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