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Curriculum

Family Medicine Patient and Resident

From the time you enter the Mercy Family Medicine Residency Program, you will enjoy hands-on learning experiences as you work directly with the medical specialists who are on staff at Mercy.

 



Curriculum - Start July 1, 2008
There will be 13, 4-week blocks per year.

First-Year Rotations

  • 12 weeks FP/IM
  • 8 weeks OB
  • 4 weeks IP Surgery
  • 4 weeks ED
  • 4 weeks Night Float
  • 8 weeks Peds IP 
  • 4 weeks Peds OP 
  • 2 weeks Radiology
  • 2 weeks Emergent Care
  • 4 weeks Cardiology

Total: 52 weeks

First-Year Clinic

(1) 1/2 day for 6 months then (2) 1/2 days final 6 months

Second-Year Rotations

  • 4 weeks ICU
  • 2 weeks Newborn Nursery
  • 4 weeks Community medicine
  • 4 weeks Psychiatry
  • 4 weeks Peds IP 
  • 4 weeks IM-Hospitalists
  • 4 weeks FP/IM
  • 4 weeks Neurology
  • 4 weeks Gynecology
  • 4 weeks Peds ER
  • 4 weeks Gastroenterology
  • 2 weeks Billing and Coding/compliance
  • 8 weeks Electives

Total - 52 weeks

Second-Year Clinic

(2) 1/2 days for 6 months then (3) 1/2 days final 6 months

Third-Year Rotations

  • 4 weeks Sports Medicine
  • 4 weeks Dermatology
  • 3 weeks ENT
  • 3 weeks Urology
  • 2 weeks Ophthalmology
  • 12 weeks FP/IM
  • 4 weeks Surgery OP
  • 4 weeks Orthopedics
  • 2 weeks Practice Management
  • 2 weeks billing and coding/compliance
  • 4 weeks Peds IP
  • 8 weeks Electives

Total - 52 weeks

Third-Year Clinic

(3) 1/2 days for 6 months then (4) 1/2 days final 6 months

Geriatrics

Geriatrics and nursing home rounds will be conducted twice each month.

Electives Available

  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Rheumatology
  • Endocrinology
  • Nephrology
  • OB
  • Research


QUICK INFO

Mercy Family Medicine Residency Program

250 Laurel Street

Des Moines, Iowa 50314

(515) 643-4624

Please direct inquiries to:

Email: lallen@mercydesmoines.org


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