Our novel curriculum focuses on a "Clinic-first" curriculum which prioritizes ambulatory training for residents, allowing them to spend a majority of each block in the clinic. This will lead to a much richer outpatient experience and minimizing interruptions to inpatient and speciality rotations.

Other highlights of our curriculum include:

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Scholarship

Our curriculum teaches excellence in evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal skills, allowing each resident to achieve a publication during residency.

GEMS (Good Evidence Matters): PGY 2 residents select a recent research article to summarize. The summary is submitted  for peer review and national dissemination via the Family Physicians Inquiry Network.

Quality Improvement: Through our longitudinal performance improvement curriculum, residents are encouraged to participate in quality improvement projects.

Scholarship Day: An annual event highlighting resident and faculty research and quality improvement projects.

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Electives

We offer a wide range of electives for second- and third-year residents – if not offered, residents can also work with our faculty create an elective. If residents are particularly interested in an area, they can choose to do a specialty track in that field to gain even more experience.

Adolescent Medicine Integrative Medicine Urgent Care
MAT Ethics Urban Underserved
Obesity Medicine Palliative Care Refugee Health
Sports Medicine Osteopathic Manipulation Healthcare Administration
Reproductive Health Gender-Affirming Care Faculty Development
Design Your Own    
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Procedure Training

Family Medicine residents develop broad experiences in a variety of procedures.  In addition to procedure training on rotations such as Surgery, Gynecology, Labor & Delivery, Dermatology, and Emergency Medicine, we have dedicated procedure training at our primary care clinic.

Outpatient Procedure Clinic – Half days at the Family Care Center (FCC) Evanston Hospital full of outpatient procedures – everything from biopsies to LARCs to vasectomies! Each resident does 3-5 of these over the course of their training. Many routine procedures can also be scheduled during our usual clinic time.

Musculoskeletal Clinic – Half days at Family Care Center (FCC) Evanston Hospital with Dr. Priya Nagarajan specific to patients with musculoskeletal concerns – a great way to practice physical exams and joint injections! Each resident does 3-5 of these over the course of their training.

Additional Training – Residents interested in additional procedure-specific training can select electives or specialty tracks such as Reproductive Health and Sports Medicine.