Curriculum and Call

Our program prepares family physicians to possess the training and expertise they need to provide definitive care for the vast majority of patients they will see in their practice and adapt to the leadership roles that will be part of their future practice in the community.

Rotations and electives
View rotations below for each year of residency, longitudinal curriculum, and electives.

Procedures
Residents learn clinic office procedures and hospital procedures.

Moonlighting
Numerous moonlighting activities are available for second- and third-year residents.

Global Health
Opportunities include international and global-local electives, courses, seminars, conferences, and fellowship.

Programmatic courses
The department sponsors several required and optional one- to two-day programmatic courses. Topics include women's health, sports and musculoskeletal medicine, community health, and more.

Call
View information below on shift call, in-hospital call, and family medicine service call.

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Residents As Teachers

Family medicine residents are directly responsible for a portion of medical student clinical education during clinical experiences and clerkships.

Medical education features a closely connected cycle of teaching, learning, and progressive responsibilities; senior learners teach junior learners, and all learners are involved in ongoing professional and personal development.

Residents of the eight University of Minnesota family medicine residency programs have many responsibilities, including that of supervisors and educators. Most medical students encounter family medicine residents as teachers during the Family Medicine Clerkship. Therefore, residents receive instruction about clerkship/rotation goals and objectives as well as training in teaching methods.

Resources
Resources are available to aid residents in development as teachers.

  • Residents Teaching Students: Developed by family medicine medical student education director David Power, MBBS, MPH, and colleagues, it provides an overview of several teaching strategies. One of these is a common teaching method used by both residents and faculty, known as the One Minute Preceptor.
  • Resident Educator Development and corresponding Moodle site: Assembled by the University’s Internal Medicine Residency Program and Office of Graduate Medical Education.
  • Faculty advisors and residency directors also can connect residents with resources to enhance teaching abilities.
     

First-year rotations

First-year residents will spend most rotations at the St. Cloud Hospital and ambulatory clinics in St. Cloud. You will see your patients primarily one full day per week at the CentraCare - Willmar Lakeland Clinic. Orientation typically begins in mid-June.

  • Adult Medicine — 3 weeks
  • Cardiology — 2 weeks
  • Critical Care — 4 weeks
  • Endocrinology — 2 weeks
  • Family Medicine - Inpatient — 10 weeks
  • Obstetric Care — 4 weeks
  • Neurology — 2 weeks
  • Night Float — 3 weeks
  • Orthopedics/Sports Medicine —  4 weeks
  • Otolaryngology – 2 weeks
  • Pediatrics - Inpatient — 8 weeks
  • Psychiatry — 2 weeks
  • Surgery — 4 weeks
  • Urology — 2 weeks

Second-year rotations

Second-year residents will spend most rotations in Willmar in the inpatient and outpatient setting in a rural location. You will see your patients one to four half-days per week at the CentraCare - Willmar Lakeland Clinic.

  • Addiction Medicine – 1 week
  • Dermatology – 4 weeks
  • Elective – 14 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks
  • Family Medicine Inpatient – 8 weeks
  • Obstetric Care – 4 weeks
  • Orthopedics/Sports Medicine – 4 weeks
  • Pediatrics – Outpatient – 4 weeks
  • Research – 1 week
  • Surgery — 4 weeks
  • Women’s Health – 4 weeks

Third-year rotations

Third-year residents will spend most rotations in Willmar in the inpatient and outpatient setting in a rural location. You will see your patients three to five half days per week at the CentraCare - Willmar Lakeland Clinic.

  • Elective – 12 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine – 4 weeks
  • Family Medicine Inpatient – 12 weeks
  • Infectious Disease – 2 weeks
  • Intensive Care Unit  – 2 weeks
  • Obstetric Care – 4 weeks
  • Nephrology – 2 weeks
  • Neurology – 2 weeks
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – 2 weeks
  • Pediatrics – Outpatient – 4 weeks
  • Urology – 2 weeks
  • Women’s Health – 4 weeks