The goal of our residency is to train physicians skilled in providing continuing and comprehensive personal care to patients and their families. The program includes education in all areas of family medicine: adult medicine, maternal and child health, behavioral science, community medicine and surgical specialties. It emphasizes on the value of wellness and preventive medicine with chronic disease management and curative medicine provides an opportunity for residents to work with other members of the health care team in the management of their patients.

The residency program is organized as a progressive educational experience with increasing patient responsibilities over the three years of training as residents develop clinical skills and demonstrate medical judgment and competence. The training program consists of formal teaching and clinical experiences on assigned rotations, patient care in the Family Medicine Clinic, and structured conferences. Our community has diverse medical resources available for educational use by the residents. The residency asks the residents to take responsibility for their learning environment and to work with the faculty in making their experience the best possible.

First Year Rotations

• Introduction to Family Medicine – July
• Family Medicine Inpatient – 4 months
      (2 ½ months day team; 1 ½ months night team)
• Emergency Medicine – 1 month
• Intensive Care Unit – 1 month
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – 1 month
• Obstetrics – 1 month
• Pediatrics Clinic – 1 month
• Psychiatry Consult – 1 month
• Theory and Practice in Management of Chronic
  Disease – 1 month
• Continuity of Care Clinic – 1 half day each week

Second Year Rotations

• Family Medicine Inpatient – 2 months
      (1 month day team; 1 month night team)
• Family Medicine Newborn & Maternal Care – 1 month
• Behavioral Medicine and Chronic Disease – 1 month
• Cardiology – 1 month
• Orthopedics & Rheumatology – 1 month
• Medicine Subspecialty Clinics – 1 month
• Pediatrics Inpatient – 1 month
• Radiology – 2 weeks
• Sports Medicine – 2 weeks
• Surgery – 1 month
• Elective – 1 month
• Continuity of Care Clinic – 2 half days each week

Third Year Rotations

• Family Medicine Inpatient – 2 months
      (1 month day team; 1 month night team)
• Family Medicine Clinic – 1 month
• Family Medicine Newborn & Maternal Care – 1 month
• Dermatology Clinic – 2 weeks
• Gynecology Clinic - 1 month
• Medicine Subspecialty Clinics - 1 month
• Ophthalmology Clinic - 2 weeks
• Otolaryngology Clinic - 2 weeks
• Urology Clinic – 2 weeks
• Electives – 4 months

Residents are encouraged to develop electives that meet their unique educational needs. The University of Iowa and the Iowa City community offer resources residents can utilize for their education. The residency supports individualized rotations, but asks that residents clearly identify their goals and objectives.

For a thorough description of the curriculum, please return to the residency brochure.