Family Medicine Residency
Curriculum and Schedule
The Carilion Clinic - Virginia Tech Carilion Family Medicine Residency program provides a breadth and depth of inpatient and outpatient training that offers residents the opportunity to develop skills needed to practice outpatient or inpatient medicine upon graduation, or to enter a variety of fellowships.
Our weekly academic conferences and workshops are an integral part of our residency training. Several components of the curriculum are taught in a longitudinal fashion: behavioral health, geriatrics, palliative medicine, medical informatics, information mastery, population health and practice management.
Our curricular strengths include pediatrics and musculoskeletal medicine, bolstered by our lifestyle medicine, sports medicine, and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) tracks. Unique aspects of our curriculum include significant elective time and specific areas of interest available for each resident to tailor to his or her future practice goals.
Required Rotations
| PGY1 | PGY2 | PGY3 |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Family Medicine | Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic | Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic |
| Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic | Family Medicine Inpatient Service | Family Medicine Inpatient Clinic |
| Family Medicine Inpatient Service | Night Float on Family Medicine Inpatient Service | Night Float on Family Medicine Inpatient Service |
| Night Float on Family Medicine Inpatient Service | Orthopedics | Emergency Medicine |
| Internal Medicine at Roanoke Memorial Hospital | Behavior Medicine | Outpatient Surgery at the Salem VAMC |
| Critical Care Consults | Geriatrics | Rheumatology |
| Emergency Medicine | Palliative | Pediatrics Emergency Medicine |
| Obstetrics | Women's Health | Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic |
| Newborn Nursery | Pediatrics Inpatient Service | Surgical Subspecialty (offerings below) |
| Pediatrics Inpatient Service | Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic | Pediatric Subspecialty (offerings below) |
| Pediatrics Outpatient Clinic | Sports Medicine | Electives (offerings below) |
| Dermatology | Electives (offerings below) | |
| Mental Health at the Salem VAMC | ||
| PGY1 Elective (offerings below) |
- PGY1 Electives
- Cardiology at the Salem VAMC
- Gastroenterology at the Salem VAMC
- Infectious Disease at the Salem VAMC
- Nephrology at the Salem VAMC
- Outpatient Surgery at the Salem VAMC
- Pain Management at the Salem VAMC
- Pulmonology at the Salem VAMC
- PGY3 Subspecialty Electives
Pediatric Subspecialties Surgical Subspecialties Adolescent Medicine Dental Pediatric Cardiology ENT Pediatric Endocrinology Ophthalmology Pediatric Gastroenterology Podiatry Pediatric Pulmonology Wound Care - PGY2 & PGY3 Electives
Addiction Medicine Family Medicine Outpatient Infectious Disease Otolaryngology Rural Medicine Advanced Obstetrics Family Medicine Inpatient Internal Medicine Wards Palliative Care Scholarly Activity Allergy Gastroenterology Informatics Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sports Medicine Cardiology Geriatrics Lifestyle Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Urgent Care Chronic Disease Management Health Department Nephrology Procedures Critical Care Consults Hospitalist Neurology Pulmonology Endocrinology Intensive Care Unit OMM Radiology
Team Learning Conference
Each Wednesday afternoon, family medicine residents and faculty gather for group conferences and workshops. Rotating topics enhance the curriculum and provide evidence-based approaches to commonly seen issues in family medicine. The backbone of the conference curriculum is based on the content of in-training and board exams. Each block integrates the following into the teaching curriculum:
- Journal club
- Principles of research and practice improvement
- Dedicated pharmacology teaching
- Osteopathic manipulative workshops
- Morbidity and mortality (M&M) conference
- Billing and coding practice
- Professional development
- EMR optimization tips
- Procedures
- Ultrasound workshops
- Board review practice
The teaching forums are interactive and hands-on.
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