Rotation Schedule

Quick References:

• Year One
• Year Two
• Year Three
• Resident's Benefits

Year One

Orientation (first month):

• New employee orientation
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) course
• Introduction to well-woman exam and normal OB
• Shadowing in the office
• Buddy call

Family Practice Center

• Patient Panel of 50-75 families, four to six patients per session
• Residents, nurses and patients assigned to individual team
• Transcription available for dictated progress notes

Internal Medicine (3 months):

• Hospital's inpatient Medical Teaching Service
• Run by family practice residents
• Supervised by family physicians and other primary care physicians
• All socio-economic groups and disease categories represented
• Wide range of patient management and experience while on call

Pediatrics (3 months):

• Three months at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
• Rotations include infants, toddlers and high-risk nursery

Obstetrics (2 months):

• Provide total care: prenatal, labor, delivery and post-partum

Postpartum Center:

• Manage and delivery of Family Practice Center patients and private patients
• Experience in all obstetric procedures

Emergency Medicine (1 month):

• Staffed by emergency medicine trained physicians
• Experience in both minor and comprehensive care

Critical Care (1 month):

• Training occurs at Summa Health System – Akron and St. Thomas Campuses
• Learn ventilator management, line placement and critical care skills

Behavioral Science (1 month):

• Development of brief counseling through didactics and co-counseling with director of behavioral science
• Develop ability to identify primary psychiatric disorders requiring outside referral

Year Two

Family Practice Center:

• 100-125 families, six to nine patients per session

General Surgery (1 month):

• Emphasis on pre-operative and post-operative care
• Inpatient and outpatient surgical experience available

Outpatient Surgery:

• Emphasis is on outpatient surgery

Pediatrics (2 months):

• One month each of emergency medicine and ambulatory clinics

Internal Medicine (2 months):

• Hospital's inpatient Medical Teaching Service
• Run by family practice residents
• Supervised by family physicians and other primary care physicians
• All socio-economic groups and disease categories represented
• Wide range of patient management and experience while on call

Population Health (1 month):

• POCUS training
• SOAR (Student Run Free Clinic) at NEOMED
• MAT (Suboxone) training
• QI Projects
• Other Population Health topics

Cardiology (1 month):

• Work directly with cardiologists on consults, Critical Care Unit patients and diagnostic procedures 

Orthopaedics (1 month):

• Outpatient training experience in a variety of settings
• Training in physical medicine, rehabilitation, casting, splinting and physical therapy

Community Medicine (1 month)

• Exposure to multiple community agencies
• Patient care experiences in community clinics for underserved

Night Float (1 month)

• 4 night calls per week
• Hospital admissions
• Covering the inpatient list

Antibiotic Stewardship/Dermatology (1 month)

Elective (1 month)

Year Three

Family Practice Center:

• 150-200 families, nine to 12 patients per session

Internal Medicine (2 months):

• Act as supervising senior resident to Medical Teaching Service
• Assume responsibility for care of patients 

Sports Medicine (1 month):

• See patients in outpatient sports medicine center
• Learn to manage sports related injuries, rehabilitation and injury prevention

Geriatrics (1 month):

• Multiple locations for geriatric care (hospital, office, nursing home, home)

Gynecology (1 month):

• Opportunities for office procedures including colposcopies
• Experience in wide range of common gynecologic problems
• Exposure to Gynecological Surgery

Specialties (1 month):

• Uro/Ophtho/ENT
• Outpatient experience in private physicians' offices
• Spend time with hospital-based audiologist and speech therapist

Electives (5 months)

Practice Management:

• Longitudinal across all 3 years
• Overview of all aspects of managing an office
• Information on billing, coding, medical/legal affairs, OSHA guidelines and government regulations

Night Float (1 month)

• 4 night calls per week
• Hospital admissions
• Covering the inpatient list

Call Responsibilities

• Home call