Research Family Medicine Residency is a 40+ year old 3-year ACGME accredited residency program in the heart of KC, MO. Our residency classes are 8/8/8 and we are an unopposed residency program (for primary care) at RMC. Our Sponsoring Institution - Research Medical Center is a 590-bedded, Level 1 Trauma, CODE Stroke and CODE STEMI center. Core Pediatric rotations are done at Children's Mercy Hospital, a tertiary care referral pediatric center. Residents do their continuity clinics at Goppert-Trinity; 25,000 outpatient visits/year with resident continuity panels established in years 1, 2 and 3.
Curriculum
The curriculum consists of 30 blocks of core rotations and 6 blocks of electives.
Tracks
- Track 1: Integrative medicine
- Track 2: Community Medicine (HIV/Hep C/Gender affirming care)
- Track 3: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM)
A POCUS (Point Of Care Ultrasound) track and hospitalist medicine track are also being developed.
Electives
Some of our available electives are listed below. In addition, we offer residents newer electives based on their training needs.
- Breast Feeding Medicine (2-week option)
- Bariatrics
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Hospitalist
- Infectious Disease
- Integrative Medicine
- Lifestyle medicine (online)
- Medical Mission
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- NICU
- Palliative Care
- Sleep Medicine
- Wound Care
Conference schedule
Required conferences
- Noon conferences are offered several times per month
- There is a half day of protected didactic time every 4th Friday of the month
- Procedures curriculum and workshops (4-5 times per year)
- Rotation based longitudinal didactics are offered on inpatient medicine and obstetrical care services
- Family medicine seminars (monthly, per PGY level)