The first-year curriculum provides comprehensive in-hospital training in a supportive team environment.
Inpatient teams include upper-year residents and supervision by attending physicians. There is a night float system in place for coverage on our inpatient services, and an introduction to ambulatory care and one-half day per week continuity experience in the Downtown Family Medicine urban health center.
Our academic year is divided into 13, 4-week blocks. First year residents have protected time—no Friday overnights—each week.
First Year Required Rotations
- 2 blocks Family Medicine Inpatient Service (FHS Ward)
- 2 blocks Maternal Child Health/Obstetrics (each block includes 2 weeks of night float )
- 1 block Inpatient Pediatrics
- 1 block Outpatient Pediatrics
- 2 blocks Emergency Medicine (each block includes 2 weeks of night float)
- 1 block Outpatient Orthopedics
- 1 block Internal Medicine Teaching Service
- 1 block Outpatient Medicine/Practice Management
- 1 block Behavioral Medicine
- 1 block Community Medicine
| PGY-1: Rotating in this order, 9 weeks total Night Float, no Friday overnights, 3 weeks vacation | |||||||||||||
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| Week | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | Block 5 | Block 6 | Block 7 | Block 8 | Block 9 | Block 10 | Block 11 | Block 12 | Block 13 |
| Week 1 | FHS Ward | Ortho | Ward NF | Peds Inpt. | OB | Outpatient/PM | FHS Ward | ED | Amb Peds 1 | Internal Med (IMTS) | OB NF | Community Med | |
| Week 2 | Peds/IMTS NF | ||||||||||||
| Week 3 | ED | OB NF | Peds/IMTS NF | Psych | OB | ||||||||
| Week 4 | |||||||||||||
| Longitudinal Clinic at Downtown Family Medicine (DFM) | |||||||||||||
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Community Medicine Rotation
First-year residents spend an entire block rotation exploring the concept and practice of community medicine and solidifying their interests in a particular area of the discipline. During this block you have the chance to develop, expand and implement your own ideas about community medicine, service, and population health as you:
- Care for new immigrants to Lancaster County
- Interact with disability providers
- Visit the city health department
- Engage in a comprehensive home visit assessment
Our residency program collaborates with Lancaster General Health Community Health, Lancaster City officials, and other health and community organizations to offer a resident-developed, homeless medicine program. Every two weeks, residents, community nurses, and community health workers visit participants at Lancaster City parks to:
- Provide medical care to people experiencing homelessness
- Address self-perceived needs
- Focus on social determinants of health
- Foster trusting, therapeutic relationships
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