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Over 3,500 families, or 11,000
patients, are cared for in
the Family Medicine Center.
In all cases patients are
selected as family units in
order to provide the resident
physician with the experience
of caring for an entire family.
Each resident spends time in
the Family Medicine Center:
a minimum of one half-day
per week the first year, two
half-days per week the second
year, and three half-days
per week the third year. Residents
have their own assigned families
for whom they are responsible.
 The
Family Medicine Center, connected
to the main hospital by an
underground tunnel, functions
as a private office with regularly
scheduled office hours. A
resident's patient population
is an average of:
- 80 families for the first
year
- 200 families for the second
year
- 300 families for the third
year
The clinic also provides an
economical OB Clinic for women
of the community. Residents
deliver an average of over
400 babies annually in The
Family Birthplace, recently
expanded from a 14 to 21 bed
unit.
 Our
clinical pharmacist organizes
an indigent drug program which
provides a variety of prescription
medications to our patients
at a reduced cost. He also
participates in resident teaching
through noon conference lectures,
didactic sessions, and one-on-one
consultations. This has been
an invaluable resource for
our residents.
Residents are able to become
proficient at a wide variety
of procedures during their
training at the Family Medicine
Center including:
- Anoscopy
- Casting/Splinting
- Colposcopy
with biopsy
- Cryosurgery
(both cervical and skin)
- EKG
- Endometrial Biopsies and curettage
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
(for diagnostic and screening
purposes)
- Incision and Drainage
- Joint injection and aspiration
- Laceration repair
- LEEP (both cervical and
dermatologic)
- Non-stress testing (for
OB patients)
- Pulmonary function testing
(spirometry)
- Skin Biopsy and skin lesion
removal
- Treadmill Stress Tests
- Ultrasound (obstetrical)
- Wart removal (condyloma
and verrucae)
Our virtual Flexible Sigmoidoscopy/Colonoscopy simulator enables our residents to learn the procedures by first
performing them on simulated
patients. This has proven
to be an excellent teaching
tool and very popular with
our residents.
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