Education & Training
Rotation Overview
Our rotations occur in four-week block schedules, consisting of 13 blocks per academic year. We follow the ACGME regulations for duty hours and prioritize safety and knowledge over service.
- FMIS, Intensive Care and Surgery: These rotations take place at Northside Hospital Duluth, an 85-bed hospital, located in Duluth, Georgia.
- OB care and NBN: These rotations occur at Northside Hospital Gwinnett – a Level II Trauma Center just across Highway 120 from Strickland Family Medicine Center.
- Pediatrics Emergency: Residents see patients at Northside Hospital Gwinnett's Children's Emergency Center.
- Inpatient Pediatrics: This rotation occurs at Children’s Health of Atlanta (CHOA) Scottish Rite in Atlanta, and is supervised by pediatric attendings. Residents work side-by-side with pediatric residents from other programs.
- Outpatient Pediatrics: This takes place at Mason Pediatrics, a pediatric practice with Gwinnett Medical Group, located just a short walk from SFMC. Residents also provide longitudinal care and see their continuity pediatric population
at Mason Pediatrics.
- Rural Health: Residents receive training in rural medicine by providing care for patients at the Habersham Family Practice Center, a private clinic in Demorest, Georgia, located 80 miles north of Atlanta.
- Musculoskeletal Medicine: This rotation occurs at multiple locations, though the bulk of the care is provided at Duluth Family & Sports Medicine and the Concussion Institute at Northside Hospital Duluth. Residents also rotate
with some of the orthopedic practices in the area and are expected to gain longitudinal experience in pre-participation sports physicals by attending and providing care at a minimum of three school sports physicals per year.
- Medical and Surgical Subspecialties: This includes rotations at various rheumatology, dermatology, endocrinology and cardiovascular practices in Gwinnett County.
- Electives: A variety of options are available, including primary care and practice management and advocacy with the Medical Association of Georgia, ADD wound care, Nutrition, research based electives with focus on clinical reasoning
and scholarly activity.
- Systems Based Practice: Residents spend one month gaining understanding in knowledge of how medical systems components are interrelated, types of medical practices and delivery systems, and differences in their costs and resource
allocation while advocating for quality patient care. They also work with the behavioral faculty to improve patient care by carrying out activities such as home-based care. During this month, they get training on analyzing their practice and performing
improvement activities. They are expected to find and assimilate evidence related to patients needs and utilize this information about their own patients to design improvements for a population of patients.
- Behavioral Health: This rotation occurs at Northside Behavioral Health Services with a focus on broad exposure to all aspects of behavioral health from inpatient evaluations and intake to group therapy and day rehabilitation services.
Curriculum
The Curriculum follows a four-week block schedule, allowing 13 blocks per academic year. We adhere strictly to the ACGME regulations for duty hours. We are fortunate to be able to offer the opportunity to learn Family Medicine in an environment
that stresses a culture of safety, with education being the primary focus, not service requirements.
1st Year Rotations
| Orientation | 4 Weeks |
| Systems Based Practice | 4 Weeks |
| Intensive Care/Night Float | 4 Weeks |
| Emergency Medicine | 4 Weeks |
| Outpatient Pediatrics | 4 Weeks |
| Newborn Nursery and NICU | 4 Weeks |
| Surgery | 4 Weeks |
| Family Medicine Inpatient (FMIS) | 12 Weeks |
| Maternity Care | 8 Weeks |
| Ambulatory Family Medicine | 4 Weeks |
2nd Year Rotations
| Behavioral Health/Psychiatry | 4 Weeks |
| Dermatology | 4 Weeks |
| Family Medicine Inpatient (FMIS) | 8 Weeks |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine* | 4 Weeks |
| Inpatient Pediatrics | 4 Weeks |
| Geriatrics | 4 Weeks |
| Ambulatory Family Medicine/Procedures | 4 Weeks |
| Musculoskeletal Medicine (Sports Medicine/Orthopedics) | 4 Weeks |
| Electives | 8 Weeks |
| Night Float | 4 Weeks |
| Ambulatory Family Medicine | 4 Weeks |
3rd Year Rotations
| Family Medicine Inpatient (FMIS) | 4 Weeks |
| Pediatric Emergency | 4 Weeks |
| Emergency Medicine | 4 Weeks |
| Surgical Sub-Specialties | 4 Weeks |
| Medical Sub-Specialties | 8 Weeks |
| Musculoskeletal Medicine (Sports Medicine/Orthopedics) | 4 Weeks |
| Electives | 8 Weeks |
| Ambulatory Family Medicine/Procedures | 4 Weeks |
| Ambulatory Family Medicine | 4 Weeks |
| Night Float | 4 Weeks |
| Rural Medicine | 4 Weeks |
Didactics
Wednesday Conference - Residents receive instructional education every Wednesday. The scope of the conferences includes obstetrics, gynecology, adult medicine sub-specialty and primary care, pediatrics, surgery, behavioral medicine
and inter-professional education.
Safety Conference is held monthly, as is Family Medicine Grand Rounds, where continued medical education credits are provided.
Workshops and hands-on training including disaster preparedness, suturing workshops, injections, biopsies, gynecology procedues (LARC-based workshops) and simulation experience.
