UNC-CH SOM Department of Medicine

Outpatient Rotations

Curriculum in Ambulatory General Internal Medicine

The Department of Medicine firmly believes that a significant amount of residency training should occur in the outpatient setting. Our residency is currently 50% ambulatory which consists of block months of outpatient rotations. They are as follows:

PGY-1	1 month	Urgent Care Clinic - UNC Hospitals
	1 month	Emergency Room
	1 month	Consultation Elective
PGY-2	4-5 months	Consultation Elective/Subspecialty Clinics
	1 month	Outpatient Clinic

PGY-3	5-6 months	Consultation Elective/Subspecialty Clinics
	2 weeks	Geriatrics
	1 month	Medical Admitting Officer
	1-2 months	Outpatient Clinic or Community-based Practice
		For outpatient clinic and commumity-based practice residents may choose 1 of 4 University or Community locations. Residents become fully integrated into the practice seeing patients as well as gaining an understanding of the administrative aspects of running a practice.

In addition to the rotations listed, residents follow a panel of continuing care patients. Each resident spends a minimum of 1 half-day per week caring for these patients. Faculty precept all resident clinics. Each resident's clinic schedule is coordinated with his/her monthly rotations to avoid clinics on on-call or post-call days.

The residents clinics are held in the Ambulatory Care Center.