Curriculum
PGY1
Family Medicine Intro – First block – 4 weeks
Adult Medicine – 12 weeks
Emergency Medicine – 8 weeks
Obstetrics – 8 weeks
Pediatrics Inpatient – 4 weeks
Cardiology – 4 weeks
Orthopedics – 4 weeks
Surgery – 4 weeks
Community Medicine – 2 weeks
Ophthalmology or Urology – 2 weeks
PGY2
Elective Rotation – 10 weeks
Adult Medicine (night float) – 8 weeks
Obstetrics – 8 weeks
Pedatrics Inpatient – 4 weeks
Pediatrics Outpatient – 4 weeks
Geriatrics – 4 weeks
Gynecology – 4 weeks
Psychiatry – 4 weeks
Sports Medicine – 4 weeks
Ophthalmology or Urology – 2 weeks
PGY3
Elective Rotation – 16-18 weeks
Adult Medicine – 8 weeks
Chief Resident – 6-8 weeks
Pediatric Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks
Pediatric Outpatient – 4 weeks
Practice Management – 4 weeks
Dermatology – 2 weeks
Geriatrics – 2 weeks
Neurology – 2 weeks
Otolaryngology – 2 weeks
PGY-1 Required Rotations (Off-Service Blocks)
- Residents are off-service for 7 blocks of the year.
- Below, you will find a sample schedule for all off-service rotations.
Sample PGY-1 Off Service Schedule
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General Surgery
- Residents work with surgeons from Evansville Surgical Associates.
- 1 on 1 with the surgeon during surgery, rounds and clinic.
- Residents often “scrub in” and assist the surgeon.
Orthopedic Surgery
- Residents rotate with surgeons from Orthopaedic Associates.
- Learn about treatment of common orthopedic injuries.
- Spend time with the surgeon during surgery.
- Gain valuable experience learning how to treat common orthopedic injuries and how to perform joint and trigger point injections.
Cardiology
- Residents rotate with cardiologists in the inpatient setting.
- Exposed to multiple cardiac procedures including cardiac catheterizations, treadmill tests, stress echocardiograms, dobutamine stress echocardiograms and transesophageal echocardiograms. Residents also evaluate inpatient consults and develop a management plan prior to discussing with the attending cardiologist.
- Also gain experience reading and discussing EKGs.
Emergency Medicine
- Residents rotate through the ED during their first and third years of residency.
- Rotations are split between Deaconess Midtown Hospital ED (Level 2 Trauma Center) and Deaconess Gateway Hospital ED.
- Residents are given an opportunity to manage patients throughout their stay in the ED.
- Residents are encouraged to see a wide variety of patients and often get opportunities to perform procedures like intubation, suturing, replacing PEG tubes and bandaging injuries.
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