Carver College of Medicine

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Family Medicine

The Department of Family Medicine trains primary care physicians. The department offers course work that is included throughout the four-year M.D. program. Twenty-five elective senior rotations give students opportunities for exposure to various Iowa communities through work in affiliated hospitals or connected facilities, in the department's model office on the University campus, and in preceptorships with selected family physicians throughout the state. There also is opportunity for independent study during the fourth year.

Residency Program

The program is organized as a progressive educational experience. It consists of formal teaching and clinical experiences on assigned rotations, structured conferences, and patient care in the Family Care Center. As residents develop clinical skills, medical judgment, and competence, their patient responsibilities increase. Some patients at the Family Care Center are assigned to residents, who provide medical care under faculty supervision. Each resident is responsible for his or her patients for the duration of the residency program.

Residents also learn the principles of practice management, including organizational and administrative decision making, patient record and bookkeeping procedures, and chart auditing methodologies.

Residents are expected to take responsibility for their learning environment, to avail themselves of the department's diverse resources, and to collaborate with the faculty in order to have the best possible learning experience.

Rural Track Residency

Family Practice-Psychiatry Residency

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