Block Schedule
Our curriculum has been designed to meet the ACGME accreditation standards and utilize the clinical strengths of the hospital faculty to produce quality trained physicians. Inpatient Medicine, Emergency Medicine and OB rotations include both day shifts and night float. Outpatient Family Medicine blocks include continuity clinics, walk-in sessions and rotations with local medical groups in order to experience Family Medicine in a smaller office setting.
| PGY1 | |
| Behavioral Med | 2 weeks |
| Cardiology | 2 weeks |
| Community Med | 2 weeks |
| Elective | 2 weeks |
| ER Days, Wynn | 4 weeks |
| ER Nights, Wynn | 2 weeks |
| Geriatrics | 2 weeks |
| HSM | 2 weeks |
| IP Teach 1 | 6 weeks |
| IP Teach Nights 1 | 4 weeks |
| OB Days 1 | 6 weeks |
| OB Nights 1 | 2 weeks |
| Podiatry | 1 week |
| Ophthalmology | 1 week |
| Orthopedics | 2 weeks |
| Palliative Care | 2 weeks |
| Peds IP | 4 weeks |
| SRVFMC Office | 4 weeks |
| Surgery 1 | 1 week |
| Wound Clinic | 1 week |
| TOTAL | 52 |
| PGY2 | |
| Behavioral Med | 2 weeks |
| Cardiology | 2 weeks |
| Elective | 8 weeks |
| ER Days Wynn | 2 weeks |
| Geriatrics | 2 weeks |
| Gyn 2 | 4 weeks |
| ICU | 4 weeks |
| IP Teach 2 | 6 weeks |
| IP Teach Nts 2 | 4 weeks |
| OB Days 2 | 2 weeks |
| Outpatient Peds | 8 weeks |
| Sports Med | 2 weeks |
| SRVFMC Office | 3 weeks |
| Suturing Clinic | 1 week |
| Outpatient FM | 2 weeks |
| TOTAL | 52 |
| PGY3 | |
| Away Elective | 3 weeks |
| Addiction Med | 2 weeks |
| Dermatology | 1 week |
| Elective 3 | 16 weeks |
| ENT | 1 week |
| ER Days Wynn | 2 weeks |
| HSM | 2 weeks |
| Urology | 2 weeks |
| IP Teach 3 | 5 weeks |
| IP Teach Nts 3 | 4 weeks |
| Ortho | 2 weeks |
| IP Peds | 4 weeks |
| SRVFMC Office | 7 weeks |
| Suturing Clinic | 1 week |
| TOTAL | 52 |
Didactics
The main didactics are held every Thursday afternoon. During these sessions, residents will have protected time from clinic and rotation duties to allow for the educational experience. These sessions are led by a combination of Family Medicine faculty, Attending specialists, Senior Residents and guest lecturers. As the Mohawk Valley Health System expands their GME offerings, residents will also have the added benefit of multidisciplinary conferences with the Attending faculty and Senior Residents of these other specialties, enhancing not only their knowledge base, but their camaraderie with other physicians within the health system.
In addition, Institutional Grand Rounds are held every month at noon and HSM sessions are held once a month at noon, and Family Medicine M&M is held every other month during Thursday afternoon didactics.
Scholarly Activity
Residents are required to complete a scholarly project during their training, as well as a quality improvement initiative. While MVHS does not participate in any clinical or bench research, this scholarly project may consist of an original paper, a scholarly case report, a community-based project or an educational curriculum. Residents will present their findings to their peers during Grand Rounds.
All Family Medicine residents will be paired with a mentor that matches their interest and will have protected time for scholarly activity during various blocks. The mentor will work with the Program Director to set guidelines and due dates throughout the three years of training to ensure any and all projects are advancing at an appropriate rate.
