Overview

The Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice curriculum features:

• An orientation to the discipline of family medicine and the residency program;
• A family medicine month in the first year focusing on caring for urban, underserved populations;
• In integrative medicine month in the second year with exposure to the latest ideas in alternative medical therapies, with more intensive training available for selected residents;
• A two-week practice management rotation in the third year taught by family physicians and practice administrators who have extensive experience in the administrative aspects of patient care, health planning and primary care site development;
• A community health project focusing on health education, public policy or health services research, usually started in the first year and continued throughout residency;
• A focus on reproductive health with training in comprehensive family planning;
• Obstetrics training with ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) certification and the opportunity to work with family physicians, midwives, and obstetricians;
• An elective rotation month devoted to gaining expertise in many common outpatient procedures;
• School-based health clinic rotation in the third year with active research and community health opportunities.
• Involvement in ongoing research projects with an emphasis on community-based research and computer training. Almost all senior residents currently present research and scholarly activities at conferences.

Didactic Curriculum

Residents have the opportunity to take part in a variety of different lectures and learning opportunities, both in the inpatient setting and during the Wednesday afternoon lecture series.

• Core content and "Nuts and Bolts" lectures highlight common problems in family medicine and high yield board review topics.


• Weekly grand rounds lectures on cutting edge, evidence-based topics, often given by expert family physicians.


• A two-year psychosocial curriculum in the second and third years.


• Monthly journal club highlighting critical appraisal of the medical literature relevant to family practice.


• Procedural training lectures including trigger point injection and paracentesis


• Access to subspecialty resident lectures and grand rounds at a major academic medical center

Clinical Rotations

The residency program adheres to New York State recommendations set forth in Section 405 of the Health Code stipulating an average of one in four nights on call and an average 80-hour work week.