First Year Curriculum

  • The first year begins with a 1-2 week orientation.
  • Call system emphasizes the initial assessment and management of medical problems through a longitudinal emergency medicine experience.
    • Taken from home and is done with a senior resident
    • During the week during the evenings 5:30pm-10pm and averages every 6th evening
    • Every other weekend call is 6am-10pm
    • Total average 5 call days a month
  • Clinic is two half-days a week at SIU Quincy Family Practice
  • The first-year rotations are all required rotations and involved mostly inpatient care.
    • 3 blocks on the Family Practice inpatient service
    • 2 blocks Emergency medicine
    • 1 block outpatient pediatrics
    • 2 blocks OB
    • 1 block Gynecology
    • 2 two-week blocks Inpatient pediatrics
    • 2 two-week blocks Pulmonology
    • 1 block Surgery
    • 1 block Family and Community medicine                                                                                          Go to Second Year Curriculum