As a rural community family medicine residency, our focus is on experiential
learning through direct patient care along with a rigorous didactic curriculum.
This has served us well as our graduates have a
first time pass rate of 99% on the American Board of Family Medicine certification examination. Our
graduates are also well-prepared to embark on future academic training,
if they choose, and have a
100% fellowship match rate.
Didactics
Didactics occurs for one hour each morning, consisting of a variety of
topics and learning modalities. Some examples include specialist lectures,
skills workshops, journal clubs, M&Ms, case presentations and more.
Our morning conferences are attended by a geriatrician and a Doctor of
Pharmacy, both of whom aid in putting the conference topics into practical
clinical contexts.
Quality Improvement
We require each resident to do an office-based quality improvement (QI)
project in addition to a second scholarly project of their choice during
residency and to present at least one of these scholarly projects at the
regional, state or national level. In recent years, our residents have
won multiple honors for “Best Presentation” and “Best
Project” at regional conferences.
Authorship
Recently, three teams consisting of five faculty members and three residents
have authored review articles that have been submitted to and accepted
for publication by “American Family Physician.”
POCUS
Our residency program is currently developing a point of care ultrasound
curriculum (POCUS) consisting of lectures, online simulation modules,
and hands-on learning. “Butterfly” ultrasound probes are available
for use at each clinic to facilitate further learning, joint injections,
and diagnostics.
Culinary Medicine
Our program is currently developing a
culinary medicine curriculum in order to incorporate resident training in nutrition basics, cooking,
and education in communicating this guidance to patients. We are in the
process of developing a community kitchen in which to put this training
into action, teaching patients practical cooking skills in a hands-on
environment.
Global Medicine
Our residents have initiated a global medicine missions outreach program
in conjunction with the organization Friends of Barnabas. Residents and
faculty will be making an inaugural trip Spring 2025, with plans for further
trips thereafter.
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