butte)	1	Emergency Care	1
8	15–Jan	11–Feb	Surgery / inpt ped (card)	1/2&1/2	Geriatrics	1	Pain Mgmt / Neurology	1/2&1/2
9	12–Feb	10–Mar	Cardiology / float	1/2&1/2	Out Peds	1	GYN	1
10	11–Mar	7–Apr	Newborn	1	Health Systems Mgmt	1	Urology / Wound	1/2&1/2
11	8–Apr	5–May	Sports Medicine	1	Ophthal / ENT	1/2–1/2	Dermatology	1
12	6–May	2–Jun	Elective	1	Homeless Clinic	1	Pediatric Emergency	1
13	3–Jun	30–Jun	Family Med Practice	1	Family Med Practice	1	Family Med Practice	1
			Total Months	13		13	13

Sample Schedule (2020-2021)