Our Curriculum

In our program, you will gain a breadth of experience to prepare you for your work as a Family Medicine physician. Together, we offer a curriculum that seeks to equip our resident physicians with the necessary skills to provide compassionate and quality patient care.

The Basics

  • Block Schedules
    • 13 Rotations per PGY
  • Full-Spectrum
  • Innovative
  • Inpatient Strong

Orientation

  • First block of residency
  • Opportunity to work on the inpatient service with a limited caseload
  • Introduction to clinic with senior resident assistance and oversight
  • Review of common conditions in Family Medicine
  • BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP

Our Longitudinal Curricula

  • Behavioral Health
    • One-on-one instruction with our behavioral psychologist 
    • Agenda-setting, communication, motivational interviewing and more
  • Continuity Clinic
    • Located in WMed Health's Family Medicine practice at 555 Crosstown Parkway in Kalamazoo
    • PGY1: 2 half days per week
    • PGY2: 3 half days per week
    • PGY3: 5 half days per week
  • Didactics
    • 4+ Hours Didactics per Week
      • Time protected as able
    • 4 Weeks Didactics per Block
      • Every Thursday PM
    • 18 Month Topic Rotation
      • See it all twice!
    • Monthly Topics
      • Grand Rounds
      • Health Equity 
      • Journal Club
      • Morbidity and Mortality Conferences
    • Dedicated time in our Simulation Center
      • Procedural Care Workshops
        • Point-ofCare Ultrasound (POCUS)
        • Suturing Skills
        • Dermatologic Procedures
        • Musculoskeletal Exams and Procedures
      • Simulation-Based Learning
        • High-Fidelity Mannequins
        • Standardized Patients
        • Task Trainers
  • Family Medicine Service
    • PGY 1
      • 3 Blocks
      • Gain experience in admissions, daily patient care and discharges
      • Progressive independence
    • PGY 2
      • 3 Blocks
      • Independently manage the service with confidence
      • Supervise interns and medical students
    • PGY 3
      • 2 Blocks
      • Serve as Chief of Service
      • Organize patient care
      • Organize resident and medical student education
  • Geriatric Medicine
    • Collaborate with the local Program for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) organization, Senior Care Partners
    • Admit and manage PACE patients on FMS
  • Maternity Care
    • Manage antenatal and postpartum patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings
    • Manage intrapartum care, including inductions

Our Rotations

  • PGY 1
    Block Rotation
    1 Orientation
    2-4 Family Medicine Service
    5 Behavioral Health/Street Medicine
    6 Outpatient Pediatrics
    7 Inpatient Pediatrics
    8 Critical Care
    9 Emergency Medicine
    10 Public Health
    11-12 Maternity Care
    13 Sports Medicine

     

  • PGY 2
    Block Rotation
    1-2 Family Medicine Service
    3 Family Medicine Service/Elective
    4-5 Maternity Care Night Float/Continuity Clinic
    6 Geriatric Medicine/Inpatient Surgery
    7 Hospice
    8 Behavioral Health/Street Medicine
    9 Outpatient Pediatrics
    10 Practice Management
    11 Dermatology/Elective
    12-13 Elective
  • PGY 3
    Block Rotation
    1 Family Medicine Service (Chief)
    2 Family Medicine Service/Elective
    3 Family Medicine Service/Dermatology
    4 Maternity Care Night Float/Continuity Clinic
    5 Continuity Clinic
    6 Continuity Clinic/Street Medicine
    7 Sports Medicine
    8 Emergency Medicine
    9 Consultation (Liaison Psychiatry)
    10 Elective
    11 Elective
    12 Elective
    13 Elective

Our Electives

  • Number of Elective Blocks Per PGY
    • PGY2: 3 blocks
    • PGY3: 4.5 blocks
  • Create Your Own
    • Local or Away Rotation
      • Resident-organized curriculum and location selection
      • International opportunities available
      • Can be used as a practice audition opportunity
  • Established Electives
    • Any of our core rotations
    • Academic Medicine
    • Adolescent Medicine
    • Advanced Cardiology
    • Advocacy
    • Dermatology (alternate location of core rotation)
    • Direct Primary Care
    • Endocrinology
    • ENT
    • Endoscopy
    • Gastroenterology
    • Global Health (Philippines or Peru)
    • High Volume Obstetrics
    • Infectious Disease
    • Mackinac Island Medical Center
    • Nephrology
    • Neurology
    • Obesity Medicine
    • Off-Site Family Medicine Outpatient Practice (Urban or Rural)
    • Ophthalmology
    • Outpatient General Surgery
    • Palliative Care
    • Podiatry
    • Pulmonary Medicine
    • Radiology
    • Research
    • Rheumatology
    • Sleep Medicine
    • Street Medicine
    • Study Prep
    • Urgent Care
    • Urology

Our Hospital Partners