Curriculum

Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program

A dually accredited ACGME / AOA program

Each year of the Marquette General Hospital Family Medicine Residency is divided into 13 four week blocks. Through a combination of required and elective rotations, a resident gains a broad-based education in all medical specialty areas. Marquette General is used for most inpatient rotations, while significant time is spent at Peninsula Medical with community physicians for the outpatient rotations. Time may be individually arranged elsewhere to meet special requests or needs, and rural family medicine electives in the Upper Peninsula are strongly encouraged and supported.

To learn more about each of the curricular areas, please request a CD of information via e-mail or call 1-800-774-4844

Design for Success

First year residents start their training with a four week introduction to residency. This rotation is designed with hands-on experiences to prepare new residents for the predictable, but critical, care situations they will soon face. Residents are guided to develop a relationship with health care team members and learn how the team most effectively works together to provide excellent patient care in the hospital and in the Family Medicine Center.

Visits to community support agencies, hands on review of examinations skills, and coaching with hospital information systems all actively prepare residents for their new role.

	Thirteen four-week blocks for rotations per year
	Enhanced OB Track available

Rural Experience

At MGH we are proud of our rural training. Over 90% of our graduates are practicing in federally designated rural areas.

To improve resident rural experience, second-year residents do a one-month rural rotation in one of many rural communities. The rural months are enhanced by the resident using telecommunication technology to see continuity patients. The resident stays in the rural community and connect with patients that are at our family medicine clinic in Marquette. This experience is also offered to any residents who want to do a rural family medicine elective.

Allopathic

First Year Residents

4 weeks Introduction to Residency
16 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
4 weeks Night Float
4 weeks Obstetrics
6 weeks Pediatrics (includes 2 weeks NICU)
4 weeks Surgery
4 weeks Cardiology
4 weeks Musculoskeletal Medicine
2 weeks Radiology
2 weeks Dermatology/ENT
2 weeks Introduction to Family Medicine

Two half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
15 days vacation for first-year residents and 5 days of CME.
On call in house averages every seventh night, concentrated in Night Float.

Second Year Residents

12 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
4 weeks Night Float
4 weeks Obstetrics – high volume
4 weeks Gynecology
4 weeks Pediatrics
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Surgery
4 weeks Psychiatry/Hospice
2 weeks Outpatient Family Medicine
4 weeks Rural Family Medicine
2 weeks Introduction to Family Medicine II
Electives

Three half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
15 days vacation for first-year residents and 5 days of CME.
On Call: some in house and some at home back-up call, averages every ninth night, concentrated in Night Float.

Third Year Residents

8 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
4 weeks Obstetrics (optional)
6 weeks Pediatrics
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Musculoskeletal Medicine
2 weeks Dermatology/ENT
2 weeks Urology
2 weeks Radiology
2 weeks Practice Management
2 weeks Ophthalmology
2 weeks Occupational Medicine
2-4 weeks Outpatient Family Medicine
Electives

Four half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
15 days vacation for first-year residents and 5 days of CME.
On Call: at home back-up call, averages every tenth night.

Electives

The resident has the option of either inpatient or outpatient electives. Residents select their electives with the approval of the Program Director and the participating physician of the elective. Recommended electives include but are not limited to:

Anesthesiology
Community Medicine
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
ENT
Gastroenterology
Gynecology/Women’s Health
Health System/Practice Management
High Risk Obstetrics
Hospitalist Medicine/Critical Care
Infectious Disease
Neonatal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Neurosurgery

High Risk Obstetrics
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics/Sports Medicine
Pain Management
Pathology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Plastic Surgery
Practice Management
Pulmonary
Radiology
Rehabilitative Medicine
Rural Family Medicine
Surgery (Inpatient / Outpatient)
Urology

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Osteopathic

As part of Marquette General Health System’s commitment to quality osteopathic medical education we offer a three-year family medicine residency and a first year resident credit for AOA internship training. Osteopathic residents earn this credit by completing the first year of the family medicine residency.

The first year focuses on building knowledge and skills in patient care based on the philosophy of osteopathic medicine. Manual skills are developed in clinical settings as well as monthly didactic sessions and hospital rounds.

Further emphasis is placed on developing competence in medical knowledge, patient care, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning and system-based practice. Manual medicine clinic volume supports experiential learning as residents continue to enhance these skills during their second and third year of training.

These experiences, and enthusiastic support from faculty and community physicians, help residents graduate from the program as complete osteopathic family physicians.

First Year Residents

4 weeks Introduction to Residency
16 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
4 weeks Obstetrics - High Volume
4 weeks General Surgery
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Night Float
6 weeks Pediatrics - Includes 2 weeks Neonatology
2 weeks Dermatology/ENT
2 weeks Intro. to Family Medicine
2 weeks radiology
4 weeks Elective

Two half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
On call in house averages every seventh night, concentrated in Night Float.

Second Year Residents

12 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
4 weeks Night Float
4 weeks Obstetrics - High Volume
4 weeks Musculoskeletal Medicine or Cardiology
4 weeks Pediatrics
4 weeks Gynecology
4 weeks General Surgery
2 weeks Emergency Medicine / Family Medicine - Urgent Care
2 weeks Intro. to Family Medicine II
8 weeks Electives

Three half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
On Call: some in house and some at home back-up call, averages every ninth night, concentrated in Night Float.

Third Year Residents

8 weeks Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Teaching Service
6 weeks Pediatrics
4 weeks Emergency Medicine
4 weeks Orthopedic/Muskuloskeletal Medicine
2 weeks Dermatology/ENT
2 weeks Urology
2 weeks Radiology
2 weeks Ophthalmology
2 weeks Practice Management/Occupational Medicine
2-4 weeks Outpatient Family Medicine
4 weeks Psych Hospice
10 weeks Electives

Four half-days per week at Marquette General Family Medicine office.
On Call: at home back-up call, averages every tenth night.

Electives

Anesthesiology
Community Medicine
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
ENT
Gastroenterology
Gynecology/Women’s Health
Health System/Practice Management
High Risk Obstetrics
Hospitalist Medicine/Critical Care
Infectious Disease
Neonatal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Neurosurgery

High Risk Obstetrics
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics/Sports Medicine
Pain Management
Pathology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Plastic Surgery
Practice Management
Pulmonary
Radiology
Rehabilitative Medicine
Rural Family Medicine
Surgery (Inpatient / Outpatient)
Urology

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Family Medicine Residency, 1414 West Fair Ave. Suite 36, Marquette MI 49855

Inquiries can be made by:

e-mail: residency@mgh.org
phone: 1-800-774-4844