Our curriculum is structured in accordance with the requirements of the ACGME Residency Review Committee. We try to be flexible in adapting clinical rotations to meet each resident's educational needs. We restructured our rotation schedule to accommodate more flexibility with elective rotations in the PGY 2 and PGY 3 years, to allow more emphasis on residents’ individual interests.
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PGY-1 |
PGY-2 |
PGY-3 |
1. |
Surgery |
FMIS |
FMIS |
2. |
Family Medicine Inpatient Service (FMIS) |
FMIS |
FMIS |
3. |
FMIS |
Night Float |
Geriatrics |
4. |
ICU |
Night Float/Practice Management |
ENT/Surgical Subspecialty |
5. |
CCU |
Peds ED |
Surgical Sub: Urology |
6. |
Medicine |
Newborn Nursery |
Ortho/Sports Medicine |
7. |
FMC |
Dermatology |
Ambulatory Peds |
8. |
OB |
Ortho/Sports Medicine |
Peds Urgent Care |
9. |
OB Night Float |
Gynecology |
Elective #3 |
10. |
Peds Inpatient |
Cardiology |
Elective #4 |
11. |
Peds Inpatient |
Elective #1 |
Elective #5 |
12. |
ED |
Elective #2 |
FMC |
FMC=Family Medicine Center
Additional Obstetric rotations available as desired
There are no traditional call duties during residency. Residents are assigned anywhere from one to six consecutive night shifts during several PGY 1 rotations, and they complete one full month of night float on their OB rotation. PGY 2 residents also have scheduled night float responsibilities on specific rotations. The PGY 2-night float resident provides coverage for the family medicine inpatient service through the week and is scheduled off each weekend. During night float months, they are required to maintain limited continuity patient care office hours, but otherwise have no daytime responsibilities. PGY 3 residents cover the family medicine inpatient service on the weekends or provide backup coverage for the night float resident during the week. PGY 3 residents may choose to stay at the hospital or complete their assignment with at-home call. Residents are expected to be available and within 30 minutes when on call for continuity OB patients. Each of the four patient care teams divides up OB patient call by a week at a time for their team's patients.
PGY-1: One half-day per week
PGY-2: Two full days per week
PGY-3: Two to three full days per week
Most of the first year of residency is spent on inpatient teaching services. Duties include the care and supervision of all medical patients located on the teaching service to which the resident is assigned.
One month (FMC) is dedicated to time with our core faculty and interns in the Family Medicine Center. This includes focused Family Medicine didactic sessions as well as exposure to an extensive array of outpatient services and community resources that are utilized in the care of our patients. The FMC month is scheduled during November or January of the first year of residency. The goals of the rotation are to:
Second- and third-year residents may choose an elective in one of the subspecialties of medicine with an emphasis on the ambulatory aspects of care.
Throughout the three years of training, residents admit their own patients and serve as the primary physician through our Family Medicine Inpatient Service (FMIS). Residents have six months of FMIS throughout their three years of training. The night float rotation provides coverage for the FMIS.
Educational experiences in the senior year are primarily ambulatory and are planned for nine months out of the year. They are usually scheduled 2-3 half-days per week in geriatrics, ortho/sports medicine, ENT, ophthalmology, pediatrics, urology and other medical and surgical subspecialties. Outpatient office hours are scheduled 2-3 full days per week. In addition, senior residents spend two months as supervising/teaching residents on the FMIS. They obtain further teaching experience through supervising on other inpatient services, and by precepting medical students on the medical floors and in the office setting.
During the first year of training, the resident spends one month in the general surgical service on the Summa Health – Akron Campus. Introduction to basic anesthesia techniques is also included in the surgical curriculum.
Training in the care of the elderly occurs throughout all three years of residency. It includes regularly scheduled didactic presentations and teaching rounds. Clinical experience in the care of geriatric patients is provided in hospital, home, office, assisted living, and skilled nursing settings.
Comprehensive gynecological experience is obtained through a longitudinal curriculum that includes a one-to two-month outpatient rotation; inpatient gynecologic care on our hospitalized patients, and office-based gynecologic care and procedures in the Family Medicine Center. Residents regularly perform procedures, such as endometrial biopsy, colposcopy with biopsy, IUD placement and removal, and Nexplanon placement.
Each resident is required to spend two months rotating on Labor & Delivery. Emphasis during this time is on the management of normal labor and delivery, as well as recognition and management of high-risk obstetrical conditions. Approximately 3,000 deliveries are performed at Summa’s Akron Campus annually. As such, trainees can expect to easily meet the required level of competency anticipated during their time on Labor & Delivery, and through continuity patient deliveries.
In the first year, the obstetrics and family medicine residents join together to complete the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), taught by family medicine physicians and nursing leaders.
During the second year, opportunities exist to complete an additional one to two months of obstetrics. These opportunities may include a rural rotation with strong obstetrics experience, a month of high-risk OB with Summa's perinatologists, and/or additional elective months on Labor & Delivery.
During the second and third years, each resident provides continuity prenatal care and deliveries. The majority of these continuity deliveries are precepted by our Family Medicine attendings. As a group, our residents perform 35-55 continuity deliveries annually through the Family Medicine Center.
The sports medicine curriculum is designed to meet the varying needs of our residents, from a core experience to preparation for a sports medicine fellowship. All residents complete a core rotation, including experiences with both Dr. Nilesh Shah, a fellowship-trained family physician, who is Summa's Director of Sports Medicine; and Dr. Joseph Congeni, the Director of the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Sports Medicine Fellowship.
Residents have many opportunities to build their sports medicine knowledge and experience, including: